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It is well known that Mel Blanc was hospitalized after a horrible car accident and nearly died. Let's say that the impact was slightly different and he was dead 28 years early. What would change?
Here are the facts about what could be impacted by him being dead at 53:
Looney Tunes in theaters was a thing in 1961, but was going downhill and would be gone by the end of the decade after theatrical cartoons became unprofitable. Would Bugs Bunny be as remembered in TTL as Mel helped give his characters a second life as Saturday Morning Cartoons???
Mel spent his later days doing Tv commercials and spoke at universities. One commercial he was NOT in was Foghorn Leghorn's infamous KFC ones, as his age and lung problems made it impossible to do his or Yosemite's voices. Would his absence change anything major???
Roger Rabbit, his last film to come out in his lifetime, would almost certainly be butterflied away. Would there still be a Disney Renaissance or an analog in TTL given he'd be dead?