rocklobster wrote:Nope. According to the "Behind the Laughter" ep. It's Springfield, Kentucky
Actually, it's springfield, OR. Neighboring town to Eugene Oregon, where Matt grew up. Sorry it took me so long. Within episode hints don't really count, because they're all red herrings put there intentionally. Springfield in the show doesn't share GEOGRAPHY with springfield, OR, but he viewed the town the same way as the real Springfield, OR.... This is stuff they reveal on the DVDs. He didn't want it directly tied to any point of geography, though. Hence the constant red herrings and inconsistant geography of the simpsons and spitting in the face of fans who argue about it (like that "northern kentucky" line, the desert "three times the size of texas" and the constant shifting of major points, like lakes, rivers, the ocean, mountains)
One voice actor played Bleeding Gums murphey, and he was a real Jazz musician that died, I'm not sure in what time frame relative to his role...
Then there was Lunch Lady doris. I don't know when she died, but they retired her character afterward.
Then there's Lionel Hutz / Troy McClure / various other characters played by the late, great Phil Hartman, who was murdered by his wife in 1998... They gave a dedication to him at the end of the Disney release of "Kiki's delivery service", since he played Jiji the cat in the Disney Adaptation. Those are all of the voice actors from the simpsons that I know died.