Me Cheeta My Life in Hollywood

Name: Me Cheeta My Life in Hollywood
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ISBN: 9780061647420

ISBN-10: 006164742X

ISBN-13: 9780061647420

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Authors: Cheeta, Estate Publications Staff

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For the first time, the granddaddy of all hollywood animals tells his remarkable story, from the golden age of the silver screen to the lounge chairs of palm springs. cheeta the chimp, star of the tarzan films, bares all-as only a primate can.In 1984 Johnny Weissmuller, Hollywood's true Tarzan, passed away. His coffin was lowered into the ground to the recorded sounds of his famous jungle call. Maureen O'Sullivan, his Jane, followed him in 1998. But their co-star, Cheeta the chimpanzee, the greatest animal actor in the history of the silver screen, lives on. At seventy-six, he is by some distance the oldest chimp ever recorded.Now, in his own words, Cheeta finally tells his extra-ordinary…

Book details

List price: $24.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 3/3/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.122
Language: English

Cheeta starred alongside Johnny Weissmuller in the Tarzan movies of the 30s and went on to have a long and successful career in the movies until retiring in 1967. He now lives in the C.H.E.E.T.A. Primate Foundation in Palm Springs, California, where he is looked after by his carer Dan Westfall. At 75 years old, he holds the record as the Worldï¿½s Oldest Chimpanzee.