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
Rabbit (Winnie-the-Pooh) briefly voiced him in "Winnie the Pooh Discovers the Seasons". Will Ryan took over the role for "Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore" and performed both Rabbit and Tigger in "Welcome to Pooh Corner". Ken Sansom replaced Ryan beginning with "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" and is to date Rabbit's longest-running portrayer, having continued the voice up to and including "My Friends Tigger and Pooh". Tom Kenny most recently provided the voice for the 2011 film, "Winnie the Pooh". Peter Capaldi voiced Rabbit in "Christopher Robin", the live-action extension of the Winnie the Pooh franchise. Rabbit