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Peter Fernandez, 83, who provided the rat-a-tat voice of Speed Racer when that animated Japanese television series came to the United Statesand who wrote the American lyrics for the show’s theme song — died Thursday at his home in Pomona, N.Y.
The cause was cancer, said his wife, Noel.
The 52-episode “Speed Racer” series was first seen in the United States in 1967 after it appeared in Japan as “Mach Go Go Go.” Fernandez not only did the voice of Speed Racer but also provided the ominous voice of Racer X, wrote some of the scripts and directed the dubbing cast. The New York Times
