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John Erwin Dies: Voice Actor Behind ‘He-Man’ And Morris The Cat Was 88
An intensely private man, Erwin provided no photographs of himself even to his PR firm. He is said to have died "around December 20."
Melendy Britt, who voiced the character She-Ra, superheroine sister of superhero He-Man in Filmation’s Masters of the Universe world, said in a statement, “For 40 years, John Erwin was not only my brother on screen, he was my friend.” Born on Dec. 5, 1936, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Erwin achieved iconic status in the advertising world for his voicing of the sardonic tabby “spokescat” for 9Lives catfood. Beginning in 1968, the Erwin-voiced feline, created by the Leo Burnett advertising agency, could be seen in countless commercials as an extremely finicky critter who ultimately gave in to the apparent deliciousness of the chicken- or seafood-flavored treat.
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