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 and a Day for Eeyore The first home video release for "Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore" was "Winnie the Pooh and Friends", released on VHS in 1984, followed by other releases of this film, including the December 28, 1990 "Walt Disney Mini-Classics" release and the July 11, 2000 "Storybook Classics" release. It has since been included as a bonus feature on VHS, DVD and Blu-Ray releases of "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh". (The Blu-Ray edition presents the short in high definition.) The film's plot is based primarily on two A. A. Milne stories: "In which Pooh invents a new game