PALM HARBOR, Fla. — A Florida animal sanctuary says Cheetah, the chimpanzee sidekick in the Tarzan movies of the early 1930s, has died at 80. But other accounts call that claim into question.

By Mikey O'Connell Cheetah Tarzan Chimp 1934 - P 2011 Hardly the only primate to take on the iconic role, Cheetah probably received the most exposure. He appeared in the 1932-1934 installments of ...

Cheetah, the chimpanzee sidekick in the Tarzan movies of the early 1930s, has died at age 80, a Florida animal sanctuary said. Cheetah, the chimpanzee sidekick in the Tarzan movies of the early ...

Cheetah starred in the Tarzan films from 1932 through 1934, primate sanctuary says He was roughly 80 years old when he died Saturday Primate sanctuary staffers remember him as "very compassionate" ...

After living out most of his life at a Florida primate sanctuary, the ape succumbed to kidney failure on Dec. 24 Cheetah, a chimpanzee who starred alongside Tarzan in the franchise films of the ...

Cheetah, who played the chimpanzee sidekick in the early "Tarzan" films, died Saturday. It is estimated that he was 80 years old. Cheetah died of liver failure at Suncoast Primate Sanctuary in ...

Fox 13 News in Tampa Bay notes that this Cheetah was "one of a number of different chimps used for the role in different scenes and filming locations. Cheetah was probably 4 or 5 years old when he ...

PALM HARBOR, Fla.-- A Florida animal sanctuary says Cheetah, the chimpanzee sidekick in the Tarzan movies of the early 1930s, has died at 80. But other accounts call that claim into question.

Cheetah, one of several chimpanzees who starred in the Tarzan films of the 1930s, died of kidney failure Saturday, according to People. He was reportedly 80 years old. One of the original chimps ...

A Florida animal sanctuary says Cheetah, the chimpanzee sidekick in the Tarzan movies of the early 1930s, has died at 80. But other accounts call that claim into question. Debbie Cobb, outreach ...