Famously flabby feline passes away
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November 28, 2010, Sunday
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AN enormously fat cat named Prince Chunk who became famous when he was found wandering in New Jersey after his owner lost her home to foreclosure has died.
Prince Chunk's adoptive owner, Vince Damiani of Blackwood, said the white tabby died in his sleep last Sunday. He was about 10 years old. Damiani said a veterinarian had diagnosed the cat with heart disease.
Prince Chunk shot to fame in August 2008 after the Camden County Animal Shelter, which took him in, reported that he weighed 20 kilograms, just shy of a world record.
Damiani believes that estimate may have been somewhat exaggerated. He said Prince Chunk weighed only 10 kilograms when he brought the cat home from the shelter.
He soon became a media sensation, appearing on popular TV shows, the covers of the New York tabloids and in People magazine.
The Damiani family was chosen from among 500 applicants to adopt him.
The pet's plight inspired the Damianis to create the Prince Chunk Foundation, a nonprofit organization that helps financially distressed pet owners keep their animals.
Prince Chunk's adoptive owner, Vince Damiani of Blackwood, said the white tabby died in his sleep last Sunday. He was about 10 years old. Damiani said a veterinarian had diagnosed the cat with heart disease.
Prince Chunk shot to fame in August 2008 after the Camden County Animal Shelter, which took him in, reported that he weighed 20 kilograms, just shy of a world record.
Damiani believes that estimate may have been somewhat exaggerated. He said Prince Chunk weighed only 10 kilograms when he brought the cat home from the shelter.
He soon became a media sensation, appearing on popular TV shows, the covers of the New York tabloids and in People magazine.
The Damiani family was chosen from among 500 applicants to adopt him.
The pet's plight inspired the Damianis to create the Prince Chunk Foundation, a nonprofit organization that helps financially distressed pet owners keep their animals.
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