# Cheetah dead at 80! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 28, 2011, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheetah-dead-at-80/607616 "2011-12-28T12:42:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheetah-dead-at-80/607616/21 "2011-12-28T17:22:56Z")
Clearly there’s a bit of monkey business going on here. ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheetah-dead-at-80/607616/22 "2011-12-28T20:04:46Z")
Well done, Eve! [http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/28/cheetah-chimpanzee-in-tarzan-movies-has-died/#postComment](http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/28/cheetah-chimpanzee-in-tarzan-movies-has-died/#postComment) UT ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheetah-dead-at-80/607616/23 "2011-12-28T20:10:17Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > I guess you could say Rosen’s article kinda tars and feathers the others. You, sir, are a true master. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheetah-dead-at-80/607616/24 "2011-12-28T20:10:31Z")
> [@UntouchedTakeaway](#): > > Well done, Eve! > > [Chimpanzee Said to Be Cheetah in 'Tarzan' Films Has Died - The New York Times](http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/28/cheetah-chimpanzee-in-tarzan-movies-has-died/#postComment) > > UT I got a call from the \*Telegraph \*in London, too–I seem to be the dead-chimp quote woman of the hour! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheetah-dead-at-80/607616/25 "2011-12-28T20:17:40Z")
A story about a chimpanzee dying is not all that interesting. A story about erroneous chimp obituaries and mistaken chimp identity is much more entertaining. Thanks to **CalMeacham** and **Eve**! ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheetah-dead-at-80/607616/26 "2011-12-28T20:39:54Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > …Thanks to **CalMeacham** and **Eve**! Nothing special, he just aped her article. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheetah-dead-at-80/607616/27 "2011-12-28T21:02:31Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > Nothing special, he just aped her article. Now, \*\*Cal \*\*is not only my good friend, he’s my prime mate! A ba boon to this board. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheetah-dead-at-80/607616/28 "2011-12-28T21:48:00Z")
Kreegah! ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheetah-dead-at-80/607616/29 "2011-12-28T22:49:08Z")
Kong will never die. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheetah-dead-at-80/607616/30 "2011-12-28T23:12:23Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Now, \*\*Cal \*\*is not only my good friend, he’s my prime mate! A ba boon to this board. And it’s unpaid - all _pro bonobo_. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheetah-dead-at-80/607616/31 "2011-12-29T00:30:34Z")
The \*NBC Nightly News \*just reported the story straight: 80-year-old movie-star chimp dead. Oh, Brian Williams, am I going to have to come to your office with a paddle and teach you a lesson? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheetah-dead-at-80/607616/32 "2011-12-29T00:45:15Z")
Well at least he Cheeta’d death for a lot longer than most chimps. 😃 \ ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheetah-dead-at-80/607616/33 "2011-12-29T00:46:30Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > The \*NBC Nightly News \*just reported the story straight: 80-year-old movie-star chimp dead. > > Oh, Brian Williams, am I going to have to come to your office with a paddle and teach you a lesson? Uh … may I watch? Whether or not this was the famous chimp, a long lived animal is dead and I don’t think we should **pan** him for claims not made by him. What are we, **troglodytes**? ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheetah-dead-at-80/607616/34 "2011-12-29T01:02:44Z")
Or just his career? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheetah-dead-at-80/607616/35 "2011-12-29T18:39:07Z")
Will I sound like an idiot if I ask why the ape was called Cheetah? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheetah-dead-at-80/607616/36 "2011-12-29T18:45:30Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > The \*NBC Nightly News \*just reported the story straight: 80-year-old movie-star chimp dead. > > Oh, Brian Williams, am I going to have to come to your office with a paddle and teach you a lesson? I saw that… but wasn’t it Lester Holt? I did tell my wife watching with me that no, NBC News is wrong because, as referenced in a dope thread, what really happened was… ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheetah-dead-at-80/607616/37 "2011-12-29T18:53:00Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > I saw that… but wasn’t it Lester Holt? If I am going to paddle a naughty boy at NBC, it is \*going \*to be Brian Williams. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheetah-dead-at-80/607616/38 "2011-12-29T18:57:10Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Will I sound like an idiot if I ask why the ape was called Cheetah? “Chita” was the way it was spelled originally in the 1930s. The homophonous connection with the cat is coincidental. These latter day Cheeta(h)-namers probably picked the feline spelling so as not to be construed as a slight against the aforementioned Chita Rivera.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheetah-dead-at-80/607616/39 "2011-12-29T23:05:47Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > A story about a chimpanzee dying is not all that interesting. He was a FRIEND OF MINE! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheetah-dead-at-80/607616/40 "2011-12-29T23:37:30Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > “Chita” was the way it was spelled originally in the 1930s. The homophonous connection with the cat is coincidental. These latter day Cheeta(h)-namers probably picked the feline spelling so as not to be construed as a slight against the aforementioned Chita Rivera.😃 In the books it was “Nikima”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheetah-dead-at-80/607616.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheetah-dead-at-80/607616.md?page=3)