Chimp Actor Org Passes Away At The Age Of 80, Public Mourns Wrong Chimp

[BC Blog Poster]

Chimpanzee and small-time actor from the early 1930s, Org has finally passed away from kidney failure on Christmas Eve atThe Suncoast Primate Sanctuary in Palm Harbor, Florida. Org was born around 1930 and therefore thought to be around the age of 80 at his time of death.Org had a number of small acting roles between 1932 and 1934, though they weren't in the Tarzan movies as has been reported.

Here's where the mix-up comes in, and where theBBChave accidentally misreported the death*. Claims have been circling the social networking world that the chimp was an actor called Cheetah who appeared in a series of 1930s Tarzan movies playing a character of the same name. In fact, Cheetah was portrayed by a series of chimps called Jiggs, Jiggs Jr, Jiggs III and so on, all of whom died many years ago.

The Guardian have untangled the threads of this strange story, which presumably resulted from a lack of proper records being kept back in the 1930s, not to mention the fact that chimpanzees are not currently required to produce birth certificates.

Org, today you trended on Twitter under the wrong name. But here at Bleeding Cool we'll remember you for your real one, and also for flinging your poo at people when they annoyed you. Goodnight, sweet prince.

R.I.P.

Org The Chimp

1930-2011

*The story has now been updated with phrases like "it is claimed" inserted in there.

[Blackfist]

Has anyone Read Mr Cheeta's book?



An insightful and philosophical piece of work that will make you LOL

[moun10dew]

So...the video from the Tarzan DVD Boxed set was fake? The one that is also on YouTube?

Cheeta Mini Documentary - YouTube

[_OM_]

...Wasn't Org one of the chimps considered for Bonzo?

[The Xenos]

People are mourning the death of an ape? Charlton Heston must be rolling his his grave while holding his gun in his could dead hands!

Though kidding aside.. damn.. eighty years old? Bless that monkey. We can only hope to live so long.

[Eyemelt]

Weird- I was commissioned a couple of years ago by a TV show to do a birthday card for Cheeta. As far as I'm aware he was actually called 'Cheeta', and I was told he had been Tarzan's Cheeta. The researchers on that show were usually pretty thorough, I saw a photo of him holding the card, I can't remember how old they said he was, but I recall he was getting on a bit. I guess he must have been the one from the TV series?