Ginny Tyler | Mouseketeer, 86

Ginny Tyler, 86, the former Disney head Mouseketeer and voice actress, died of natural causes July 13 at a nursing home in Issaquah, Wash., her son said.

When episodes of television's The Mickey Mouse Club were repackaged for syndication in 1963, Ms. Tyler became the head Mouseketeer who hosted new segments of the TV show that were woven around the old.

She also was a voice on the records for Bambi and Babes in Toyland, was the voice of Polynesia the Parrot, who helped teach Rex Harrison to talk to the animals in the movie Dr. Dolittle, and sang the parts of barnyard animals in Mary Poppins. - AP