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Chris Ayres, perhaps best known as Frieza’s English language voice actor, has passed away. Besides the iconic Dragon Ball character, Ayres also voiced Kei Kurono in Gantz, and Shingen Takeda in Sengoku Basara. He was 56 years old.
Ayres took over the Frieza role in Dragon Ball Z Kai, and voiced the character in Dragon Ball Super, as well as in the feature anime films Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection F and Dragon Ball Super: Broly. Ayres was a tremendous talent and did an excellent job with Frieza.
Besides voice acting, Ayres was also a stage actor, scriptwriter, ADR director, and even a fight choreographer. He performed on and off Broadway during his varied career. Ayres’ final role was as Caller #1 in the animated short, The Dog Park: Prank Calls.
His partner and fellow voice actor Krystal LaPorte announced his passing on Twitter, writing, “Chris loved you all. How much he loved other people filled the vast majority of our conversations. To those of you who loved him back, thank you.”
Read the full article on Kotaku
