voice deity, Jim Ward

[nutsnberries]

i just saw this posted by his wife on facebook. 😢 he brought many laughs as a mook on The Stephanie Miller Show...

Dear Friends, family, and fans of the greatest voice over actor ever, (my biased opinion)Jim Ward, loved by thousands.Jim made people spew coffee at unexpected moments and people pulled over to the side of the road cuz they couldn’t stop laughing. Many of you have wondered where our voice deity went. Well, he got sick. At first it was mild cognitive memory issue. Once he arrived at Silverado Beverly Place Memory Care, all was well but two weeks later he got the worst case of COVID imaginable. (He almost died numerous times). He was completely paralyzed and hospitalized for four months where he learned to eat again, walk again, etc. Jim’s now back at Silverado. Not close to how he was when he got COVID. It really set him back. But, the amazing thing about Alzheimers is part of the brain still functions normally. The other part - well, he has no memory, not from a year ago, a day ago, 10 minutes ago, 2 seconds ago. But he still plays harmonica, guitar, does voices and sings. He still knows who I am. They take such great care of him at Silverado. They love him. So do I. it costs almost $9000/month for his care at Silverado. And, he had over a million dollars in medical expenses at Cedars and CRI. Thankfully, his SAG/AFTRA insurance paid most of it. But we are way in debt for approx $50,000 for medical and caregivers expenses not paid by insurance. If you can contribute in any way to help my paypal is [e-mail]. All proceeds will go to Jims care. Thank you so much. My heart is broken. Much love to you all, Janice (aka Janiqua)
What a wonderful ride. 💕
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[Sedona]

1. Knr

[KY_EnviroGuy]

2. So sad, he's only 61 and voiced in many of my favorite animated films.

See his bio and filmography here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Ward_(voice_actor)

or here (IMDB): https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0911589/

Toy Story, Shrek, Lion King and many others. May he find peace with this horrible disease.

Thanks for posting, Nutsnberries.

KY........

[nutsnberries]

10. you're welcome. i was hesitant because

i didn't know if it was public knowledge already.
I haven't been a regular SM listener these past few years and thought maybe she has mentioned it. Occasionally I had looked to see what Jim has been up to since he left but never saw much about him. One day I tuned in after not listening for quite a while and saw Jim was gone and Chris was back! Still a very funny show but I miss those silly skits and voices.

I've been close to a few that have suffered with & succumbed to dementia / alzheimers.
as you said, Peace to Jim and his friends and family.

thanks to your link, i see he was in Tapeheads! I haven't seen that in many years but I loved it. Maybe I'll find it and watch it again.

-kickin for the evening crowd.

[Dave Starsky]

3. Aw, fuck. I was afraid of that. Damn.

I knew he was hospitalized with COVID last year about this time. I hadn't heard anything since. My spider sense knew something was wrong.

How awful that they have to go through this. He is an absolute legend.

[Fullduplexxx]

4. Omg 😭

[tblue37]

5. K&R for visibility. nt

[Liberal In Texas]

6. That's sad. Such a funny guy.

It was mentioned on Steph's show that he had covid, didn't know about the Alzheimer's. I remember he liked to do the NYT crossword everyday. This must be a huge comedown.

There by the grace of .... etc.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

7. WTF?! Damn, I remember years ago listening to his voices almost every

morning.

[blogslut]

8. He worked consistently for a long time

In show business, that's the dream. Rest in peace, sir.

[Cetacea]

9. K&R n/t