PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — 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.

The chimpanzee, who was reportedly 80 at his time of death, is said to have appeared in the early 1930s installments of the famous franchise. By Mikey O'Connell Cheetah Tarzan Chimp 1934 - P 2011 ...

The chimpanzee "Cheetah," who played Tarzan's sidekick in the films from the 1930s, died at 80 on Saturday at the Suncoast Primate Sanctuary in Palm Harbor, Florida after suffering kidney failure ...

Cheeta the chimp monkeys around with Johnny Weissmuller on the set of a Tarzan film in 1945. The fictionalized memoir Me, Cheeta: My Life in Hollywood tells the story of filmdom's golden age from the ...

Cheetah the chimpanzee has died at the age of 80. The ape starred in several Tarzan films from the 1930s to the 1960s, as well as the television series between 1966 and '68. He was the comic relief ...

A Florida animal sanctuary says Cheetah, the chimpanzee sidekick in the Tarzan movies of the early 1930s, has died at age 80. The Suncoast Primate Sanctuary in Palm Harbor announced that Cheetah died ...

From Lassie and Trigger to Gentle Ben and Babe The Talking Pig, the true-life stories of cinema’s animal stars are seldom told. Fewer still get to tell the tale themselves. So a frisson of ...

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. Debbie ...

Author James Lever talks about the chimp, the myth and the legend behind his fictionalized memoir Me, Cheeta: My Life in Hollywood. Tarzan's Sidekick Reveals All In 'Me Cheeta' The fictionalized ...