Zachary Bortz (September 25, 1941-September 1, 2000) is one of the main characters in Zachary, Grace and Lexia. He is voiced by Regan Burns.
Personal details
Born: September 25, 1941
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died: September 1, 2000 (age 58)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cause of Death: Leukemia
Resting Place: Christ Church Burial Ground
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Family
Father
- Chris Bortz (March 11, 1912-April 25, 2001) (age 89) (died from tuberculosis and heart disease)
Mother
- Ledgeclimber Bortz (April 26, 1912-May 13, 2008) (age 96) (died from cancer and stroke)
Sisters
- Lexia Bortz (March 13, 1942-September 16, 2008) (age 66) (died from heart attack and brain infection)
- Grace Bortz (August 12, 1942-October 12, 2011) (age 69) (died from bone cancer)
Uncles
- Lava Bortz (December 13, 1908-February 15, 1997) (age 88) (died from tuberculosis and lung cancer)
- Moonbeam Bortz (December 13, 1908-May 25, 1998) (age 89) (died from heart disease)
- Rico Bortz (December 13, 1908-June 17, 2005) (age 96) (died from lung cancer)
- Rocky Bortz (April 1, 1909-September 1, 2009) (age 100)
- Ravenpaw Bortz (January 21, 1913-June 12, 2009) (age 96) (died from cancer and leukemia)
Aunts
- Paige Bortz (May 30, 1912-December 2, 1997) (age 85) (died from pneumonia, cancer and tuberculosis)
- Claire Bortz (June 4, 1916-December 13, 2005) (age 89) (died from pneumonia)
- Rebecca Bortz (July 4, 1912-August 15, 2006) (age 94) (died from pneumonia, leukemia and stroke)
- Danielle Bortz (July 7, 1911-July 11, 2010) (age 99) (died from pneumonia)
- Lauren Bortz (December 22, 1908-March 16, 2013) (age 104) (died from brain infection, breast cancer and pneumonia)
Grandfather
- Austin Bortz (December 16, 1887-August 9, 1989) (age 101) (died from lung infection)
Grandmother
- Mallory Bortz (September 20, 1890-May 7, 1990) (age 99) (died from leukemia)
Wife
- Meredith Bortz (January 16, 1941-July 1, 2010) (age 69) (died from pneumonia)
Son
- Wilber Bortz (February 28, 1968-September 16, 1993) (age 25) (died from lung infection)
Daughters
- Daffodil Bortz (January 12, 1965-July 11, 1997) (age 32) (died from tuberculosis)
- Kamrin Bortz (July 13, 1962-August 4, 2001) (age 59)
- Me-Mow Bortz (September 6, 1964-February 8, 2006) (age 41)
- Kaia Bortz (January 7, 1963-August 25, 2004) (age 41)
- Lydia Bortz (April 17, 1967-November 28, 2012) (age 45)
Nephews
Grace's Son
- Aaron Bortz (July 1, 1970-June 17, 2003) (age 32)
Lexia's Sons
- Eric Bortz (May 19, 1964-August 25, 1995) (age 31) (died from kidney infection)
- Luke Bortz (November 20, 1965-February 7, 2000) (age 34)
- Vrooom Bortz (February 28, 1968-May 16, 2001) (age 33) (died from heart attack)
- Ralph Bortz (February 28, 1968-January 7, 2005) (age 36)
- Scar Bortz (May 22, 1968-May 16, 2007) (age 38)
Nieces
Grace's Daughter
- Claudia Bortz (January 15, 1968-April 10, 2008) (age 40)
Lexia's Daughters
- Lucy Bortz (July 9, 1963-October 1, 1990) (age 27)
- Maddie Bortz (September 28, 1971-September 1, 2000) (age 28) (died from pancretic cancer)
- Dawn Bortz (November 1, 1971-April 1, 2010) (age 38)
Brothers-in-law
Grace's Husband
- Joshua Bortz (June 3, 1944-November 6, 2002) (age 58)
Lexia's Husband
- Jack Bortz (July 3, 1942-October 12, 2000) (age 58)
Sisters-in-law
Meredith's Sisters
- Ainsley Bortz (September 20, 1941-July 7, 1996) (age 54) (died from lung infection)
- Hailey Bortz (March 18, 1942-July 12, 1996) (age 54) (died from leukemia)
- Alexis Bortz (October 16, 1941-December 13, 2001) (age 60) (died from stroke and leukemia)
- Morgan Bortz (August 3, 1947-February 9, 2002) (age 54) (died from lung cancer)
- Bria Bortz (April 21, 1942-April 12, 2005) (age 62) (died from stroke)
- Laura Bortz (October 10, 1941-January 13, 2014) (age 72)
Marriage and Children
Zachary married Meredith Bortz (January 16, 1941-July 1, 2010) on June 16, 1960. They had 6 children (1 son and 5 daughters):
- Kamrin Bortz (July 13, 1962-August 4, 2001) (age 59)
- Kaia Bortz (January 7, 1963-August 25, 2004) (age 41)
- Me-Mow Bortz (September 6, 1964-February 8, 2006) (age 41)
- Daffodil Bortz (January 12, 1965-July 11, 1997) (age 32) (died from tuberculosis)
- Lydia Bortz (April 17, 1967-November 28, 2012) (age 45)
- Wilber Bortz (February 28, 1968-September 16, 1993) (age 25) (died from lung infection)
The couple were together for 40 years until Zachary's death in 2000.
Death, funeral and burial
Death
Zachary suffered from leukemia on August 28, 2000 and died four days later on September 1, 24 days before his 59th birthday.
Funeral
On September 10, 2000, his funeral was held at Jesse H. Geigle Funeral Home in Linglestown, Pennsylvania.
Burial
He was interred in the Bortz Mausoleum at Christ Church Burial Ground in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Other appearances
Zachary appears in Food Chain Climbers with his friend, Olivia Indian (June 6, 1942-September 4, 2001). In this show, he is voiced by Trevor Noah.
Zachary appears in the Zachary & Ainsley film series with his sister-in-law, Ainsley Bortz (September 20, 1941-July 7, 1996). In the series, he is voiced by Trey Parker.
Trivia
- Zachary is the first interment in the Bortz Mausoleum at Christ Church Burial Ground. The other three interments are:
- Clancatcher (November 25, 1941-April 27, 2001) (age 59) (died from stroke)
- Cleo (August 6, 1942-February 1, 2007) (age 64) (died from lung cancer)
- Meredith (January 16, 1941-July 1, 2010) (age 69) (died from pneumonia)
- Zachary is the only male human who has sex with every female human in every episode. He and a random female human are not naked like they would do for normal sex, but he is either in his underwear or in his water clothes and the female human is either in her bikini or in her bra and underwear.
- Zachary died on September 1, 2000 along with his niece, Maddie.