Eric Bauza, voice of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, dies aged 46

Eric Bauza, the voice artist behind Looney Tunes characters together with Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, has died aged 46.

An announcement from the Emmy award-winning star’s household posted on Instagram, external mentioned he had died “all of a sudden”.

Bauza had voiced various characters on this summer season’s animated hit Coyote vs. Acme, and appeared within the current launch Forgotten Island.

Variety stories that the reason for loss of life was hypertensive heart problems and that Bauza died at house on Sunday.

In a 2021 interview with NBC News, Bauza, who was born in Ontario and was of Filipino descent, mentioned he grew up an enormous fan of the Looney Tunes characters and used to repeat the voices as a toddler.

“Looney Tunes transcends all languages and all cultures,” he said, external. “It does not matter what a part of the planet you are from. You get the comedy.”

He voiced Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd and Foghorn Leghorn in 2021’s Space Jam: A New Legacy earlier than reprising these roles and that of Road Runner in Coyote vs. Acme.

He additionally performed the a part of Toad General in 2023’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie and its sequel The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, the fifth highest-grossing movie internationally this yr.

Between 2022 and 2025, he gained three Emmy awards for excellent voice efficiency in various TV collection.

In an announcement reported by the Hollywood Reporter, external, Channing Dungey, the chairman of Warner Bros. Television Group and US Networks, mentioned: “Eric Bauza was a novel voice expertise who introduced pleasure and laughter to hundreds of thousands across the planet.

“He adopted within the footsteps of giants like Mel Blanc. Eric mentioned that carrying on the legendary legacy of the Looney Tunes was among the many biggest honors of his life.”