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Actor Roscoe Lee Browne, whose rich voice and dignified bearing brought him an Emmy award and a Tony nomination, has died. He was 81.
Browne had a decades-long career that ranged from classic theatre to TV cartoons.
His deep, cultured voice was heard narrating the 1995 hit movie Babe.
He was also a track star, winning a 1951 world championship in the 800-yard (731-metres) dash. In movies, he was a spy in the 1969 Alfred Hitchcock feature Topaz and a camp cook in 1972's The Cowboys.
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