Pillsbury Doughboy voice actor, JoBe Cerny, dies at 78: Report
FILE - JoBe Cerny sits among the many scripts it took to produce a 79 CD set "The Word Of Promise," a complete audio set of the Bible. (Photo by Abel Uribe/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
JoBe Cerny, best known for being the voice actor behind the iconic and giggly Pillsbury Doughboy, has died, according to a TMZ report.
He was 78 years old.
FILE - Packs of ready to make Pillsbury biscuits for the over are seen on the shelves of a grocery store in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2004. (Photo by Ramin Talaie/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Voice actor JoBe Cerny dies at 78
What we know:
Cerny died after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease, according to TMZ.
Cerny's son told TMZ that his dad died on Oct. 30 in Illinois.
What we don't know:
Cerny's official cause of death was not immediately shared.
The voice actor and director is survived by his two children.
The Source: Information for this article was taken from a TMZ report and JoBe Cerny's IMDB page. This story was reported from San Jose.