(Credit for Photo: Eric Bauza attends the 2024 Entertainment Community Fund Gala at Marriott Marquis Theater in New York City, on April 8th, 2024. Photo Courtesy of Marleen Moise/WireImage/Getty Images)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Los Angeles, CA) Eric Bauza, the Emmy-winning actor who voiced iconic “Looney Tunes” characters like Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, passed away yesterday, according to his manager, Judy Coppage.

Bauza was 46 years old and the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner confirmed that his cause of death was hypertensive cardiovascular disease.

He was born in Canada and his acting credits include “Avatar: The Last Airbender,” “Bob’s Burgers,”  “Puss in Boots,” “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” “Teen Titans Go!” and “Woody Woodpecker.”

He also voiced characters that were in the most recent “Space Jam” film and had over 400 acting credits listed on his IMDb page.

Along with being the modern voice of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, he is credited with voicing other “Looney Tunes” characters such as Elmer Fudd, Foghorn Leghorn, Marvin the Martian, Pepé Le Pew, Porky Pig, Road Runner and Tweety Bird.

Bauza was nominated for an Emmy in 2026 and he won Children’s and Family Emmy Awards in 2022, 2023 and 2025.

He was nominated for five Daytime Emmy Awards from the years of 2016 to 2021.