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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Entertainment
Nardine Saad

Peter Robbins, original voice of Peanuts’ Charlie Brown character, dies at 65

Actor Peter Robbins, the original voice of beloved Peanuts character Charlie Brown, has died. He was 65.

Robbins died by suicide, according to a statement his friend and agent Dylan Novak sent to the Los Angeles Times Wednesday. It is unclear when Robbins died.

Robbins, who frequented comic book conventions, began voicing Charlie Brown in 1963 and is credited for his work on the holiday classics “A Charlie Brown Christmas” (1965), “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” (1966) and “A Boy Named Charlie Brown” (1969), among several other TV films and shorts.

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