CALIFORNIA: The award-winning star of sitcom ‘Mister Ed’ has died at the age of 96, told by his manager, this Friday. He was born as Angus Young in England on Nov. 19, 1919, and his family moved to Canada when he was only 6. He worked in radio in Canada before moving to Los Angeles and changing his name to Alan. He was an established American citizen. He has been featured in the famous Sci-Fi movie ‘The time machine’ and many more blockbusters. He died of a natural death cause this week at Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital, which is a retirement facility by Los Angeles for the people in Tv and movie industry, told by his manager. Young was super famous for his outstanding role that he played in ‘Mister Ed’ as Wilbur Post. Years after the series was ended, Young was still asked questions by his fans about how the horse’s lips were made to look like he is actually talking. He said he could never tell the truth because his producer did not want anyone to know the secret behind the technique. Therefore, Young said they used to put peanut butter in horse’s mouth. “So I made up the peanut butter story, and everyone bought it,” Young told interviewer Nick Thomas in 2009. “It was initially done by putting a piece of nylon thread in his mouth. But Ed actually learnt to move his lips on cue when the trainer touched his hoof. In fact, he soon learnt to do it when I stopped talking during a scene. Ed was very smart.” His fans don’t only remember his character but also the theme song of the series show. The lyrics something like this: “A horse is a horse, of course, of course. And no one can talk to a horse, of course. That is, of course, unless the horse is the famous Mister Ed.” The actor also won an Emmy’s Award, honoring the best in U.S. television, in 1951 as best actor for “The Alan Young Show,” beating out Sid Caesar, one of the biggest names in television during that era. “The Alan Young Show” won an Emmy’s award for best variety show too that year and ran from 1950 to 1953. Young’s other films included “Chicken Every Sunday” (1949) with a young Natalie Wood, “Mr. Belvedere Goes to College” (1949) with Shirley Temple and “Androcles and the Lion” (1952) with another animal co-star. He also did the voiceover as grumpy Scrooge McDuck and worked on programs such as “The Smurfs” and “Scooby-Doo.” Yusem, his manager for more than 30 years, said Young had been buried at sea. “He was an honest, decent man, a pleasure to work with and never a problem,” Yusem told a private news reporter.