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Ken Page, Oogie Boogie in ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas,’ Dies at 70

Ken Page died Monday at his home in St. Louis, his reps said. He was 70.

Ken Page, the Broadway veteran who provided the voice of the ghastly villain Oogie Boogie in the Tim Burton-produced The Nightmare Before Christmas, died Monday at his home in St. Louis, his reps said. His résumé also included the films Torch Song Trilogy(1988), All Dogs Go to Heaven(1989) — as the voice of King Gator — I’ll Do Anything(1994) and Dreamgirls(2006) and guest spots on such shows as Charmed and Touched by an Angel. Ken Page poses before participating in "Male Call - Actors Read the Words of Great Women" at The Coast Playhouse on March 8, 2010 in Los Angeles.

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