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 (1969 film) awarded the USSR State Prize for the "Winnie-the-Pooh" trilogy. The animation characters, as designed by Khitruk's team, are featured on the and postal stamps; they are permanently painted on a running through the Sokolniki Park, and their sculptures are installed in Ramenki District in Moscow. When Khitruk visited the Disney Studios, Wolfgang Reitherman, the author of "Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day" that won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, told him that he liked the Soviet version better than his own. Winnie-the-Pooh (1969 film) Winnie-the-Pooh (, ) is a 1969 Soviet animated film by Soyuzmultfilm