Comic children's actor, voice for Cocoa Puff's cuckoo, dies

The goofy voice behind the “I’m cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs” call for breakfast cereal fell silent Sunday, as comedian and voice actor Chuck McCann died, “His work was legendary,” said his publicist Edward Lozzi. The Brooklyn, New York, native died of congestive heart failure at a Los Angeles hospital at age 83, Lozzi said. McCann later starred in scores of children’s television programs such as “Lunch with Soupy Sales” and “The Captain Kangaroo Show” and “Rootie Kazootie,” Lozzi said.