The Come Back Chimp

Cheeta, star of numerous films and TV shows, is alive and well in Palm Springs. “The obituaries of the ‘other’ chimp feature my face but it’s not me – as these photos show. My local newspaper The Desert Sun got it right. When I read the New York Times, I nearly choked on my iced tea and tortilla chips.”

Photos by (c) Alan Greenhalgh

John Hood got the story right here in the Huffington Post.

We went back to visit Cheeta on 2nd January 2012 to find him playing the piano with his great friend Dan Westfall – here’s the clip 

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