Nightly News   |  December 28, 2011

‘Tarzan’ sidekick chimp dies

Cheetah, believed to be the original sidekick chimp from the 1930s “Tarzan” films, died over the weekend. NBC’s Lester Holt reports.

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>>> tonight the movie world is mourning the loss of a screen legend, cheetah believe to be the original sidekick chimp of the 1930s tarzan films, cheetah died over the weekend at a primate sanctuary in florida after experiencing kidney fail failu failure. he was 80 years old.