Japan's Veteran Voice Actor Ichiro Nagai (永井一郎) Passes Away - R.I.P.

Japan's voice actor Ichiro Nagai (Narrator of the Mobile Suit Gundam series & movies) has passed away after collapsing at the Hiroshima Hotel.  Cause of the collapse is not known at this time.  His body was found by a hotel staff when he did not check out of the hotel at the scheduled time.

Ighiro Nagai was well known for his voice acting career working on the following anime projects:

Narrator in the first Mobile Suit Gundam series & movies (Japanese)

Albus Dumbledore in "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" (live-action movie) (Japanese)

Albus Dumbledore in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" (live-action movie) (Japanese)

Albus Dumbledore in "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" (live-action movie) (Japanese)

Albus Dumbledore in "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" (live-action movie) (Japanese)

Albus Dumbledore in "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" (live-action movie) (Japanese)

Albus Dumbledore in "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" (live-action movie) (Japanese)

Cid in "Final Fantasy IV DS" (VG) (Japanese)

Dawson in "The Great Mouse Detective" (Disney animated movie) (Japanese)

Dr. Sakezo Sado in "Space Battleship Yamato" (VG) (Japanese)

Frank Costanza in "Seinfield" (live-action TV series) (Japanese)

Garai in "Dragon Quest I" (drama cd)

Grandpa in "Freaky Friday" (2003 live-action movie) (Japanese)

Hoshi in "Grievance of a Starmaker" (Japanese)

John Hammond in "Jurassic Park" (live-action movie) (Japanese)

Joseph Finley in "Cocoon" (live-action movie) (Japanese)

Julius Levinson in "Independence Day" (movie) (Japanese)

Lucaim Nav in "Phantasy Star Universe" (VG) (Japanese)

Master Shafu in "Jyuuken Sentai Gekiranger" (TV) (Japanese)

Mysterious Voice and Narrator in "Onimusha" (VG) (Japanese)

Old Man in "Jojo's Bizarre Adventure" (Drama CD) (Japanese)

Philoctetes (Phil) in "Kingdom Hearts II" (VG) (Japanese)

Philoctetes (Phil) in "Kingdom Hearts" (VG) (Japanese)

Professor Amamori in "Story of Galaxy Express 999" (VG) (Japanese)

Samos Hagai in "Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy" (VG) (Japanese)

Samos Hagai in "Jak II Renegade" (VG) (Japanese)

Wishbone in "Rawhide" (live-action TV series) (Japanese)

Yoda in "Soul Calibur IV" (VG) (Japanese)

Yoda in "Star Wars Episode II - Attack of the Clones" (Japanese)

Yoda in "Star Wars Episode III - Revenge of the Sith" (Japanese)

Yoda in "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace" (Japanese)

Yosemite Sam in "Looney Tunes" (Japanese)

Source: TBS