Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore Roo respectively. Ralph Wright, one of two voice actors who appeared in all four theatrical releases, became the third principal "Winnie the Pooh" featurette voice to pass away shortly after the release of the film; he died of a heart attack on December 31, 1983. He has since been followed in the deaths by Sterling Holloway (1992), Hal Smith (1994), and finally Paul Winchell and John Fiedler, who had also died on consecutive days in June 2005. On DVD and Blu-ray releases of "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh", the short carries different voice credits than those on previous
Winnie the Pooh (Disney character) Day" (1968), and "Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too" (1974). The 1977 release featured new bridging material and a new ending, as it had been Walt Disney's original intention to make a feature. A fourth featurette, "Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore", was released in 1983. Since "Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore" (1983), Jim Cummings started providing the new voice for Pooh. The live-action series "Welcome to Pooh Corner" ran on the Disney Channel from 1983 to 1986. In 1988, Disney launched the animated series "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh", which aired from