Looney Tunes Voice Actor Eric Bauza Dies at 46
The family of voice actor Eric Bauza announced on his Instagram account that he had suddenly died on Sunday. The announcement stated that there will be more details to come. Entertainment news website Variety reported that according to Los Angeles County Medical Examiner records, Bauza died at his home due to hypertensive cardiovascular disease. He was 46.
Bauza was born in Scarborough, Toronto on December 7, 1979. His first voice acting role was in The Ripping Friends in 2001, and his first major role was as the new voice of Stimpy in Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon." He is perhaps best known for voicing many classic characters in the Looney Tunes franchise. He voiced Marvin the Martian in The Looney Tunes Show in 2011. He later voiced Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety, and more characters in the modern Looney Tunes Cartoons and video games for the franchise. In the 2021 Space Jam: A New Legacy film, Bauza voiced Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Foghorn Leghorn, Elmer Fudd, and Marvin the Martian. In 2023, Bauza became the new voice of Buster Bunny in the Tiny Toons Looniversity reboot show. He also voiced characters in Avatar: The Last Airbender, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, and more. He played Diddy Kong and Toad General in The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
This year, Bauza reprised his role as Toad General in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. He also played Mr. Mailbox, Worry Well, Couchy, Trashy, and Pee Flower in the horror film Buddy. In the recent Coyote vs. Acme film alone, Bauza voiced Bugs Bunny, Charlie Dog, Daffy Duck, Dr. Peter Lorre, Foghorn Leghorn, Gossamer, Pepé Le Pew, Porky Pig, Road Runner, Senator Elmer Fudd, and Tweety. His latest and last feature film role was in Forgotten Island, where he voiced Gen. Button Wutton and the mythological creature Sarangay. According to Variety, Bauza was in pre-production on two projects at the time of his death: as Daffy Duck in Bye Bye Bunny: A Looney Tunes Musical and as The Shogun King in The Dragon Masters.
In anime, Bauza is the English voice of Kenjirō Takōda in The Fable and Zigita Zogi the One Thousand and First in the second season of Ishura. Bauza also voiced Amadeus Cho in Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher, Two-Face in Batman Ninja, and Technovore/Ezekiel Stane in Iron Man: Rise of Technovore.
Bauza has won three Children's & Family Emmy Awards for Teen Titans Go!, Bugs Bunny Builders, and Looney Tunes Cartoons. He also received five nominations for Daytime Emmy Awards for his work on Looney Tunes Cartoons, Muppet Babies and The Adventures of Puss in Boots.
Sources: Eric Bauza's Instagram account, Variety (Payton Turkeltaub)
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