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{{quote|''"I'm the only man in the world that has made a career with one word: Grrrrreeeat!"''|'''Thurl Ravenscroft''' on his most famous character, Tony the Tiger}}
'''Thurl Ravenscroft''' may have had one of the greatest voices to grace humankind. Born February 6, 1914 in Norfolk, Nebraska as Thurl Arthur Ravenscroft (yes, he was born with that [[Awesome McCoolname|last name]]!), Thurl later left to California in his twenties to study at the Otis Art Institute and pursue a life of show business; after being flooded with job requests stemming from his auditioning at Paramount as a studio singer, he eventually had to quit the former. He said he originally wanted to apply his unique voice for opera, but instead he found his calling doing radio work and singing bass in a barbershop quartet called ''The Mellomen''. This group received lots of gigs singing jingles for commercials for products such as wine and breakfast cereals, and it was at this point that Thurl received his most famous job -- voicing the Frosted Flakes cereal mascot ''Tony the Tiger'', a character he voiced for his entire life.
Thurl Ravenscroft is a sort of paradox. While his [[Basso Profundo|deep]] voice was perfectly capable of shaking gods and [[Evil Sounds Deep|chilling audiences]], Thurl preferred to provide children's fare, and his voice also possessed a very friendly vibe to it, much like a giant teddy bear. In 1966, he was offered a job by [[Dr. Seuss]] and [[Chuck Jones]] on ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (
Beyond Disney and Kellogg's, Ravenscroft was in almost constant demand. Among many other gigs, he performed with [[Spike Jones
A devout Christian, Thurl Ravenscroft sang frequently for his church choir, and had even produced a few Gospel albums during his career. He died in his home at the age of 91 in 2005 from prostate cancer. Due to his legacy, Thurl was inducted as a Disney Legend in 1995.
You can find out more about his work at the website [https://web.archive.org/web/20131031153503/http://www.allthingsthurl.com/ All Things Thurl], to which Thurl himself contributed.
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