In this Jan. 24, 2015 file photo, Harry Shearer appears at the 30th annual TEC Awards during the 2015 National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) show in Anaheim, Calif. (Photo by Paul A. Hebert/Invision/AP, File)
NEW YORK (AP) --
Harry Shearer and his many voices are returning to "The Simpsons" after a contentious and public contract dispute.
Dueling tweets in May between Shearer and "Simpsons" executive producer Al Jean suggested Shearer might be leaving the Fox cartoon series, where he has voiced numerous key characters since it debuted in 1989.
But Fox announced Tuesday that he will be alongside fellow cast members Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith and Hank Azaria for the series' 27th and 28th seasons.
Shearer voices characters including Simpsons neighbor Ned Flanders, billionaire Mr. Burns and his kowtowing aide, Smithers.
The multitasking Shearer, 71, has charted a diverse career on numerous projects as an actor, writer, musician and producer, both before and since becoming part of the "Simpsons" troupe.
Italian photographer Oliviero Toscani is pictured in front of one of his works, a self-portrait, at the former Church of St. Pier Scheraggio, in Florence, Italy, Sept. 7, 2016. (Leonardo Bianchi/LaPresse via AP)
Oliviero Toscani, the photographer behind Benetton's provocative ad campaigns of the 1980s and 1990s who later broke with the Italian knitwear brand amid controversy, died Monday at age 82.
Toscani disclosed last year he had a rare disease. "It is with immense pain that we announce that our beloved Oliviero has undertaken his next journey," his wife, Kirsti, and their three children said in a statement. He died at a hospital in Livorno, Tuscany, the news agency ANSA reported.
Toscani had amyloidosis, a disease characterized by a buildup of abnormal protein deposits in the body. He told Corriere della Sera in August he lost had 40 kilograms (nearly 90 pounds) in a year, adding, "I don't know how long I have left to live, but I'm not interested in living like this anyway."
Toscani also said he would like to be remembered "not for any one photo but for my whole work, for the commitment."
Toscani was the creative force behind shock ad campaigns of the 1980s and 1990s that featured images such as the pope kissing an imam on the lips, which angered the Vatican.
Other images promoting the United Colors of Benetton depicted a priest embracing a nun, a newborn baby with its umbilical cord and a black woman breastfeeding a white baby, part of the brand's advocacy for diversity, religious tolerance and environmental messages.
During a 1997 shoot of a Benetton campaign featuring Jews and Arabs living peacefully together in Israel, Toscani told The Associated Press, "Any picture is a political image, so we make our choice and we go for the real thing."
He added: "You might have to face criticism. A lot of people don't like things that are different. Everybody likes to conform. We don't conform."
