# Umgawa: Cheetah, the chimpanzee from the 1930s Tarzan movies, has died **URL:** \ **Category:** Lounge\ **Created:** [December 28, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/umgawa-cheetah-the-chimpanzee-from-the-1930s-tarzan-movies-has-died/53936 "2011-12-28T21:23:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bella](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/bella/32/1738_2.png) [@Bella](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Bella)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/umgawa-cheetah-the-chimpanzee-from-the-1930s-tarzan-movies-has-died/53936/1 "2011-12-28T21:23:54Z")
**(CNN)** – _ **“Condolences poured in to a Florida primate sanctuary Wednesday after it announced the death of Cheetah, a chimpanzee that the sanctuary said starred in the Tarzan movies during the 1930s.”** _ [http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/28/showbiz/obit-tarzan-cheetah/index.html?eref=mrss\_igoogle\_cnn](http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/28/showbiz/obit-tarzan-cheetah/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn) [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/pheromonetalk/original/2X/b/b21bf273e838afebb2705dc734aad41b7dee0e99.jpeg "Cheeta's Hitler impression") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldyDb-fWSps) Bella ---
**Author:** ![QuietGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/bc8723/32.png) [@QuietGuy](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/QuietGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/umgawa-cheetah-the-chimpanzee-from-the-1930s-tarzan-movies-has-died/53936/2 "2012-01-01T23:32:00Z")
Hope his stay at the Sanctuary was a pleasant one. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bella](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/bella/32/1738_2.png) [@Bella](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Bella)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 6:47am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/umgawa-cheetah-the-chimpanzee-from-the-1930s-tarzan-movies-has-died/53936/3 "2012-01-03T06:47:25Z")
I hope so too. 🙂 I suppose most of his life was spent training/performing but I hope he was well cared for and happy and had some fun times along the way. He was a better actor than some of his co-stars! 😃 Bella ---
**Author:** ![SteveO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@SteveO](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/SteveO)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/umgawa-cheetah-the-chimpanzee-from-the-1930s-tarzan-movies-has-died/53936/4 "2012-01-06T01:49:21Z")
I think Tarzan said it best of his costar [Johnny Weismuller Tarzan Call - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwHWbsvgQUE&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90db22/32.png) [@The\_Hammer](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/The_Hammer)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 8:35am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/umgawa-cheetah-the-chimpanzee-from-the-1930s-tarzan-movies-has-died/53936/5 "2012-01-06T08:35:56Z")
Unfortunately, it was not the real Cheeta. [John Hood: Cheeta Is Alive and Well and Living in Palm Springs](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-hood/cheeta-is-alive-and-well-_b_1176815.html) ---
**Author:** ![SteveO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@SteveO](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/SteveO)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 6:06pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/umgawa-cheetah-the-chimpanzee-from-the-1930s-tarzan-movies-has-died/53936/6 "2012-01-06T18:06:54Z")
> [@The\_Hammer](#): > > Unfortunately, it was not the real Cheeta. > > [John Hood: Cheeta Is Alive and Well and Living in Palm Springs](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-hood/cheeta-is-alive-and-well-_b_1176815.html) Thank God! I think Tarzan says it best of his costar [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/pheromonetalk/original/2X/4/4f04d6363bf53e2b8768e08ac5bfe66f77ed2f62.jpeg "Johnny Weismuller Tarzan Call") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwHWbsvgQUE) ---
**Author:** ![Bella](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/bella/32/1738_2.png) [@Bella](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Bella)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 9:07pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/umgawa-cheetah-the-chimpanzee-from-the-1930s-tarzan-movies-has-died/53936/7 "2012-01-06T21:07:28Z")
> [@The\_Hammer](#): > > _ **Unfortunately, it was not the real Cheeta.** _ > > [John Hood: Cheeta Is Alive and Well and Living in Palm Springs](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-hood/cheeta-is-alive-and-well-_b_1176815.html) Yeah, there was more than one “Cheeta/Cheetah”. In fact, according to the interviews I’ve seen, I believe there were at least four of them. To quote Franco Zeffirelli, “Monkey die, everybody cry.” Whichever Cheeta/Cheetah this was… may he RIP. 😉 > [@Steve](#): > > Thank God! I think Tarzan says it best of his costar > > [Johnny Weismuller Tarzan Call - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwHWbsvgQUE&feature=related) No doubt the man had a set of pipes, lol! 😃 Bella ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90db22/32.png) [@The\_Hammer](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/The_Hammer)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 3:36am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/umgawa-cheetah-the-chimpanzee-from-the-1930s-tarzan-movies-has-died/53936/8 "2012-01-07T03:36:52Z")
I don’t think any of the Cheetas are alive today.