Perry, the real-life donkey who inspired the animated character Donkey in the 2001 film Shrek, has passed away at the age of ...

A real-life donkey who served as the animation model for the character Donkey in the “Shrek” franchise died on Thursday at the age of 30 at his home in California. Pericles, affectionately ...

In the run-up to the release of “Shrek,” a celebrity emerged from a pasture in Palo Alto, California — Perry, a 5-year-old gray miniature donkey. Dozens of animators visited the pasture ...

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 ...

RIP Perry the miniature donkey, who inspired Eddie Murphy's character in the Shrek films. In 1999, DreamWorks animators visited Perry, a donkey in Palo Alto, California for inspiration. They were ...

Shortly after Perry’s arrival, the group caring for the donkeys formalized as the Barron Park Donkey Project and became a nonprofit in 2001. It was the same year “Shrek” was released and ...

which were translated into the lovable and funny Donkey character. The Shrek series, which began with the 2001 release of the first film, became a major success and won numerous awards ...

Perry was quite a celebrity, known for serving as the model of the character Donkey in 2001's "Shrek." Perry did not inspire Donkey, as the character had already been written, but rather ...

Perry, the miniature donkey whose playful spirit inspired ... rose to local fame when animators working on the 2001 animated classic Shrek adopted him as their real-life model for the character.

The Barron Park Donkey Project in the San Francisco Bay Area says Perry was euthanized on Jan. 2 after his health worsened. Perry was well known at the park for his link to the 2001 “Shrek” movie.