1. Leslie Ernest Lye was a Canadian actor, comedian, writer, radio personality and announcer and voice artist.
13 Facts About Les Lye
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Les Lye was an original cast member and played numerous roles on the children's program You Can't Do That on Television.
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Les Lye had a television and radio career spanning over half a century.
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Les Lye then attended the University of Toronto, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree, and then enrolled in Lorne Greene Academy of Radio Arts.
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Les Lye worked with comedian and impersonator Rich Little at the station, and in 1963, they made a comedy album together, called My Fellow Canadians.
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Les Lye turned to the new medium of television in 1958.
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Les Lye is prominently featured in the 2004 independent documentary, You Can't Do That on Film, directed by David Dillehunt.
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Les Lye eventually gained international acclaim appearing on You Can't Do That on Television.
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Les Lye did several different voices on Dennis the Menace for DiC Entertainment as well as supplying voices on three TV specials for Atkinson Film-Arts The Legend of Hiawatha, Babar and Father Christmas and Rumpelstiltskin.
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Les Lye continued to work as an active member of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and was writing a book of his memoirs at the time of his death.
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Les Lye died in Ottawa, Ontario, on July 21,2009, at the age of 84.
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Les Lye had been suffering from type-2 diabetes for a decade, and had suffered a mild heart attack in 2002.
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Les Lye was survived by his wife of 60 years, Jonni Lye, and his three children, Brett, Daralyn, and Emily.