George Lowe, voice actor known and beloved for his irreverent Space Ghost, dies at 67

George Lowe, the dependable histrion champion known for the long-running cult-favorite Cartoon Network and Adult Swim bid “Space Ghost Coast to Coast,” died Sunday astatine property 67, a typical confirmed Tuesday.

A connection from the household would beryllium forthcoming, the typical said. No origin of decease was given, though person and vigor big “Marvelous Marvin” Boone wrote Tuesday on societal media that Lowe had died aft “a agelong illness.”

“I’m beyond devastated,” helium said connected Facebook. “My Zobanian member and champion person for implicit 40 years, George Lowe, has passed distant aft a agelong illness. A portion of maine had besides died. He was a supremely talented Artist and Voice actor. A existent warm-hearted Genius. Funniest antheral connected Earth too. I’ve stolen jokes from him for decades. He stole immoderate of mine. He was besides the dependable of Space Ghost and truthful overmuch more.”

Casper Kelly, the writer-producer-director down Adult Swim’s “Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell,” remembered Lowe on X, writing, “Wonderfully benignant and comic man. Brilliant improvisor. Art collector. Raconteur. Space Ghost was genius and helped usher successful a caller question of oddball tv.”

Voice-over histrion Billy West said Tuesday connected X that Lowe “was mighty and 1 of the champion of the champion VOs ever. Very generous of tone and precise kind… and comic funny funny. He volition beryllium missed.”

“My bosom is broken. George Lowe was 1 of the funniest radical I’ve ever known and 1 of the nicest radical to ever exist. You volition beryllium missed much than you cognize my friend. RIP,” Tim Frasier, an enforcement shaper astatine iHeartRadio subsidiary Premiere Networks, said Tuesday connected Facebook.

Michael Stipe of R.E.M. vibes with talk-show big Space Ghost — voiced by the precocious George Lowe — successful an occurrence of “Space Ghost Coast to Coast.”

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“Incredibly heartbroken to larn that agelong clip broadcasting buddy George Lowe (Official) has passed away,” vigor big and voice-over creator Roy Hersey said, besides connected Facebook. “One of the astir originative and funniest radical I’ve ever known. We worked unneurotic astatine Power 99 successful Atlanta earlier helium became the dependable of #spaceghostcoasttocoast connected the Cartoon Network. ... I visited with him conscionable precocious astatine his location successful Lakeland, Florida. So gladsome I got to spot him 1 past time. If determination is simply a heaven, he’s got ‘em successful [stitches].”

Lowe was calved Nov. 10, 1957, successful Dunedin, Fla., and worked successful vigor earlier moving to dependable acting successful the 1990s. He was besides a ocular creator and creation collector, according to the American Visionary Art Museum, yet amassing hundreds of works including Pop Art prints by Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg and others.

Space Ghost, who originated successful the 1960s connected CBS (courtesy of Hanna-Barbera Productions) , evolved successful the 1990s from a superior combatant of outer-space supervillains into an irreverent talk-show big connected a amusement that mixed animation and live-action.

“Space Ghost Coast to Coast” was billed arsenic the archetypal late-night amusement to diagnostic a cartoon superhero arsenic its host, and during its tally from 1994-99, and disconnected and connected until 2012, it welcomed “guests” including Björk, Adam Carolla, Conan O’Brien, Bob Costas and Michael Stipe of R.E.M., to sanction a few. The guests were filmed unrecorded and inserted into the animated show.

On the premiere, fare guru Susan Powter, comic Kevin Meaney and the Bee Gees were Space Ghost’s guests, accompanied by his TV set — led by erstwhile archenemies Moltar and Zorak.

Lowe took implicit the Space Ghost gig from “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” announcer Gary Owens, who voiced the superhero during his early, much superior stints successful the 1960s and 1980s. Owens, who died successful 2015, made a cameo quality arsenic Space Ghost replicant “Gary” successful a Season 5 occurrence of “Coast to Coast.” In the episode, Lowe’s Space Ghost destroyed Owens’ replicant.

“The large happening astir Space Ghost is that he’ll beryllium returning astatine a clip erstwhile heroes similar X-Men and Batman are particularly popular,” erstwhile Cartoon Network enforcement Mike Lazzo told The Times successful 1994. “Here we person a leader moving with his erstwhile enemies and there’s a wholly loopy, nutty spin, making thing for some kids and their parents.”

Lowe voiced galore roles connected Adult Swim shows including “Robot Chicken,” “The Brak Show” and “Aqua Teen Hunger Force,” and successful 2024 voiced Space Ghost successful the Season 3 “Space Con” occurrence of “Jellystone!” The dependable histrion spent clip successful caller years gathering fans astatine assorted Comic-Cons and akin gatherings.

Art by Lowe is hung astatine the High Museum of Art successful Atlanta, the Georgia Museum successful Athens, Ga., the Polk Museum successful Lakeland, Fla., and the American Visionary Art Museum successful Baltimore, according to the second museum’s website.

Former Times unit writer N.F. Mendoza contributed to this post.