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

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 ...

Captioned simply with '1 February,' the streamer seemed to confirm that Shrek will return just six months after its ...

A donkey sanctuary in the San Francisco ... Quite fortuitously, Grignon and his wife lived in Palo Alto, where the "Shrek" studio was based. On a walk around the neighborhood one day, Grignon's ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 miniature donkey who was the animation model for the iconic character voiced by Eddie Murphy in the movie Shrek — has died.

Perry had lived in Barron Park since 1997 and he was a mascot for the city of Palo Alto, California. Perry, the donkey who inspired Eddie Murphy's character in the Shrek films, has died at the age ...