Perry the donkey has now died at the age of 30 as a result of an illness. The four-legged friend was the model for the character of Donkey in the film Shrek.

"I can attest that many of Donkey’s classic head tilts, eye rolls and bouncy trots were straight from Perry," the animal's handler, Jenny Kiratli, tells PEOPLE ...

Perry, the all-star Jerusalem donkey who served as the visual inspiration for Eddie Murphy 's motor-mouthed and dragon-loving character in the animated Shrek franchise (the first three films are now ...

Perry the donkey, who lived just two miles off campus and was beloved by many Stanford community members, died in early ...

Perry had lived in Barron Park since 1997 and he was a mascot for the city of Palo Alto, California. Perry, the donkey who inspired Eddie Murphy's character in the Shrek films, has died at the age of ...

popularly known for serving as the model for Eddie Murphy's character Donkey in the "Shrek" animated movie. The 30-year-old Perry was euthanized on Jan. 2 following a battle with pituitary pars ...

Perry, the beloved real-life stand-in for the “Shrek” donkey voiced by Eddie Murphy, has died. He was 30. The donkey’s handlers announced his passing on Instagram, detailing that it was from ...

Known as the inspiration for the character Donkey, voiced by comedy legend Eddie Murphy in the 2001 animated classic “Shrek,” Perry was a beloved staple in the Palo Alto community, remembered for his ...

A real-life donkey who served as the animation model for the character Donkey in the “Shrek” franchise died on Thursday at the age of 30 at his home in California. Pericles, affectionately ...

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 beloved donkey who served as the real-life inspiration for Eddie Murphy’s animated character Donkey in the 2001 blockbuster Shrek, has died at the age of 30. His passing was confirmed ...