PALO ALTO – Perry, the Bay Area donkey who was the inspiration behind the beloved character in the DreamWorks' 2001 film "Shrek," died at the age of 30. In an Instagram post, Barron Park Donkeys ...

The donkey that inspired Eddie Murphy's iconic character in the Shrek franchise has died aged 30. Named Perry, the miniature donkey was born in 1994 but died after battling a hoof disease called ...

The Shrek franchise, which released four feature films between 2001 and 2010, has been a massive success for DreamWorks Animation. The original grossed $487million (£380.8m) worldwide and won the ...

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 ...

An iconic Shrek star, who inspired Eddie Murphy's Donkey ... the beloved character of Doneky on him for the original movie in 2001. It has now been confirmed that Perry, the donkey from ...

Born in New York City in 1994, Perry was best known for modeling for the animators who designed the character of Donkey for the Shrek films. Perry came to Stanford, California, in the 1990s to be ...

Certain movies were only available on VHS for a limited time, too, as Disney consistently put titles back in the so-called Disney Vault to create scarcity and to pump up sales numbers. That made ...

achieved fame when he apparently modelled for animators working on the Oscar-winning 2001 comedy. Voiced by Eddie Murphy, the talkative Donkey served as the sidekick to Shrek (Mike Myers ...

Memorial plans will be announced soon," it added. The first Shrek film was released in 2001 to massive critical success and won an Oscar for Best Animated Feature. It tells the story of a lonely ...

A fact known by barnyard animal experts and “Shrek” scholars: Until Thursday, the Bay Area was home to what may very well have been the world’s most famous donkey.Perry, a Jerusalem donkey ...

Four Shrek films have been released between 2001 to 2010, while 2022’s Puss in the Boots: The Last Wish was the last film to come out in the Shrek universe. Meanwhile, Murphy is set to play ...