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TIL the same man, Thurl Arthur Ravenscroft, who sang (uncredited) "You're A Mean One, Mr Grinch" in the original animated TV special "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," was also the voice of Tony the Tiger of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes mascot fame, for decades.

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