Wayne Allwine passes away.

Okay, now first I know many are saying who is Wayne Allwine and second, why, it’s not haunt related.

Well, many of us haunters grew up with a love of halloween, haunting and so on and how many of us just love the Haunted Mansion or some of the classic Mickey Mouse Halloween Cartoon Shorts? In some way many of us haunters have been inspired by Disney. And I personally being a Disney fan felt I needed to pay tribute to only the thrid person to ever give life to Mickey Mouse. RIP Wayne Allwine.

Mickey Mouse is an American icon and even to us haunters brings joy to us with the Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween at the parks, or having the RFR Dark Princess watch the Mickey’s Halloween Specials and Cartoon shorts or even many queue lines at haunts using Disney’s entertainment factor as a starting point for your customers. Mickey is there all the way.

So I had to pay tribute to a very nice man who I have met a few times, and our prayers go out to is wife, the official voice of Minnie Mouse. Yes, Mickey and Minnie were married. Thank you Wayne for filling my life with Mickey and the torch will be passed to the next Mickey, but you will remain a Disney Legend.

From Cartoon Brew
Wayne Allwine, the official voice of Mickey Mouse, the third person in history to play the character in various movies and TV shows, has passed away.

According to Wikipedia, Allwine’s first appearance as Mickey was voicing the animated lead-ins for The New Mickey Mouse Club in 1977. His first appearance as Mickey for a theatrical release was in the 1983 featurette Mickey’s Christmas Carol and he has provided the voice for Mickey Mouse ever since. He was married to Russi Taylor, the current voice of Minnie Mouse. Allwine was also a sound effects editor for various feature films. Allwine died on Monday, due to complications from diabetes. He was 62.