Samuel E Wright: Tributes paid to actor who voiced crab in The Little Mermaid

 

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image captionWright sang Under The Sea and Kiss The Girl as The Little Mermaid's Sebastian (right)

Tributes have been paid to US actor Samuel E Wright, best known for voicing Sebastian the crab in Disney's The Little Mermaid, who has died at 74.

Wright sang the 1989 animation's Oscar-winning song Under The Sea and went on to play Mufasa in the original Broadway production of The Lion King.

Other roles included jazz star Dizzy Gillespie in Clint Eastwood's Bird.

Disney marked the actor's death with a billboard tribute at The Lion King musical's original New York home.