Post by teleadm on May 26, 2021 5:59:43 GMT
American singer and actor Samuel E. Wright has left us at the age of 74, on May 24th. (prostate cancer)
He was probably best known as the voice of Sebastian in Disney's The Little Mermaid, for which he provided the lead vocals to "Under the Sea", which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. He played Dizzy Gillespie in the 1988 biographical film Bird about Charlie Parker. Wright also played the part of Mufasa in the original cast of The Lion King on Broadway and voiced Kron the Iguanodon in Disney's 2000 CGI/live-action film Dinosaur.
He is remembered by Variety
R.I.P. Samuel E. Wright
He was probably best known as the voice of Sebastian in Disney's The Little Mermaid, for which he provided the lead vocals to "Under the Sea", which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. He played Dizzy Gillespie in the 1988 biographical film Bird about Charlie Parker. Wright also played the part of Mufasa in the original cast of The Lion King on Broadway and voiced Kron the Iguanodon in Disney's 2000 CGI/live-action film Dinosaur.
He is remembered by Variety
R.I.P. Samuel E. Wright