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Peter Fernandez | Writer and producer, 83

Peter Fernandez, 83, a voice actor, writer, and producer who helped introduce the United States to Japanese animation in the 1960s by adapting the series Speed Racer for American audiences, died July 15 of cancer at his home in Pomona, N.Y.

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Peter Fernandez, 83, a voice actor, writer, and producer who helped introduce the United States to Japanese animation in the 1960s by adapting the series

Speed Racer

for American audiences, died July 15 of cancer at his home in Pomona, N.Y.

Mr. Fernandez gave voice to fast-talking action hero Speed Racer and wrote the English lyrics to the theme song, which can still cause many now-grown fans to bust out a line from the chorus: "Go, Speed Racer, go!"

The 52-episode series debuted in 1967.

- Los Angeles Times

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