{"id":895284,"date":"2026-10-26T14:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T14:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/895284\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T14:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T14:04:11","slug":"eric-bauza-voice-of-bugs-bunny-daffy-duck-and-porky-pig-dies-at-46","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/895284\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Bauza, voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, dies at 46"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"anchor-612c4b\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cEric was a unique and versatile voice actor who was loved by everyone he knew and worked with,\u201d his manager, Judy Coppage, told NBC News by email.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-afdd68\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cHis sudden passing is a shock to all of us, and he will be deeply missed. It\u2019s a profound loss for his family, the animation industry and his fans,\u201d Coppage added. \u201cThe pleasure of watching him succeed and excel to become one of the most accomplished voices in animation was rewarding and thrilling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-8eebdd\" class=\"body-graf\">The Canadian-American won three Emmy awards between 2022 and 2025 for his work, including voicing characters such as Elmer Fudd, Marvin the Martian and Tweety. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-2fcf43\" class=\"body-graf\">He was also the first person of color to voice Bugs Bunny in the \u201cLooney Tunes\u201d cartoons, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/asian-america\/how-space-jam-voice-actor-s-career-tied-his-filipino-n1275089\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">he told NBC News in a 2021 interview<\/a> led to a deluge of encouragement and adoration from the Asian American community.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/261026-daffy-rs-ce9a97.jpg\" alt=\"Image: Daffy Duck slamming a hammer into a wall.\" height=\"1667\" width=\"2500\"\/>Bauza was the voice actor for Daffy Duck&#8217;s character in &#8220;The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie&#8221;.Capital Pictures \/ Alamy<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-8bd1ee\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cLooney Tunes transcends all languages and all cultures,\u201d he said at the time. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter what part of the planet you\u2019re from. You get the comedy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-d2f3f0\" class=\"body-graf\">Bauza said he grew up a massive \u201dLooney Tunes\u201d fan, noting that the classic cartoons were part of the bond between his Filipino immigrant father and grandfather. He also said his obsessive attention to detail and persistence formed the foundation of his craft, as he grew up mimicking cartoon voices.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-c568e1\" class=\"body-graf\">Bauza also voiced some of the biggest animated characters in the 2021 movie \u201cSpace Jam: A New Legacy\u201d and appeared in the 2023 \u201cSuper Mario Bros. Movie\u201d and, most recently, the 2026 \u201cCoyote vs. Acme\u201d film. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/260826-coyote-acme-vsb-1718-5ac405.jpg\" alt=\"An animated coyote standing on the middle of the street while wearing rolling skates.\" height=\"1666\" width=\"2500\"\/>Bauza voiced the character Wile E. Coyote in the 2026 film &#8220;Coyote vs. Acme&#8221;.Ketchup Entertainment<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-2aaf78\" class=\"endmark body-graf\">He also lent his voice to characters including Stimpy Cat in \u201cRen &amp; Stimpy,\u201d Foop from \u201cThe Fairly OddParents,\u201d Fozzie Bear from \u201cMuppet Babies\u201d and the Beagle Boys from \u201cDuckTales,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1082823\/bio\/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according <\/a>to his IMDb page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cEric was a unique and versatile voice actor who was loved by everyone he knew and worked with,\u201d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":895285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[88],"class_list":["post-895284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=895284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/895285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=895284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=895284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=895284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}