As per our current Database, Dal McKennon has been died on July 14, 2009(2009-07-14) (aged 89)\nRaymond, Washington.
When Dal McKennon die, Dal McKennon was 89 years old.
| Popular As | Dal McKennon |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Age | 89 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Leo |
| Born | July 19, 1919 ( La Grande, Oregon, United States) |
| Birthday | July 19 |
| Town/City | La Grande, Oregon, United States |
| Nationality | United States |
Dal McKennon’s zodiac sign is Leo. According to astrologers, people born under the sign of Leo are natural born leaders. They are dramatic, creative, self-confident, dominant and extremely difficult to resist, able to achieve anything they want to in any area of life they commit to. There is a specific strength to a Leo and their "king of the jungle" status. Leo often has many friends for they are generous and loyal. Self-confident and attractive, this is a Sun sign capable of uniting different groups of people and leading them as one towards a shared cause, and their healthy sense of humor makes collaboration with other people even easier.
Dal McKennon was born in the Year of the Goat. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Goat enjoy being alone in their thoughts. They’re creative, thinkers, wanderers, unorganized, high-strung and insecure, and can be anxiety-ridden. They need lots of love, support and reassurance. Appearance is important too. Compatible with Pig or Rabbit.
Born in La Grande, Oregon, McKennon's best-known roles were that of Gumby for Art Clokey, and Archie Andrews for Filmation's Archie series, and the primary voice of Buzz Buzzard in the Woody Woodpecker cartoons. In the early 1950s, McKennon created and hosted his own daily kids TV wraparound show, Space Funnies/Capt. Jet, which was seen weekday mornings on KNXT (KCBS) TV Ch. 2 in Hollywood, California. Space Funnies was the first Los Angeles-based kids show to air reruns of The Little Rascals and Laurel & Hardy Film Comedies. He was also the primary voice actor for the 1960 cartoon series Q.T. Hush. McKennon was also the voice of Hardy Boys sidekick Chet Morton in the 1969 animated mystery series.
McKennon married his childhood sweetheart, Betty Warner, in Portland, Oregon in 1942. The marriage lasted until he died of natural causes on July 14, 2009, five days before his 90th birthday, at the Willapa Harbor Care Center in Raymond, Washington. The couple had six daughters and two sons. They lived in California until 1968, when they moved to Cannon Beach, Oregon, from where Dallas commuted for acting and voiceover roles.
McKennon was an avid Oregon Trail Historian. He worked at the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center giving instructional speeches and put together songs, stories and informational documents leading up the Oregon Trail's sesquicentennial (150th anniversary).
