Jim Ward – the voice actor greatest recognized for his voice work on Nickelodeon‘s The Pretty OddParents died on Wednesday December 10, on the age of 66. His spouse Janice confirmed the information that he had handed away following issues from superior Alzheimer’s. The beloved star was receiving therapy in Los Angeles at Silverado Beverly Place Reminiscence Care on the time of his loss of life. Tragically Jim died the identical day as fellowNickelodeon star Jeff Garcia, whose son introduced his loss of life on the age of fifty on Instagram.
Tributes flooded in from heartbroken followers because the information turned public. Writing on Fb one commented: “Jim Ward has sadly handed away. The voice of Doug Dimmadone, Chet Ubetcha, and lots of extra nice animated roles… this has not been a straightforward day for animation followers. RIP to a legend.” One other added: “Jim will probably be doing inpressions up in heaven, barely inappropriate however the angels will probably be laughing their halos off. RIP.”
A 3rd chimed in: “I’ve been fascinated by him figuring out this present day can be coming. Godspeed Voice Deity Jim Ward!!! Preserve an eye fixed out for these brambles, they’re laborious on the yamsacks…”
“Relaxation in peace Jim Ward, the actor recognized for voicing Jack Krauser within the authentic Resident Evil 4. A really memorable efficiency from a expertise who left an enormous mark on probably the most iconic video games of all time. R.I.P,” a fourth penned.
“I am a grown man in actual tears… It is gonna hit even more durable after I randomly quote ‘Doug Dimmadone of Dimmsdale Dimmadone’ tear,” a fifth shared.
In the meantime a sixth gushed: “Jim Ward was a nationwide treasure. He was uniquely eccentric in an exquisite means…Relaxation in Peace and preserve them laughing.”
Jim was unable to work since 2021 when it was revealed he had developed signs of a precocious type of Alzheimer’s illness and contracted a extreme case of COVID-19.
Previous to his sickness he was an in demand and acclaimed voice actor and radio star. Amongst his abundance of labor for Nickelodeon he famously voiced the characters Doug Dimmadome and Chet Ubetcha on the The Pretty OddParents.
Away from TV and radio work he additionally labored extensively voicing video video games and had a number of roles within the Star Wars Universe together with a number of components within the companion recreation to The Phantom Menace.
From 2004 to 2017, he was the co-host of The Stephanie Miller Present, a syndicated discuss radio programme which utilised a lot of his impersonations of political figures and different celebrities and information makers.
