Stan Freberg

Stanley Victor "Stan" Freberg (August 7, 1926 – April 7, 2015) was an American author, comedian, puppeteer, radio personality, voice actor and advertising creative director. His career began in 1944. He was still active in the industry in his mid-80s, nearly 70 years after he started.

Freberg was born on August 7, 1926 in Pasadena, California. He studied at Alhambra High School. Freberg was married to Donna Freberg from 1959 until her death in 2000. He had been married to Betty Hunter since 2001. He had two daughters with Donna.

In 1985, Paul McCartney said that Freberg was an influence to The Beatles’ "anarchic humor".

Freberg died on April 7, 2015, at the age of 88 at a hospital in Santa Monica, California from pneumonia.

References

Other websites

Stan Freberg Discography 
"Stan the Man"  in Time (July 29, 1957)
Mark Thomas Presents: Stan Freberg BBC Radio 4 (2005)
Cosmik Debris interview 
Oregon! Oregon! (1959)

"Little Go Beep" 

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