Sterling Holloway - Later Years, Death, and Legacy

Later Years, Death, and Legacy

Unmarried through his private life, Holloway once explained that this was because he did feel lacking in nothing and did not wish to disturb his pattern of life, but he had a son, Richard (it is unknown exactly when Richard was adopted). Holloway died on November 22, 1992 of a Cardiac arrest in a Los Angeles hospital. He was cremated and his ashes were buried at sea.

Voice actor Hal Smith took over the role of Winnie the Pooh for the 1981 short Winnie the Pooh Discovers the Seasons. He would maintain the role until Jim Cummings replaced him in 1988 for The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh and also took over most of Holloway's other voice roles, including Kaa in Jungle Cubs and The Jungle Book 2. The show Animaniacs paid tribute to him by having Cummings (in his Pooh voice) narrate episodes like "Nighty Night Toon" and "The Warners and the Beanstalk".