Aron Tager has been in the world of television for decades. He has made a ton of appearances on various shows and commercials, and he has voiced a large variety of cartoon characters since the early 90s. One of those cartoons was Donkey Kong Country, where he was the voice behind Cranky Kong. Sadly, Tager passed away on February 28th at the age of 84. A funeral for Tager will be held on March 9th.
Aron Tager, the voice of Cranky Kong in the Donkey Kong Country animated series, passed away recently at the age of 84. He was, in our opinion, the definitive Cranky. Thank you, Aron, for lending your voice to such a beloved character. You will be missed.https://t.co/0ysuizCkHn pic.twitter.com/yGT4rTG9XJ
— Kremling Kampaigner (@KRoolKountry) March 4, 2019
why is this news
To give condolence to the guy who passed away
Yeah remember what happen to iwata the former Nintendo of japan president who died of a bile duct tumor right?. The mods made a news about that sometime ago.
I hate 2019 already because we also lost Bruno Ganz and Luke Perry. RIP.
Rest in peace, Aron Tager.
No one has ever voice acted Cranky Kong as brilliant as you Sir!
His performance in Donkey Kong Country was truly exceptional.
And if anyone ever played Konami’s RPG for the Nintendo DS called Suikoden Tierkreis, he’s also the voice actor of Macoute.
I never knew who this man was up until now, but to me, he WAS Cranky’s OTVA (One True Voice Actor), which is a rarity with video game IPs.
Nintendo, start voicing your characters before its too late.
Is this national death day or something? First I hear about actor Luke Perry dying, then WWE legend King Kong Bundy, and now Aron Tager . All within hours apart (me hearing about them that is).
Yeah it’s pretty S#*t.
Also lost the prodigy lead singer yesterday.
Cool. Bless him.
He looks like cranky kong as well.
He will be missed. God bless his soul.