Jim Ward, the Voice of Ratchet & Clank's Captain Qwark and Scores of Other Characters, Has Died Aged 66

Jim Ward, the dependable of Ratchet & Clank's Captain Qwark, has died aged 66.

The quality was revealed by his erstwhile co-host astatine The Stephanie Miller Show, who wrote connected X/Twitter: "One of the saddest messages I person ever received from the astonishing Mrs Jim Ward: Our fantastic 'voice deity' arsenic Steph anointed Jim Ward, passed distant contiguous astatine 10:45am."

Ward co-hosted the amusement with Miller for 13 years until his departure successful 2017. In 2021, it was revealed helium had contracted a "severe case" of COVID-19 aft being hospitalized for a mild cognitive representation issue, which "completely paralyzed" him for 4 months. He aboriginal developed Alzheimer's disease. It's for this crushed that Ward did not diagnostic successful Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart.

Jim Ward connected August 1, 2012 successful Beverly Hills, California. Photo by FilmMagic/FilmMagic.

Ward was amended known to gamers for lending his dependable to a plethora of games from his debut successful 1993's Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin. He not lone starred successful the Ratchet & Clank series, but besides gave his dependable to Krauser successful the archetypal Resident Evil 4 and Doktor successful Metal Gear Rising Revengeance. Other video crippled credits see roles successful Guild Wars 2, Diablo 3, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, EverQuest 2, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Call of Duty, and Dragon Age. His last crippled recognition is 2022's Quake Champions.

However, helium besides starred successful galore shows, including The Fairly OddParents and Ben 10, and has won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer successful an Animated Program.

"I'm truthful atrocious for your loss... Mr. Ward was an important portion of my puerility arsenic the dependable of Captain Qwark. I privation the household the precise best," commented 1 fan. Another simply wrote, "The satellite has mislaid a large endowment and a fantastic quality being!"

Photo by FilmMagic/FilmMagic.

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