10 Disney Pixar Actors Who Are No Longer With Us
So long, partners.
The idea of death and loss has had a rich relationship with Pixar movies; at times it almost feels like the animation studio has an agenda to help us grow up emotionally by bombarding us with devastating stories framed as fanciful children's tales.
Through the trials and tribulations of Woody, Carl, Wall-E, Lightning McQueen and Riley, we've grown through pain and joy and the frightening discomfort of our own mortality. But thanks to the wonderful characterisation and the studio's habit of picking perfect casts to compliment their stories, every hard lesson has been learned with a side of charm.
It was their voices that brought Pixar's delightful characters to life: the warmth of Tom Hanks, the venom of Kevin Spacey, the delicious humour of Wallace Shawn and the familiarity of John Ratzenberger...
Unfortunately, given it has now been over 20 years since the franchise kicked off with Toy Story in 1995, some of the stars behind favourite characters have passed on. In their honour, it's time to remember those who lent their voices to Pixar and are now chilling out in the great cinema in the sky...