Mister Ed star Alan Young dies at 96

Mister Ed star Alan Young died Thursday of natural causes, the Motion Picture & Television Fund said Friday. He was 96.

Alan Young, two-legged star of #MrEd, has died: https://t.co/ExXuFIUly3 pic.twitter.com/6ISR2YstLp

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Before playing architect Wilbur Post in the iconic 1961 series about a talking horse, Young hosted an Emmy Award-winning variety show. He later voiced characters in projects like Mickey's Christmas Carol, The Smurfs, and The Ren & Stimpy Show.

"I think it's the same chemistry that made Laurel and Hardy and Jackie Gleason and Art Carney," Young told the Los Angeles Times in 1990, reflecting on the popularity of Mister Ed. "It's the one guy making a fool of the other guy."