Mia Farrow, whose mother, Maureen O'Sullivan, played Jane in the films, offered up this recollection. While Cheetah brought joy to millions of Depression-era moviegoers, one of his costars apparently had a different experience with the chimp. Cheeta the Chimp in CA is alive and well and looking forward to a spectacular 2012," read the message. "Our condolences go out to the sanctuary in Florida where the other chimpanzee passed. His death also sparked confusion over another chimpanzee named Cheeta who costarred in the Tarzan flicks and resides at an animal sanctuary in Palm Springs, Calif.Ī Facebook post for Cheeta, whose owner claims his chimp is in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the oldest non-human primate alive, tried to clear the air. There has been some dispute about Cheetah's age, as experts note that chimps typically do not live into their 80s. He came to Suncoast around 1950 from Weissmuller's estate in nearby Ocala and there he remained as one of its most famous residents. Debbie Cobb, the sanctuary's outreach director, told the Tampa Tribunethat the chimp was one of the original Cheetas who acted in a handful of Tarzan adventures from 1932 to 1934, among them the classics Tarzan and His Mate and Tarzan the Ape Man.
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