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	The story went on to say, “Cheeta marked his 76th birthday party on April 9 with a big party and a diabetic-friendly cake. April 9 isn’t his actual birthday—the exact date is unknown because he was born in the wilds of Liberia—but the day in 1932 when he arrived in the United States.”		The story went on to say, “Cheeta marked his 76th birthday party on April 9 with a big party and a diabetic-friendly cake. April 9 isn’t his actual birthday—the exact date is unknown because he was born in the wilds of Liberia—but the day in 1932 when he arrived in the United States.”
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	'''Cheeta''' was [[Tarzan]]’s chimpanzee animal companion in many films and television series. A stand-in for the monkey [[Nkima]], presumably because chimpanzees are easier to train.		'''Cheeta''' was [[Tarzan]]’s chimpanzee animal companion in many films and television series. A stand-in for the monkey [[Nkima]], presumably because chimpanzees are easier to train.

	==~~The Truth About …~~==		==Background==
	:~~Archive~~ of [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/25/AR2008112500939.html ~~“Lie of the Jungle~~: ~~The Truth About Cheeta the Chimpanzee”] by~~ {{abbr\|R. D. Rosen\|Richard Dean Rosen (richarddeanrosen@gmail.com)<br>Author of <em>A Buffalo in the House</em>, the Edgar Award-winning <em>Strike Three You’re Dead</em> and other books.}}. ''Washington Post Magazine''. Sunday, December 7, 2008.
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			'''“Lie of the Jungle: The Truth About Cheeta the Chimpanzee”''' ([http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/25/AR2008112500939.html archive source])
			:By {{abbr\|R. D. Rosen\|Richard Dean Rosen (richarddeanrosen@gmail.com)<br>Author of <em>A Buffalo in the House</em>, the Edgar Award-winning <em>Strike Three You’re Dead</em> and other books.}}. ''Washington Post Magazine''. Sunday, December 7, 2008.

	In the fall of 2007, I had been working for several months on a proposal for the authorized biography of Cheeta, Johnny Weissmuller’s sidekick in MGM’s Tarzan movies of the 1930s and ’40s. Against all odds, Cheeta was still alive at the age of 75, 20 years older than a captive chimp’s normal life span. When the agent for Cheeta and his owner, Dan Westfall, had first approached me about writing the biography, I was astonished that a fixture of not just my own childhood, but my parents’, as well, one of the most celebrated animals in movie history, was retired in Palm Springs, Calif., selling his paintings for $135 donations to thousands of far-flung admirers. His birthday parties were now covered by national, and even international, media. At Cheeta’s 75th birthday party, his owner, who runs a non-profit primate sanctuary, had played a video of Jane Goodall attempting to sing “Happy Birthday” to him in the pant-hooting language of the wild chimps she had first observed in Tanzania in the early 1960s. Could there be higher tribute to a chimp than that?		In the fall of 2007, I had been working for several months on a proposal for the authorized biography of Cheeta, Johnny Weissmuller’s sidekick in MGM’s Tarzan movies of the 1930s and ’40s. Against all odds, Cheeta was still alive at the age of 75, 20 years older than a captive chimp’s normal life span. When the agent for Cheeta and his owner, Dan Westfall, had first approached me about writing the biography, I was astonished that a fixture of not just my own childhood, but my parents’, as well, one of the most celebrated animals in movie history, was retired in Palm Springs, Calif., selling his paintings for $135 donations to thousands of far-flung admirers. His birthday parties were now covered by national, and even international, media. At Cheeta’s 75th birthday party, his owner, who runs a non-profit primate sanctuary, had played a video of Jane Goodall attempting to sing “Happy Birthday” to him in the pant-hooting language of the wild chimps she had first observed in Tanzania in the early 1960s. Could there be higher tribute to a chimp than that?
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	The story went on to say, “Cheeta marked his 76th birthday party on April 9 with a big party and a diabetic-friendly cake. April 9 isn’t his actual birthday—the exact date is unknown because he was born in the wilds of Liberia—but the day in 1932 when he arrived in the United States.”		The story went on to say, “Cheeta marked his 76th birthday party on April 9 with a big party and a diabetic-friendly cake. April 9 isn’t his actual birthday—the exact date is unknown because he was born in the wilds of Liberia—but the day in 1932 when he arrived in the United States.”
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