OMG. Cheetah is dead

[skyblue1]

He's gone to that great jungle in the sky.

Cheetah, the chimpanzee believed to be one of a handful who played Johnny Weismuller's sidekick "Cheeta" in the classic 1930s Tarzan movies, passed away Dec. 24 of kidney failure.

The Suncoast Primate Sanctuary in Palm Harbour, Fla., where he had lived for the past five decades following his "retirement" from showbiz, confirmed he died reportedly—pardon the pun—at the ripe old age of 80.



Read more: http://www.eonline.com/news/cheetah_tarzans_original_chimp_costar/283107#ixzz1hsQacXjp

[Queen Victoria]

Much controversy surrounds this article.  There may have been several Cheetahs.  The death of Cheetah has been reported several times in the past.  It's most unlikely that he would have lived to 80 since the life expectancy of chimpanzees is about 45 years. 

[P7PSP]

That was one long lived chimp. 

["couldbecousin"]

That was one long lived chimp. 

 You posted in the other Cheetah thread too.  Stop babbling redundantly. 

[P7PSP]

That was one long lived chimp. 

 You posted in the other Cheetah thread too.  Stop babbling redundantly. 

['andersom']

That was one long lived chimp. 

 You posted in the other Cheetah thread too.  Stop babbling redundantly. 

You're OK PPK.
That insensitive Weeble should realise that a sense of loss may need expressing more than once.