Voice actress Christine Cavanaugh, who was the voice
for Chuckie from "Rugrats" as well as other well known cartoon
characters, died on Dec. 22 at the age of 51. The cause of death was not released.
According to Wikipedia, the voice actress had
suffered from CML or chronic myelogenous leukemia. Cavanaugh's career was launched
with the voice of Gosalyn Duck from Darkwing Duck. She went on to do the
voice of Chuckie from 1991 to 2003, Babe in 1995 and Dexter on Dexter's
Laboratory from 1996 to 2003.
Christine was born
Aug. 16, 1963 to Waldo E. Sandberg and Rheta Mason Sandberg. At the age of 15
Christine's "mamma" Margaret Sandberg passed away and she was
welcomed into the home of Kirt and Linda Johnson, which she considered her Mom
and Dad for the rest of her life. She graduated from Layton High School in
1981. Attended Utah State University after high school, then attended
University of Hawaii where she met her future husband. After college she moved
to California to pursue her acting career.
"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. When her life changed she found herself
needing the quiet of the country and her love changed from entertaining to
hiking, reading, writing and living a simple life,” according to her obituary.
Cavanaugh
is survived
by her dad, Kirt Johnson, her brother Kirtis, and sister Deionn, and her nieces
and nephews. She also had a handful of half siblings. The obituary added that a
memorial stone was placed in her honor on Antelope Island, a place she loved.
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