<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="false"><li>James Carter Cathcart, known for voicing Pokémon's Professor Oak and other characters, has passed away at 71 due to throat cancer.</li><li>Cathcart, also credited as 'Jimmy Zoppi' and 'Carter Cathcart,' voiced characters like Gary Oak, Team Rocket's Meowth, and James across over 700 episodes of the Pokémon animated series.</li><li>Apart from Pokémon, Cathcart contributed to other works such as voicing Vector the Crocodile in Shadow the Hedgehog and various Pokémon in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.</li><li>After a 25-year career, Cathcart retired in 2023 following his cancer diagnosis. He passed away in hospice care in Forest Hills, New York, leaving behind a legacy as a talented musician, writer, and voice actor.</li></ul>

Professor Oak's voice actor, James Carter Cathcart, has died

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