By Sara Ruberg Perry, a miniature donkey whose handlers said he was used by DreamWorks animators as a model for the chatty “Shrek” character named Donkey, died last week at the age of 30.

Perry the Donkey, widely believed to be the inspiration behind Eddie Murphy's "Donkey" character in Shrek, has passed away at age 30. Palo Alto Online reported that the miniature donkey succumbed to a ...

Perry, a playful and feisty miniature donkey, was euthanized at age 30 on Jan. 2 after a long battle with laminitis, a painful hoof disease, according to Jenny Kiratli, a volunteer at Bol Park in ...

NEW YORK – Perry, a miniature donkey whose handlers said was used by DreamWorks animators as a model for the chatty Shrek (2001 to present) character named Donkey, died last week at the age of 30.

Perry, the miniature donkey whose playful spirit inspired Shrek’s iconic Donkey, has passed away at 30; here's what devastated fans have to say In an unexpected twist of fate, Perry, the ...

Pericles, affectionately known as Perry, was a Jerusalem miniature donkey from New York City who achieved fame after helping animators perfect Shrek’s sidekick Donkey in the Oscar-winning 2001 ...

Anxious to meet his new BFF, Jelly smoothed his hair as the family readied for Grizz the mini-donkey. “First impressions last a lifetime. It’s my first time seeing Donkey,” he explained.

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A Jerusalem miniature donkey, Perry was born in New York in 1994. In 1997, he was transferred to Barron Park in Palo Alto in the San Francisco Bay Area. Perry, whose name was short for Pericles ...

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CINCINNATI (WKRC) - The miniature donkey that was the motion model for Eddie Murphy's character Donkey in the Shrek franchise has died. Perry, the donkey, died at the age of 30, People confirmed ...