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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.

Red carpet: Seen here at the Academy Awards in 1996, in the decade where her Hollywood career took off
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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