Janet Waldo, the voice of Judy Jetson, dies at 96
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Janet Waldo, famous for voicing Judy Jetson on the cartoon The Jetsons, died Sunday. She was 96.
Waldo's daughter, Lucy Lee, told ABC News her mother was diagnosed five years ago with a brain tumor that was benign but inoperable. A native of Washington, Waldo appeared in movies and television shows and on the radio, and also provided voices for The Flintstones, Josie and the Pussycats, and The Scooby-Doo Show.
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
