Voice actor Dallas McKennon died Monday at the age of 89, just days shy of his 90th birthday.

His friend and mentee, Eugene Hamm, wrote an obituary for McKennon:

Richard F. O'Brion, 89, of Wyckoff, N.J., died on Wednesday, July 8, 2009. Industry veterans affectionately knew him as "The Pope." He retired as an Executive Vice President for JVC Corporation of America, in charge of the company's entire U.S. operations, and was one of the key individuals in introducing the VHS format. He was also identified with the early days of Sony's broadcast and professional business. Dick also worked for Ampex and Allan Dumont Laboratories during his career.

Animation writer Antony Peters passed away last Sunday in New York, reports CARTOON BREW.

A veteran of Rankin-Bass classics like RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER, WILLIE MCBEAN & HIS MAGIC MACHINE and TALES OF THE WIZARD OF OZ, Peters also wrote episodes of ROCKET ROBIN HOOD and Grantray-Lawrence's MARVEL SUPER HEROES in the 1960s. He was also a longtime ASIFA-East member and worked for many years on industrial and commercial films out of his New York-based studio Instant Miracles.

Wayne Allwine, a veteran Disney voiceover talent and Emmy Award-winning sound effects editor, who provided the voice of Mickey Mouse for the past 32 years, passed away on Monday (May 18) at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, from complications due to diabetes. He was 62-years-old. Allwine's wife of 20 years, Russi Taylor, who provides the voice of Minnie Mouse, was by his side at the time of his passing.

Filmmaker Giulio Gianini, a two-time Oscar nominee for his short animated films, died at the age of 82 this weekend in Rome.

LA GAZZA LADRA (THE THIEVING MAGPIE) (1965) and PULCINELLA (1972) were nominated in the Short Subject (Animated) category.

Prolific voice and comedic supporting actor Dom DeLuise has died at the age of 75 on Monday, reports CNN. His son's publicist Jay Schwartz did not disclose his cause of death, but DeLuise had been fighting cancer for more than a year.

Famous for his supporting roles in Mel Brooks films, including SPACEBALLS, SADDLES, ROBIN HOOD: MEN IN TIGHTS and SILENT MOVIE, DeLuise lent his voice to 1980s animated features AN AMERICAN TAIL, ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN and OLIVER & COMPANY as well as the sequels and TV versions.

Ken Annakin, a prolific director who helmed SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON and other Disney classics, died Wednesday in Beverly Hills, according to a THE LOS ANGELES TIMES obituary. He was 94.

British-born Annakin got his start in the early 1940s doing war documentaries and made nearly 50 films in his five-decade career. He suffered a stroke and a heart attack in February.

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS co-creator Dave Arneson has passed away Tuesday, according to multiple news outlets.

Arneson and co-creator Gary Gygax developed the game now known as D&D starting in 1969, publishing it first in 1974.

WIRED reports that Arneson, 61, lost his battle with cancer, surrounded by his family in St. Paul, Minnesota. Gygax died about a year ago.

Jack Dunham, an animator at Disney starting with SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS, died a few weeks ago at the age of 98, reports CARTOON BREW.

Dunham worked at Universal on Oswald shorts before heading over to Disney in the mid-1930s, working as an inbetweener on SNOW WHITE. He moved into management and was a unit manager until 1947.

Dunham moved to Canada to work for the Associated Screen News in Montreal, later working in live action and animated commercials in Montreal and Toronto Canada.

Artist Ray Aragon, who worked in layout, production design and storyboarding at various studios, died on Sunday, March 15, reports CARTOON BREW. He has 83.