Rafiki passes away at 89...

[Aurelian]

Shocked this was never mentioned here, in a TLK forum, but Rafiki has died.

Robert Guillame, the voice actor behind The Lion King's resident sage shamman, Rafiki, passed away about a month ago. His cause of his death was prostate cancer, continuing the trend of TLK stars dying of the dreaded "C"; First Madge "Sarabi" Sinclair to leukaemia in 1995, then Suzanne "Zira" Pleshette to lung cancer in 2008.

[Guntur]

I posted the news in Facebook group and the chat message. I'm not shocked that he died because he had a great career in his life, making a lot of impact in the industry and leaving a legacy that many generations will remember.

It just sad to me that he didn't have the chance to watch the live action movie 2 years from now, I'm sure the film going to dedicate to him and others who passed away after the movie released.

[Lion King Stu]

Very late to this but much RIP, just sad I sort of only knew him later on in life as Eli Vance in Half Life 2.