Stephen Keener
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Stephen Keener (June 17, 1940 - March 30, 2022) was a classically trained actor who provided the voice of various characters in the latter seasons of The Transformers. He seemed to have dropped off the face of the earth after 1987 until his return to our planet in 2018.<ref>{{#if: We are happy to welcome Transformers voice actor Stephen Keener to TFcon Chicago 2018 for his first ever convention appearance. The voices of Fortress Maximus, Hardhead, Hun-Grrr. Mindwipe, Scattershot and Scorponok in the Transformers Generation 1 cartoon; Mr. Keener will be taking part in Q&A panels and autograph sessions with the attendees of the world’s largest fan-run Transformers convention all weekend long. |"We are happy to welcome Transformers voice actor Stephen Keener to TFcon Chicago 2018 for his first ever convention appearance. The voices of Fortress Maximus, Hardhead, Hun-Grrr. Mindwipe, Scattershot and Scorponok in the Transformers Generation 1 cartoon; Mr. Keener will be taking part in Q&A panels and autograph sessions with the attendees of the world’s largest fan-run Transformers convention all weekend long."—|}}{{#if: https://www.facebook.com/TFcon/photos/pb.67072289488.-2207520000.1521767299./10156311531879489 |TFcon|TFcon}}{{#if: Facebook |, Facebook|}}{{#if: |, ""|}}{{#if: 2018 |, 2018{{#if: 03 |/{{#switch:{{#len:03}}|1=003|03}}{{#if: 22|/{{#switch:{{#len:22}}|1=022|22}}|}}}}|}}{{#if: https://www.facebook.com/TFcon/photos/pb.67072289488.-2207520000.1521767299./10156311531879489 ||}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://www.facebook.com/TFcon/photos/pb.67072289488.-2207520000.1521767299./10156311531879489%7C7%7C11}}%7Cweb.archive= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://www.facebook.com/TFcon/photos/pb.67072289488.-2207520000.1521767299./10156311531879489%7C8%7C11}}%7Cweb.archive= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://www.facebook.com/TFcon/photos/pb.67072289488.-2207520000.1521767299./10156311531879489%7C7%7C10}}%7Carchive.is= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://www.facebook.com/TFcon/photos/pb.67072289488.-2207520000.1521767299./10156311531879489%7C8%7C10}}%7Carchive.is= (archive link)|}}{{#if: | (dead link)}}</ref>
Shortly after the cartoon ended, Keener retired from acting and started a construction company, and resided in southern Missouri.<ref>How Stephen Keener (Scorponok) & Flint Dille (writer) started working on Transformers</ref> He passed away on March 30, 2022 from unknown causes.<ref>{{#if: It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Stephen Keener, the voices of #Transformers Generation 1 Fortress Maximus, Hardhead, Hun-Grrr, Mindwipe, Scattershot, and Scorponok. He passed away last Wednesday as confirmed to us by his daughter. RIP Fort Max! https://t.co/nAbku1Xu8x |"It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Stephen Keener, the voices of #Transformers Generation 1 Fortress Maximus, Hardhead, Hun-Grrr, Mindwipe, Scattershot, and Scorponok. He passed away last Wednesday as confirmed to us by his daughter. RIP Fort Max! https://t.co/nAbku1Xu8x"—|}}{{#if: https://twitter.com/TFconTweets/status/1511530144573362183 |TFcon|TFcon}}{{#if: Twitter |, Twitter|}}{{#if: |, ""|}}{{#if: 2022 |, 2022{{#if: 04 |/{{#switch:{{#len:04}}|1=004|04}}{{#if: 06|/{{#switch:{{#len:06}}|1=006|06}}|}}}}|}}{{#if: https://twitter.com/TFconTweets/status/1511530144573362183 ||}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://twitter.com/TFconTweets/status/1511530144573362183%7C7%7C11}}%7Cweb.archive= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://twitter.com/TFconTweets/status/1511530144573362183%7C8%7C11}}%7Cweb.archive= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://twitter.com/TFconTweets/status/1511530144573362183%7C7%7C10}}%7Carchive.is= (archive link)|}}{{#switch:{{#sub:https://twitter.com/TFconTweets/status/1511530144573362183%7C8%7C10}}%7Carchive.is= (archive link)|}}{{#if: | (dead link)}}</ref>