Scooby Doo star Heather North, who played Daphne in iconic cartoon, dead at 71 with Californian actress suffering longterm illness

Scooby-Doo and his gang – Fred “Freddie” Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley and Norville “Shaggy” Rogers.,  The longtime voice of the danger-prone sleuth Daphne Blake from Scooby-Doo has died aged 71 in California. Heather North passed away at her home on November 30 in Studio City after a long illness, family friend Jodie Mann told The Hollywood Reporter. North was a widow, after her husband, Emmy Award…