Sad news: Christine Cavanaugh, voice of Chuckie on ‘Rugrats’ passes away

by Chinwe Okafor

If you watched Rugrats as a child then you had a really cool childhood. Rugrats was practically a part of every child’s early beginnings. In the cartoon series, the name often mentioned a gazillion times is ‘Chuckie’. He was always almost getting into trouble even though the bunch of babies [rugrats] were mischievous.

Christine Cavanaugh, the lady whose voice you heard as Chuckie’c character, died on Dec. 22 at the age of 51.

The performer voiced a host of iconic animated characters, including Chuckie on “Rugrats” and Dexter on “Dexter’s Laboratory.” The voice of Babe in the movie “Babe,” Cavanaugh also guest-starred on a variety of live-action television shows including “The X-Files,” “ER,” and “Everybody Loves Raymond.”

Cavanaugh retired from her voice career in 2001 in order to move closer to her family. Her obituary was written as thus-

“Many know of her from the roles she played, but in each role there was a part of her showing through that the ones who truly knew her could see. The childlike awe of the world, humor to deal with the unpleasantness of reality, strength to deal with the challenges we all face, and intelligence to know when to act or accept what fate had allowed. Christine lived her life the way she wanted. Accolades, notoriety, and recognition were not the reason for her interest in entertainment, it was for the love of entertainment, to make people smile.”

A Memorial Stone ceremony took place on Antelope Island in Cavanaugh’s honor.

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