Gerald David "Lorenzo" Music

 Gerald David "Lorenzo" Music (May 2, 1937 – August 4, 2001)

He was best known for various voice acting roles, including Carlton the Doorman on Rhoda during the 1970s and the original voice of Jim Davis' comic strip cat Garfield on animated projects during the 1980s. Music became a writer and a regular performer on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour during 1968 and 1969. His work as a writer on The Mary Tyler Moore Show in 1970 would lead him to his big break. He was the co-creator of The Bob Newhart Show (with his then-producer/writing partner David Davis) which went on the air in 1972 and ran for six years; he also co-wrote the theme song to the show with his wife Henrietta. Music also co-produced and co-wrote a 1980 animated special Carlton Your Doorman which won an Emmy Award. In 1982, Jim Davis's Garfield was the most popular comic strip in America. Compilation books and merchandising of the strip were topping best seller lists, and Davis was negotiating to make an animated television special. Producers needed someone to voice the main character in the strip: Garfield, a fat, lazy, oafish and demanding cat. Music beat out several others for the part, including Sterling Holloway, voice of Winnie the Pooh. Music would serve as the voice of Garfield in more than 12 television specials and in the Garfield and Friends animated television series that ran from 1988-1994. During the 1980s, Music also did voice-overs for many commercials for prime-time TV, such as Larry the Crash Test Dummy in the "You Could Learn a Lot from a Dummy" public safety announcements sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation. In keeping with his beliefs in Subud and emphasis on charity, Music frequently volunteered his time on a suicide hotline. His last appearance as the voice of Garfield was for an automobile commercial in 2001.

Music was married to his wife Henrietta from 1959 until his death, they had four children. Music died from complications related to lung and bone cancer on August 4, 2001. He was 64 years old. His body was cremated, and the ashes scattered at sea.