(CNN) - The donkey used to model the character of Donkey in the movie “Shrek” has died. Perry the donkey was 30 years old. The Barron Park Donkey Project in the San Francisco Bay Area says Perry was ...

Perry, a 30-year-old donkey, was known for serving as the model for the character Donkey, voiced by Eddie Murphy, in the movie "Shrek." ...

In the run-up to the release of “Shrek,” a celebrity emerged from a pasture in Palo Alto, California – Perry, a 5-year-old gray miniature donkey.

A donkey said to have provided the inspiration for the famous Shrek character, Donkey, has died aged 30. Perry – short for Pericles – a miniature donkey born in New York City in 1994 ...

A fact known by barnyard animal experts and “Shrek” scholars: Until Thursday, the Bay Area was home to what may very well have been the world’s most famous donkey. Perry, a Jerusalem ...

A REAL-life donkey that inspired Eddie Murphy's character in Shrek Forever has died aged 30. Perry, a Jerusalem donkey born in New York City in 1994, rose to fame after animators modelled the ...

to take pictures of him before the release of the first film in 2001. In a statement on Instagram, the park says they're "heartbroken" by his death. The park wrote: “We are heartbroken to share that ...

The donkey thought to have inspired Eddie Murphy's character in the Shrek films has died aged 30 ... San Francisco Bay Area website SFGate previously reported that Perry posed for photos and sketches ...

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