James Baskett

Disney Films
Baskett voiced Fats Crow in Dumbo (1941) and played both Uncle Remus and Br'er Fox in the hybrid film Song of the South (1946), even filling in as the main animated protagonist, Br'er Rabbit, in one sequence.

Death
On July 9, 1948, Baskett died of heart failure resulting from the diabetes at age 44. He was survived by his wife Margaret and his mother Elizabeth. He is buried at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis.