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Canadian voice actor Eric Bauza, who in recent years embodied Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, has died at 46. “He will always be a legend but I’m devastated that I’ll never be able to give him a hug, or hear him joke or see him smile again,” wrote fellow voice actor Josh Keaton.

thestar.comEric Bauza, Canadian voice actor who voiced Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, dead at 46Bauza was known for his voice acting on "The Looney Tunes Show," "SpongeBob SquarePants" and "Bob's Burgers."
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Previously: Growing up in Scarborough, Eric Bauza was a prankster, a wisecracker. He didn’t just watch all the Saturday morning cartoon shows; he would go to the library to research all the voice actors and animators, his brother said.

thestar.comMeet the new voice of Bugs Bunny: A wisecracking, Filipino-Canadian kid’s journey to the cartoon big leaguesEric Bauza grew up watching Mr. Dressup, making jokes and researching voice actors. Now he’s hanging out with LeBron James on the set of Space Jam 2.

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In CBC Gem series “Stay Tooned,” Bauza looked back at how cartoons shape society — and help us understand the social and political worlds we live in. “I think nowadays, we’re really striving to have authentic, not just voice actors portraying the characters, but the writers too.”

thestar.comIn ‘Stay Tooned,’ Eric Bauza — the first non-white voice of Bugs Bunny — looks at what cartoons of yore got wrong“Stay Tooned” on CBC Gem is both an homage to the cartoons we loved and also a deeper look at what they could have done better.