He was always trying to get me to laugh if he thought I ... It is known various chimps played Cheetah in different scenes in the 1932 and 1934 films, Tarzan the Ape Man and Tarzan and His Mate.

“He always loved to laugh and to make other people laugh ... took to Twitter to remember the animal. “Cheetah the chimp in Tarzan movies died this week at 80,” she wrote.

“I grew up watching Tarzan and Cheetah from a boy,” a man identifying ... He was always trying to get me to laugh if he thought I was having a bad day. He was very in tune to human feelings.” ...

loved finger painting and liked to see people laugh. She said he seemed to be tuned into human feelings. Cheetah was the comic relief in the Tarzan series starring American Olympic gold medal ...

Cheetah, star of the Tarzan films, passed away after kidney ... He was always trying to get me to laugh if he thought I was having a bad day. He was very in tune to human feelings," Ms Cobb ...

Helene from Virginia said she "grew up watching the Tarzan movies with Cheetah. Cheetah made all us children smile and laugh." Yet there is a dark side to using chimps in entertainment.

By Mikey O'Connell Cheetah Tarzan Chimp 1934 - P 2011 Hardly the ... He was always trying to get me to laugh if he thought I was having a bad day. He was very in tune to human feelings.” ...

PALM HARBOR (CBSMiami/AP) – In the 1930s and 1940, he swung alongside Tarzan in ... Debbie Cobb said Cheetah was outgoing, loved finger painting and liked to see people laugh.

loved finger painting and liked to see people laugh. She said he seemed to be tuned into human feelings. Cheetah was the comic relief in the Tarzan series starring American Olympic gold medal ...

loved finger painting and liked to see people laugh. She said he seemed to be tuned into human feelings. Cheetah was the comic relief in the Tarzan series starring American Olympic gold medal ...