Tributes have been paid to Carlo Bonomi, the man who voiced Pingu in the acclaimed TV series, who has died at the age of 85.
Bonomi, who hailed from Milan, lent his voice to the claymation penguin from 1986 until 1999. As well as voicing the cheeky penguin from the South Pole, the Italian voice actor also played the entire cast in earlier episodes.
Even though Pingu never uttered any words that made sense - his iconic sound was 'noot, noot' - generations of children around the world fell in love with the bold little penguin, his friends, and their adventures around Antarctica.
