‘Charlie Brown’ voice actor from 1965 Christmas special dead at 65
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Peter Robbins, the former child actor who first put a voice to Charles Schultz’s lovable blockhead Charlie Brown has died, according to reports.
Robbins, born in 1956, began working in 1963 on shows like "Rawhide," "The Donna Reed Show" and "The Munsters" but he is best known for playing Charlie Brown in 1965’s "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and other "Peanuts" cartoons like "It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" and the full-length animated movie "A Boy Named Charlie Brown."
His family told FOX 5 San Diego that Robbins died by suicide last week.
Robbins first voiced Charlie Brown in a 1963 documentary about Schultz also called "A Boy Named Charlie Brown," according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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