24 Cheetah, a chimpanzee who starred alongside Tarzan in the franchise films of the early 1930s, died Saturday. He had experienced kidney failure earlier that week, and was thought to be 80 years old.

Above, Johnny Weissmuller, right, as Tarzan, Maureen O'Sullivan as Jane, and Cheetah the chimpanzee, in a scene from the 1932 movie Tarzan the Ape Man. Credit: AP Cheetah was the comic relief in ...

Above, Johnny Weissmuller, right, as Tarzan, Maureen O'Sullivan as Jane, and Cheetah the chimpanzee, in a scene from the 1932 movie Tarzan the Ape Man. Credit: AP Cheetah was the comic relief in ...

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 ...

One of Hollywood's most famous animals, Cheetah the chimpanzee from the Tarzan movies of the early 1930s, has died aged 80. The Suncoast Primate Sanctuary in Palm Harbor, Florida, has revealed the ...

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.

Reports that Cheetah, the famous chimpanzee sidekick in the "Tarzan" films of the early 1930s died at the age of 80, have been thrown into disrepute. Some animal experts and official records have ...

He was a chimpanzee, after all. Cheetah, the ape said to be Tarzan’s hairy pal from the 1930s, has died of kidney failure. His keepers said he was 80. His co-stars both went years before him.

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" ...

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 ...

But 1930s cinema audiences were thrilled by Cheetah the chimpanzee, the sidekick to Johnny Weissmuller's Tarzan, whose death on Christmas Eve was announced yesterday. The Suncoast Primate ...