Donnie Dunagan, who voiced young Bambi in Disney’s 1942 animated film, has died at age 92.
Dunagan died November 4, his agents Kris Jones and Nery Lemus confirmed to Variety. Film historian Tom Weaver also reported his death, The Hollywood Reporter said on November 9.
Before Bambi, Dunagan appeared as a child actor in films including Son of Frankenstein and Tower of London, both released in 1939. Bambi was his final film.
He later served in the U.S. Marine Corps and retired as a major in 1977. He had kept his work on the Disney film from fellow Marines during much of his service.
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