{"id":1512,"date":"2026-10-26T16:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T16:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/?p=1512"},"modified":"2026-10-26T16:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T16:50:12","slug":"eric-bauza-voice-of-beloved-looney-tunes-characters-dies-at-46","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/?p=1512","title":{"rendered":"Eric Bauza, voice of beloved Looney Tunes characters, dies at 46"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2026-10-26\/Getty_EricBauza_102626_1.png\" alt><figcaption>Eric Bauza attends the 2026 Creative Arts Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on Sept. 6, 2026, in Los Angeles, California. (Scott Kirkland\/FXX via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Eric Bauza, a voice actor known for bringing classic animated characters including Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck to life, has died at the age of 46, according to his family.<\/p>\n<p>Bauza&#8217;s family said in a brief statement on his Instagram that he &#8220;passed away suddenly.&#8221; No further details were given.<\/p>\n<p>ABC News has reached out to Bauza&#8217;s manager for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Bauza&#8217;s family described him in their statement as an &#8220;Emmy Award-winning voice actor and the modern voice of iconic Looney Tunes characters.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, Bauza voiced dozens of other cartoon characters, including Porky Pig, Road Runner and Elmer Fudd, most recently in the 2026 film <em>Coyote vs. Acme<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Bauza won three Emmy Awards for his work voicing Looney Tunes characters, according to a biography shared by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, with which he performed at the Hollywood Bowl last year.<\/p>\n<p>Bauza, who was born in Canada and started his career working in animation, had more than 400 acting credits to his name, including in <em>Space Jam<\/em> and <em>Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles<\/em> movies, according to his IMDb profile.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Bauza was named as part of <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>&#8216;s 2026 Animation Power List. Identifying him as one of most influential people in animation today, the publication said &#8220;Bauza has quietly become the voice of an entire cartoon universe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eric Bauza attends the 2026 Creative Arts Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on Sept. 6, 2026, in Los Angeles, California. (Scott Kirkland\/FXX via Getty Images) Eric Bauza, a voice actor known for bringing classic animated characters including Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck to life, has died at the age of 46, according to his family. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1512\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}