Cheater dies

[TimberWolf]

Interesting take on the matter from Mia Farrow:

Cheetah the chimp in Tarzan movies died this week at 80. My mom, who played Jane, invariably referred to Cheetah as "that bastard".

And a later tweet:

Twitter

Sorry Cheetah fans - I mistakenly thought hehad just died- in fact it was awhile ago.

[NickFitz]

Interesting take on the matter from Mia Farrow:

Cheetah the chimp in Tarzan movies died this week at 80. My mom, who played Jane, invariably referred to Cheetah as "that bastard".

[TimberWolf]

One of the perils of quoting Wikipedia is that it's edited by the general public, and they're morons. The chimp in the paragraph you quote is not the chimp that just died; you'll note that at the start of the paragraph he's living in California, yet by the end he's in Florida. Two different chimps, one imbecile ******* things up editing Wikipedia.

The BBC makes it clear that they are two different chimps. In fact, since you quoted it, Wikipedia has been fixed and now has the correct one recorded as dying.

Whatever the true facts, nonetheless a sad day

Both Cheeta-Mike and Cheeta died on 24/12/2011 according to the Wiki and one of them (Cheeta) has a link to where it says Cheeta died during the week of 19 December, 2011 of kidney failure [12] at the age of 51[citation needed]. So they died on the same day and on different days.

I'm sceptical that a chimp can live to 80, especially one who smoked until recently.

[EternalOptimist]

One of the perils of quoting Wikipedia is that it's edited by the general public, and they're morons. The chimp in the paragraph you quote is not the chimp that just died; you'll note that at the start of the paragraph he's living in California, yet by the end he's in Florida. Two different chimps, one imbecile ******* things up editing Wikipedia.

The BBC makes it clear that they are two different chimps. In fact, since you quoted it, Wikipedia has been fixed and now has the correct one recorded as dying.

Whatever the true facts, nonetheless a sad day

phew. glad to see you're ok and still posting nick.

I like the idea of chimps in tarzan movies having stunt doubles and body doubles for the close ups

[NickFitz]

One of the perils of quoting Wikipedia is that it's edited by the general public, and they're morons. The chimp in the paragraph you quote is not the chimp that just died; you'll note that at the start of the paragraph he's living in California, yet by the end he's in Florida. Two different chimps, one imbecile ******* things up editing Wikipedia.

The BBC makes it clear that they are two different chimps. In fact, since you quoted it, Wikipedia has been fixed and now has the correct one recorded as dying.

Whatever the true facts, nonetheless a sad day

[cojak]

I read his autobigoraphy. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Me-Cheeta-Au...5070951&sr=1-2

It was a gem.

[Spacecadet]

For a moment I thought that this guy had finally been finished off:

[EternalOptimist]

Is this chimp contemplating the mysteries of the universe or pondering whether to throw his poop at someone?

the wisdom of Socrates, or an itchy @rse

[TimberWolf]

Is this chimp contemplating the mysteries of the universe or pondering whether to throw his poop at someone?

[EternalOptimist]

No idea.

i got a piccie

[TimberWolf]

Was that the ape that had the heart attack last year and had the stent inserted ?

No idea.

[EternalOptimist]

Cheeta the star of the 1930s Tarzan movies dies aged 80 after outliving both of his co-stars | Mail Online

80 would be a ripe old record breaking old age for a chimp, but sadly the Daily Mail makes no mention of the fact that this chimp likely never appeared in any Tarzan film at all and was only about 50.


They also don't mention that many different chimps were used in the films

Was that the ape that had the heart attack last year and had the stent inserted ?

[TimberWolf]

Cheeta the star of the 1930s Tarzan movies dies aged 80 after outliving both of his co-stars | Mail Online

80 would be a ripe old record breaking old age for a chimp, but sadly the Daily Mail makes no mention of the fact that this chimp likely never appeared in any Tarzan film at all and was only about 50.

Cheeta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cheeta, a male chimpanzee born about 1960, formerly owned by Tony Gentry and now residing at the C.H.E.E.T.A. Primate Sanctuary (Creative Habitats and Enrichment for Endangered and Threatened Apes) in Palm Springs, California. Claimed by Gentry to have been born in 1932 or later in the 1930s and to have portrayed Cheeta in most of the Johnny Weismuller and Lex Barker Tarzan films, and for that reason long celebrated as the longest-lived chimpanzee. Both claims were debunked by journalist R. D. Rosen in 2008 in an article that settled the animal's true age and established that he had not appeared in any movies, let alone in the role of Cheeta.[1] Cheeta died in Palm Harbor, Florida, of kidney failure on December 24, 2011.[24]

They also don't mention that many different chimps were used in the films