Emmy-winning voice actor Eric Bauza, famed for Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, dies at 46

The family of Eric Bauza shared on Instagram that the 46-year-old Emmy-winning voice actor died unexpectedly. Bauza was best known for supplying the modern voices of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and a host of other Looney Tunes personalities, a role he performed in the recent film Coyote vs. Acme and in Space Jam: A New Legacy. His résumé also included voice work for DreamWorks Animation’s Forgotten Island, the Woody Woodpecker feature, and a wide array of television series such as The Adventures of Puss in Boots, Muppet Babies and Looney Tunes Cartoons.

Early in his career he worked as a character designer with Hollywood studios, and his representation was listed as SBV Talent. In addition to animation, he voiced characters for major commercial campaigns, including Lucky Charms and Trix cereals.