The story does not begin in Hollywood, where it’s possible, though by no means certain, that Cheeta became famous. It does not begin in Palm Springs, where Cheeta lives like so many other retirees, ...

Supposedly the oldest chimp in the world, he had hung with Tarzan, mugged for Ronald Reagan, even spoken to Dr. Dolittle. Then R.D. Rosen, his would-be biographer, started asking questions. When an ...

Who Is The 'Real' Cheeta? Though Cheeta's handlers once billed their chimp as Tarzan's actual movie sidekick, they no longer make that claim. Author R.D. Rosen debunked the Cheeta story in his Dec. 7, ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. It’s a story whose plot resembles a 1930s screwball comedy, but author R ...

Cheeta is the world's oldest living chimpanzee. He was also the co-star of Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan in the Tarzan films of the 1930's, as well as Rex Hamilton in Doctor Dolittle. He's ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A WRITER'S research has exposed flaws in the story of Cheeta, the movie star chimpanzee famed for appearing in a dozen Tarzan films. The ...

A living Hollywood legend is poised to make a comeback, but he's not your typical star, he's 76-years-old, lives on bananas and is furry all over. Tarzan's tree-swinging sidekick Cheeta still ...

From Lassie and Trigger to Gentle Ben and Babe The Talking Pig, the true-life stories of cinema’s animal stars are seldom told. Fewer still get to tell the tale themselves. So a frisson of ...

Like so many other senior citizens, he spends his days at a retirement village in a Sun Belt state, keeping himself busy with painting and reflecting on a long and successful career. But Cheeta, who ...

Cheeta, a chimpanzee who retired to Palm Springs after a supposedly illustrious career in "Tarzan" films but whose Hollywood bonafides were later cast into doubt, died Thursday, said his owner, Dan ...

At 76, having outlasted his Tarzan co-stars and kicked his booze and cigar habit, Cheeta the chimpanzee is living out his retirement in California, playing the piano, painting 'apestract' art - and ...

One of Hollywood's most famous animals, Cheetah the chimpanzee from the Tarzan movies of the early 1930s, has died aged 80. The Suncoast Primate Sanctuary in Palm Harbor, Florida, has revealed the ...