Changes: Roscoe Lee Browne

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Roscoe Lee Browne was an American actor and director who is known for his rich voice and dignified bearing. He was well known for his role as Dr. Barnabus Foster on the sitcom The Cosby Show. He also voiced the narrator in the 1995 film, Babe.

For Disney, he voiced Francis in the 1988 Disney animated feature film, Oliver & Company, Mr. Arrow in the 2002 Disney animated feature film, Treasure Planet, and Clarence Saint-John in The Proud Family episode; "Wedding Bell Blues". He also played Gazenga in The World's Greatest Athlete. He even narrated the vinyl audiobook The Story of Star Wars, based on A New Hope, then simply titled Star Wars.

He died of stomach cancer in Los Angeles, California on April 11, 2007, at the age of 81. He was cremated. He was remembered for his contributions in a New York Times encomium by Frank Crohn, President of The Edna St. Vincent Millay Society:

We mourn the loss of our long-time Trustee and faithful friend. He was always to be counted upon to be supportive of the aims and purposes of the Society. He filled our lives with the soft sound of poetry as only he could recite it. Now the stage is empty and the lights are low.

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 |cause of death = [[Wikipedia:Stomach cancer|Stomach cancer]]
 |nationality = [[File:Flag of the United States.png|20px]] American
-|occupation(s) = Actor and stage director
+|occupation(s) = Actor, stage director
 |years active = [[1960]]-[[2007]]
-}}'''Roscoe Lee Browne''' ([[May 2]], [[1925]] - [[April 11]], [[2007]]) was an American actor and director who is known for his rich voice and dignified bearing. He voiced [[Francis (Oliver & Company)|Francis]] in the [[1988]] Disney animated film, ''[[Oliver & Company]]'', [[Mr. Arrow]] in the [[2002]] Disney animated film, ''[[Treasure Planet]]'', and [[Clarence Saint-John]] in ''[[The Proud Family]]'' episode; "[[Wedding Bell Blues]]". He also played Gazenga in ''[[The World's Greatest Athlete]]''.
+}}'''Roscoe Lee Browne''' was an American actor and director who is known for his rich voice and dignified bearing. He was well known for his role as Dr. Barnabus Foster on the sitcom ''The Cosby Show''. He also voiced the narrator in the 1995 film, ''Babe''.'' ''
+For [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]], he voiced [[Francis (Oliver & Company)|Francis]] in the [[1988]] [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Disney]] animated feature film, ''[[Oliver & Company]]'', [[Mr. Arrow]] in the [[2002]] Disney animated feature film, ''[[Treasure Planet]]'', and [[Clarence Saint-John]] in ''[[The Proud Family]]'' episode; "[[Wedding Bell Blues]]". He also played Gazenga in ''[[The World's Greatest Athlete]]''. He even narrated the vinyl audiobook ''The Story of Star Wars'', based on ''A New Hope'', then simply titled ''[[Star Wars]]''.
-He died of [[wikipedia:Stomach Cancer|stomach cancer]] in Los Angeles, [[California]] on April 11, 2007 at the age of 81. He was cremated. He was remembered for his contributions in a ''[[Wikipedia:The New York Times|New York Times]]'' encomium by Frank Crohn, President of The Edna St. Vincent Millay Society:
+He died of [[wikipedia:Stomach Cancer|stomach cancer]] in Los Angeles, [[California]] on April 11, 2007, at the age of 81. He was cremated. He was remembered for his contributions in a ''[[Wikipedia:The New York Times|New York Times]]'' encomium by Frank Crohn, President of The Edna St. Vincent Millay Society:
 :''We mourn the loss of our long-time Trustee and faithful friend. He was always to be counted upon to be supportive of the aims and purposes of the Society. He filled our lives with the soft sound of poetry as only he could recite it. Now the stage is empty and the lights are low.''
 ==Disney Roles==
+<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small" widths="150">
-<gallery>
+Gazenga.png|'''Gazenga'''<br>(''[[The World's Greatest Athlete]]'')
-Francis.png|[[Francis (Oliver & Company)|Francis]]
+Francis.png|'''[[Francis]]'''<br>(''[[Oliver & Company]]'')
-Treasureplanet-disneyscreencaps com-2397-1-.jpg|[[Mr. Arrow]]
+Treasureplanet-disneyscreencaps com-2397-1-.jpg|'''[[Mr. Arrow]]'''<br>(''[[Treasure Planet]]'')
-ClarenceProudFamily.png|[[Clarence Saint-John]]
+ClarenceProudFamily.png|'''[[Clarence Saint-John]]'''<br>(''[[The Proud Family]]'')
-Gazenga.png|Gazenga
+</gallery>
+==Gallery==
+<gallery position="center" spacing="small" captionalign="center">
+Roscoe Lee Browne behind the scenes Oliver &amp; Co.jpg|Roscoe Lee Browne behind the scenes of ''Oliver and Company''.
 </gallery>
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