Some websites are making much of the near-simultaneous deaths of two members of the Disney Winnie the Pooh cast: Paul Winchell, the voice of Tigger, on Friday…John Fiedler, who voiced Piglet, on Saturday. It's actually worse than that. They're forgetting that Howard Morris, who provided the voice of Gopher in the first few Pooh featurettes, passed away only a little over a month ago.
John Fiedler had a great career apart from his brief moments as Piglet. He was wonderful in one of my favorite movies, the film version of The Odd Couple, re-creating a role he'd originated on the Broadway stage. He was even better in his recurring role on The Bob Newhart Show. Here's a link to the New York Times obit, which appears this morning right under the one for Paul Winchell. This is not fun.