Oldest chimp in U.S. zoo dies at 63

San Francisco Zoo reported the death of Cobby, a 'much-loved primate' and 1960s TV star who was 63 years old. Cobby was the oldest chimp in the U.S., reportedly.

In 2015, an Australian filmmaker making a documentary about Cobby described to the Guardian his short-lived career in 1960s children's TV, trying out human activities in a series of shorts called Cobby's Hobbies. — Read the rest