Arleen Sorkin, noted stage and television actress who was the inspiration and first voice actress for Batman: The Animated Series and DC villain Harley Quinn, has passed away at 67 following a long term illness. I had no idea she was sick.

In my college days, we would watch Days of Our Lives and I remember distinctly the episodes where Sorkin was in a clown costume and her voice cutting through everything. I’m aware this was the inspiration for Harley Quinn.

Sad.