Gidget, Taco Bell Chihuahua, dies

By Chal Pivik
July 22nd, 2009 @ 2:47 PM Celebrity, Obituaries, Pets

tacobellchihauhuaAnother 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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5 Comments so far

  1. Julia Frey (lajulia) on July 22nd, 2009 @ 3:10 pm

    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…


  2. Matt Mason (mason) on July 22nd, 2009 @ 4:29 pm

    I didn’t catch the tabloids lately. Did they run front page headlines about "Gigdet’s Brave Last Days" or "Gidget’s Brave Battle?"


  3. Chal Pivik (thunderboltfan) on July 22nd, 2009 @ 4:59 pm

    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.


  4. Random Ruckus » This is Just Sad (pingback) on July 22nd, 2009 @ 6:15 pm

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  5. legotech on July 23rd, 2009 @ 7:37 am

    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:)



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