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Real-life donkey that inspired animated ‘Shrek’ character dies at 30
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January 6, 2025
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0:39Now PlayingPerry, the famous donkey that inspired Eddie Murphy’s character in ‘Shrek,’ has died at age 30. In 1999, Dreamworks animators visited Perry, a donkey in Palo Alto, California for inspiration while working on an upcoming animated feature about an ogre and donkey sidekick. The rest is history.
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