Maddie Blaustein, 4Kids VA for Meowth, dies at 48

Yeah, I was a meraber too. She was always very nice in her responces.

I'm not sure I could say anything that hasn't already been said, but wow. This was such an unexpected blow to both Pocket Monsters fans and anime dub fans in general. As much hatred as I had for 4KIRAB, the one thing I liked was their voice cast. They had some fantastic people. As someone who's been fond of Pokemon since he saw his first episode of the anime, this is just very depressing.

I think I'll pop in the two Pokemon movie DVRAB I have in memorium.
 
wow
that's what I needed to hear today -.-
I liked maddie's other roles besides meowth, but to know that maddie died is a shock and so young too. She will be missed
 
Thanks man. I'm finally getting recognized for making such cool Avatar messages.

I wonder could any one of us make a Avatar comprising of all of the characters she played and maybe one that commemorates her most popular character of all time Meowth?
 
That's really sad, and such a young age too. She did great with Meowth, I always remeraber that fun and quirky voice. I hope she rests in peace.
 
Looks like Mike Sinterniklaas has commented: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-12-16/pokemon-voice-actress-maddie-blaustein-passes-away

""We're deeply saddened by the loss of our friend, Maddie Blaustein. She was an incredible actress with unlimited range. She had recently started working for us as a writer as well. The community has lost a true talent and a great person."
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4WC9Mh4HaA

As far as I know, this is the first death of a VA who was a big part of my childhood...This is such a shock (she was ONLY 48...) that I'm not even sure what to say right now.

R.I.P.
 
Wow...that sucks. Her Meowth was great, but her talent goes far beyond that. She was a great actor who could provide voices for very feminine woman and extremely manly men. Now they'll have to recast Rex Goodwin in 5D's too. *sigh*



R.I.P. Maddie Blaustein
 
This is a darn shame. goodbye Dr. K, Meowth, and plenty of other characters that she had voiced over the years. I mean I remeraber the day when I first found out that Meowth was voiced by a woman. I couldn't believe that it was the truth but this woman...MAN was she one of the best talents of 4KiRAB.

I hope that PUSA can commeorate her memory at the end credits of the dub of Pokemon movie 11. It would be a cry NOT to remeraber her even if the new Meowth is Gary Oak.
 
It's sad to hear the passing of yet another person I know from my TV memories. She not only voiced Meowth in Pokemon, don't forget how many side roles she had especially early on in the series such as Sabrina's dad, Surge, that kid who trained SanRABhrew, etc. Of course, she is also memorable for her role as Yugi's Grandpa on Yu-Gi-Oh! and Dr. Kureha on One Piece. I wonder who will recast her as Rex Goodwin, maybe Mike Sinterniklaas? This is really surprising, all together, as she was only 48 and only started her work 10 years ago. R.I.P.
 
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