{"id":60445,"date":"2021-08-04T12:11:41","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T17:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=60445"},"modified":"2021-08-04T12:11:44","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T17:11:44","slug":"voice-of-courage-the-cowardly-dogs-muriel-thea-white-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=60445","title":{"rendered":"Voice of Courage the Cowardly Dog\u2019s Muriel, Thea White, passes away"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>BY JOHN CARTER JR<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thea White, the voice of Muriel from Courage the Cowardly Dog passed away Friday at the age of 81. Her death was announced by her brother John Zitner in a Facebook post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\t&#8220;My sister recorded this prior to her surgery. She fought. She left us today at 11:05,&#8221; Zitner posted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\tIn response to this news former Courage the Cowardly Dog team members and fans alike posted their thoughts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marty Grabstein, the voice of Courage gave his thoughts in an Instagram post saying \u201cShe was a warm, loving, kind..extremely funny woman\u201d going on to say \u201cShe was just this Angel, an angel in our lives that existed amongst us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\tHe wasn\u2019t alone in his sentiments, on August 2nd John Dilworth, creator of Courage the Cowardly Dog posted a video to his YouTube channel.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THEA WHITE, voice of Muriel Bagge, remembered 2021\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/USVVUtAWyvc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShe was a fabulous soul, and it really was a joy working with her on this little dog project 20 years ago\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He goes on to discuss the creation of the character and how Muriel (based on a real person) was brought to life through her \u201cunique interpretation of a Scottish voice\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\tIn a later post, White\u2019s brother talks about her excitement for the upcoming Straight Outta Nowhere film featuring Courage the Cowardly Dog and Scooby-Doo. 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