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July 22, 2009

Heaven Just Got A Little More The Taco Bell Chihuahua

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Will this Summer of Death never end? The solid-gold casket company is working overtime! From People:

She charmed millions without ever saying a word, and managed to make fast food tacos adorable. Gidget, the Chihuahua best known for her Taco Bell ad campaign, died from a stroke on Tuesday night at age 15.

"She made so many people happy," says Gidget's trainer, Sue Chipperton.

The mostly retired actor lived out her days laying in the sun - "I like to joke that it's like looking after a plant," says Chipperton - and entertaining at shoots when her trainer brought her along. "Gidget," says Chipperton, "always knew where the camera was."

She made so many people so fat happy. Goodbye, the Taco Bell Chihuaha. You're up in heaven now, speaking one sentence of Spanish in your constant quest for human food made out of garbage with the angels now.

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Unrelated, aside from celebrity death. Best joke I've heard this week:

What do Ed McMahon, Farah Fawcett, and MJ all want for Christmas?

Patrick Swayze.

I'm guessing they get the dog for Hannukah.

Posted by: heywoodjewbrome profile link at 07/22/09 1:10 PM  | Reply
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Much like Ed McMahon and Walter Cronkite, I thought this dog had already died.

Posted by: K-Mo profile link at 07/22/09 1:15 PM  | Reply
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When I was 9 I had a Chihuahua and he died by crawling underneath a chair and just waiting for death and I didn't find him until I got home from school. I had never known death until then.


This makes me mega :( actually.

Posted by: Max the King of All Wild Things profile link at 07/22/09 1:15 PM  | Reply
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Something similar happened to me when I was about 6, except kind of worse. She was actually my dad's dog who lived at my grandma's house (don't ask) and they thought she ran away. They only found her deathspot months later when clearing out a bunch of overgrown dead bushes.
This story is a real hit at parties.
PS: Lindsay wasn't dicking around with that whole death curse, for real.

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This thread needs a Reno 911 tag. Carlos Alazraqui did the Chihuaha voice in those commercials. RIP little buddy.

Posted by: Kenny Powers profile link at 07/22/09 1:16 PM  | Reply
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"Gidget always knew where the camera was." How did we not get a VH1 reality show about this dog and her struggles to get back to the top?

Posted by: Josh is like Germany Ambitious and Misunderstood profile link at 07/22/09 1:19 PM  | Reply
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This is worse than that time i got a paper cut on my left index finger when i was making a poster for an event going on at my school.
And that paper cut stung a little, on and off, for about 3 days!

Posted by: Constantinople profile link at 07/22/09 1:20 PM  | Reply
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She? I hope her first wish in (all dogs go to) heaven is to get a woman's voice.

Posted by: bingo gas station profile link at 07/22/09 1:21 PM  | Reply
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R.i.p we miss u baby gurl.

Posted by: Bobby Seger profile link at 07/22/09 1:26 PM  | Reply
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Posted by: Michael at 07/22/09 1:28 PM  | Reply
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"Yo quiero the Taco Bell dog."
-- God

Posted by: wubdub profile link at 07/22/09 1:58 PM  | Reply
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bravo!!!

Posted by: rigginslover33 profile link  in reply to  wubdub's comment at 07/23/09 12:46 AM  | Reply
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What do they mean she never said a word? It was someone else? Man, this is like Santa all over again :(.

Posted by: Ugah profile link at 07/22/09 2:01 PM  | Reply
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I'm not going to have any liquor left if I keep having to pour it out for my fallen celebrity homies! Seriously, I'm taking swigs from the dregs, Summer 2009!

Posted by: Becca profile link at 07/22/09 2:07 PM  | Reply
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dis make me sadderj dan all da oder deafs in da summer :(

Posted by: fatmanj profile link at 07/22/09 3:05 PM  | Reply
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You, sir, cannot eat any of my cake.

Posted by: heywoodjewbrome profile link  in reply to  fatmanj's comment at 07/22/09 4:33 PM  | Reply
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"Yo quiero Heaven."

:-(

Posted by: TheObesrvatory profile link at 07/22/09 3:19 PM  | Reply
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"Yo quiero Heaven."

:-(

Posted by: TheObesrvatory profile link at 07/22/09 3:20 PM  | Reply
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Somebody just got a new status update. Score.

Posted by: hlebtastic profile link at 07/22/09 3:33 PM  | Reply
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Her music will live on forever.

Posted by: Marcus profile link at 07/22/09 5:24 PM  | Reply
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I'm glad the tags "Dogs, Garbage, Heaven, and Food" finally get to share a post. I guess everything happends for a reason.

Posted by: Elizabeth profile link at 07/22/09 6:51 PM  | Reply
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Her last wish is being honored, to be ground up into fourthmeal.

Posted by: zambot at 07/22/09 6:55 PM  | Reply
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:(

Posted by: rk profile link at 07/22/09 7:15 PM  | Reply
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"Taco Bell Dog Revolution... we-ell, you know... Yo quiero chalupa..."

Posted by: snurry profile link at 07/23/09 1:10 AM  | Reply
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No quiero.

Posted by: Philip at 07/25/09 2:53 AM  | Reply
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