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JesterCS

(1,827 posts) Fri May 17, 2019, 03:50 PM May 2019

RIP Grumpy Cat (aka Tartar Sauce)

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/17/business/media/grumpy-cat-dead.html

Grumpy Cat, the ubiquitous internet celebrity whose permanent scowl spoke for all of us in our darkest moments, died in the arms of her “mommy” on Tuesday, her family said on Friday. She was 7.

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RIP Grumpy Cat (aka Tartar Sauce) (Original Post) JesterCS May 2019 OP

7 seems kind of young to go... Nictuku May 2019 #1

I know JesterCS May 2019 #2

Nictuku

(3,607 posts)

1. 7 seems kind of young to go...

Reply to JesterCS (Original post)

Fri May 17, 2019, 04:16 PM

May 2019

Maybe I just had better luck with my kitties. My beloved Binki was with me for 18 years! More recently, my Mina passed away at 17.

I hope my new kitty Stormy will be with me as long. He is just 9 months now. (all rescue kitties)

JesterCS

(1,827 posts)

2. I know

Reply to Nictuku (Reply #1)

Fri May 17, 2019, 04:33 PM

May 2019

Well feline dwarfism and complications from UTI was enough I guess. Poor Kitty.

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