Pingu voice actor dies

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Original Pingu voice actor Carlo Bonomi who coined “noot noot ... (Evening Standard)

Bonomi, born in Milan, voiced the South Pole emperor penguin and all of the characters on Pingu from 1990 to 2000. He went on to create the Penguinease ...

He went on to create the Penguinease language for the children’s claymation show based on the Milan dialect and took inspiration from his work on the Italian animated series, La Linea. One fan has said: “Sad to hear of the passing of Pingu voice actor Carlo Bonomi. He went on to create the Penguinease language for the children’s claymation show.

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Original 'Pingu' voice actor Carlo Bonomi dies aged 85 (Yahoo Canada Shine On)

The Italian actor was the voice of Pingu from its creation in 1990 until 2000 when the rights to the stop-motion animated show were sold. Bonomi voiced all of ...

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Pingu voice actor Carlo Bonomi dies aged 85 (Liverpool Echo)

Carlo Bonomi worked on the show from 1990 to 2000 giving the cartoon penguin a voice.

The language he used for Pingu, known as Penguinese, was based on Milanese dialect and was inspired by his earlier work on Italian animated series La Linea. Angela said: "RIP to Carlo Bonomi a big part of my childhood #pingu." Taking to Twitter, one user said: "Last Saturday Carlo Bonomi the man behind the voices of Pingu and more had died.

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Pingu's original voice actor, Carlo Bonomi, dies aged 85 (Metro)

The man who brought Pingu to life has died at the age of 86.

As well as voice acting, Bonomi worked as a clown in his home country, and reportedly recorded the railway announcements for Milan’s central railway station. He also voiced many of the characters for Italian show Carosello and La Linea until 1986, as well as cartoon series Stripy which also aired in the 1980s. The star was best-known for voicing Pingu – and the little penguin’s entire family – in the early seasons of the children’s claymation show.

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