George Lowe, the voice behind the irreverent superhero animated in “Space Ghost Coast To Coast” by Space Swim of adults. He was 67 years old.
He died on Sunday in Lakeland, Florida, two of his commercial representatives said. Lowe had been fighting to recover from elective cardiac surgery in November, his family said in a statement. “In recent months, his family and friends have been by his side in support and care of him,” said the statement.
Lowe’s booming voice and humor outside the wall turned “Space Ghost Coast to Coast” into a cult classic between young and adolescents.
The program debuted in 1994 and was broadcast for more than a decade in Cartoon Network as part of its night programming block for adult swimming. It was the first original Production of Cartoon Network and established the basis of several other original series, including “The PowerPuff Girls”, “Courage The Cowardly Dog” and “Johnny Bravo”.
In “Space Ghost Coast To Coast”, Lowe played the role of Ghost of Cartorate Space Space, who organized an interview program and interviewed real celebrities. While interviews with people like William Shatner, Conan O’Brien and Donny Osmond were pre -recorded, Lowe would then add strange and divagating digressions, such as asking the guests if they were receiving enough oxygen.
“Madness became fashionable, thanks to us,” Lowe told Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2004.
Adult Swim president Michael Ouweleen said the program showed that the network could find success with its own productions.
“Everyone knew him as Space Ghost (and all his other characters), but we knew him as himself, a true character in our own right, one that left us an indelible brand in all in adult swimming,” he said.
The producers of the program would begin to record Lowe as soon as he entered the stand, said Ouweleen, creating some of the best materials “when he did not realize that he was being recorded.”
Lowe expressed several other characters in adult swimming shows, including “Robot Chickn”, “Aqua Teen Hunger Force” and “The Brak Show”.
Until last year, he continued to make regular appearances in the comic and science fiction conventions.
Lowe, who was born in Dunedin, Florida, began his career as a personality of Disc Jockey and television in Florida and Georgia. He continued doing voice work for radio stations after swimming in adults.
He was an avid collector of folk and pop and a self -taught artist whose intricate pen and ink drawings were exhibited in several museums, including the high museum of art of Atlanta, where his work is part of his permanent collection.
There were no details available in their survivors. His family said there will be a private service.
