Multiple Emmy-winning Canadian voice artist Eric Bauza has died at age 46.
The voice of Looney Tunes characters like Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Foghorn Leghorn, Road Runner and Porky Pig in recent years, the actor reportedly died “suddenly”, according to a post on Instagram from his family.
Subsequently, the trades report that the cause of death was hypertensive cardiovascular disease and that Bauza died at home on Sunday.
Bauza had worked steadily in film since 2009’s “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel” with films including “The Book of Life,” “When Marnie Was There,” “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water,” “”The Emoji Movie,” “The Banana Splits Movie,” “Teen Titans Go! To the Movies,” and “Batman Ninja” among others.
He voiced Woody Woodpecker in two films, Splinter in “Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie,” and has key roles in four films this year alone, including “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,” “Buddy,” “Forgotten Island” and “Coyote vs. Acme”.
His TV credits are even more extensive, including “Avatar: The Last Airbender,” “Gravity Falls,” “Rick and Morty,” “The Boys,” Community,” “Blue Eye Samurai,” “Teen Titans Go!,” “Iron Man: Armored Adventures,” “Ben 10: Omniverse,” “Steven Universe,” “The Powerpuff Girls,” “Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” “Bob’s Burgers” and “X-Men ’97”
Source: Bauzilla
