Gidget, Taco Bell Chihuahua, dies
Another beloved celebrity gone.
The cruel summer of death marches on, this time claiming a beloved star of the small screen. Gidget, the Taco Bell Chihuahua, died from a stroke on Tuesday night in Los Angeles. She was 15 (105 in dog years.)
“She made so many people happy,” said Gidget’s trainer, Sue Chipperton.
According to People Magazine:
The mostly retired actor lived out her days laying in the sun – “I like to joke that it’s like looking after a plant,” says Chipperton – and entertaining at shoots when her trainer brought her along. “Gidget,” says Chipperton, “always knew where the camera was.”
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While i never got to meet dear Gidget, I did get to work on a Taco Bell commercial with a Godzilla tie-in in 1998. Ask me to do my Roland Emmerich imitation of the Taco Bell dog (voice) someday…
I didn’t catch the tabloids lately. Did they run front page headlines about "Gigdet’s Brave Last Days" or "Gidget’s Brave Battle?"
I just heard a story on NPR that said Gidget was euthanized! How could People leave that out?! Something to hide, Taco Bell??? I expect an entire hour about this on Larry King tonight.
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So when is the memorial at Staples?
You know, if we got all the Chihuahua owners in LA to join in, we’d have almost as many as MJ :)
reg & loki (yeah, he’s a wawa, but he’s from the shelter not a pet store:)