Alaskey, who had been battling cancer, in the late 1980s was one of the successors to the late cartoon pioneer Mel Blanc, who was known as “The Man of 1,000 voices.”
Daffy Duck proved to be one of Alaskey’s best characters and in 2004, the New York-born actor won an Emmy for his performance on Cartoon Network’s “Duck Dodgers.”
Apart from playing Looney Tune characters, he also lent his talent to other roles, playing the voice of Richard Nixon in the Oscar-winning “Forrest Gump” and Jackie Gleason in “King of the World.”
May his soul Rest in Peace.
Source: Punch
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