By Sara Ruberg Perry, a miniature donkey whose handlers said he was used by DreamWorks animators as a model for the chatty “Shrek” character named Donkey, died last week at the age of 30.

The first Shrek film was released in 2001 to massive critical success and won an Oscar for Best Animated Feature. It tells the story of a lonely ogre who befriends a talking donkey named Donkey ...

Perry, the donkey who served as a model for Donkey, the character voiced by Eddie Murphy in the Shrek films, has died. He was 30. Perry's death was confirmed by The Barron Park Donkey Project ...

and revealed that original voice cast members would be returning including Mike Myers as Shrek, Cameron Diaz as Fiona, and Eddie Murphy as Donkey. There have yet to be any concrete updates ...

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Shrek’s motion model for the donkey character has passed away. The real-life donkey's handler Jenny Kiratli confirmed the passing. He told Palo Alto that Perry died on January 2 after fighting ...

Born in New York City in 1994, Perry was best known for modeling for the animators who designed the character of Donkey for the Shrek films. Perry, the donkey who served as the model for Donkey in ...