I was stunned.Or, as Rocky the Flying Squirrel would say, “Holy smokes!”Rocky of “Rocky and Bullwinkle” cartoon fame was a girl.Or more precisely he was voiced by a girl. Actress June Foray — dubbed as the “female Mel Blanc” by admirers of the range of voices she mastered — passed away this week at age 99.I knew of Foray from one show — The Twilight Zone. She voiced Talky Tina, a murderous doll that to this day still sends shivers down my spine when I think of the episode and the voice.I didn’t know she was Rocky’s voice.In a way it’s kind of ironic that her death came just as the nation is revisiting the transgender debate.
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