Bill Cunningham (Ken Doll) cause of death: What happened to Bill Cunningham? – Bill Cunningham, the original voice of the Ken Doll died on July 15, 2023, in West Hollywood, California at the age 0f 96. Cunningham’s death was announced on Thursday, July 28, 2023, on Instagram by the CESD Talent Agency, which he founded. Though a cause of death was not stated, he most likely died of old-age-related complications.

Born on 2 January 1927 in San Francisco, Cunningham began his career as a crooner on NBC’s Voices of Walter Schumann and The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show. He sang in films for Fox, Paramount, and Warner Brothers, as well as commercials.

Cunningham was the first voice of Ken, Barbie’s boyfriend, for Mattel Toys and also sang with Judy Garland and Dinah Shore. Fred Astaire funded his debut record, I’m Always Chasing Rainbows.

In 1963, Cunningham’s friend Peggy Taylor, the singer and TV personality, encouraged him to open Pacific Artists, one of the first talent agencies in Los Angeles. Specializing in commercial and voice-over work, the agency became Cunningham & Associates in 1967 and is now known as CESD (Cunningham-Escott-Slevin-Doherty).

Cunningham, who also served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, retired in 1989 and published a memoir in 2014, I Wonder What Became of Me.

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