Very tragically died as the result of a traffic accident on August 19, 2010, the same day as the sudden untimely death by natural causes of actor
Christopher Shea, who had voiced the character of Linus opposite her brother Peter Robbins (in the role of Charlie Brown), in several classic "Peanuts" TV specials such as
A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) and
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966), at the respective ages of 66 and 52.