A famous donkey from Palo Alto that helped inspire the movie character "Donkey" in "Shrek" has died. Perry was 30 years old. In an Instagram post, BPDonkeys, wrote on Friday, "We are heartbroken to ...

Known as the inspiration for the character Donkey, voiced by comedy legend Eddie Murphy in the 2001 animated classic “Shrek,” Perry was a beloved staple in the Palo Alto community, remembered ...

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 ...

Photo by Veronica Weber. Outside Palo Alto, he is best known for serving as an inspiration for Donkey, the character voiced by Eddie Murphy in “Shrek.” Kiratli said one of the animators for ...

Jenny Kiratli, lead handler at the Barron Park Donkey Project in Palo Alto, Calif ... not so much like the character in Shrek,” said Nanette Singer, who has been volunteering with the group ...

Perry, the donkey who modeled for the movie ‘Shrek’, passed away at the age ... an animal park in Palo Alto, Calif. that Perry called home for the last 27 years. Perry the donkey was ...

Donkey was famously modeled after a real ... as the closing and end of an era for Bol Park and the city of Palo Alto overall. Shrek has been spending its time over the last few years exploring ...

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- A famous donkey from California that helped inspire the movie character "Donkey" in "Shrek" has died. Perry was 30 years old. In an Instagram post, BPDonkeys, wrote on Friday ...