Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: The voice of a generation is gone - a generation of cartoon characters. June Foray has died at age 99. She was best known for her multiple roles on "The Rocky And Bullwinkle Show," including Rocky the flying squirrel and his nemesis Natasha Fatale. NPR's Ted Robbins has this remembrance. TED ROBBINS, BYLINE: Let's not start at the beginning. There's a line that could come out of "Rocky And Bullwinkle." (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "THE BULLWINKLE SHOW") ROBBINS: It's the late '50s, early '60s, and Jay Ward's Rocky and Bullwinkle are skewering cartoon convention of the time with wry, self-referential humor. Here Rocket J. Squirrel and his dimwitted moose friend Bullwinkle are off to Hollywood in search of fame pursued by spies Boris and Natasha. June Foray is both Rocky and Natasha - hero and villain. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "THE BULLWINKLE SHOW") JUNE FORAY: (As Rocky) Hey, now, who are you? BILL SCOTT: (As Bullwinkle) I'm Bullwinkle
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