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Mar 7, 2019 · Bushman died of a heart illness at the age of 22 on New Year’s Day, 1951. Thousands of mourners brought flowers to his empty exhibit. Following his death, Lincoln Park Zoo transferred the gorilla’s remains to the Field Museum.
Mar 18, 2013 · One day when she was 8, a tiny, orphaned gorilla named Bushman came to live with her family at his owner’s request, she said. Smith and her four older sisters played with baby Bushman, fed him...
«Time magazine called him "the best known and most popular civic figure in Chicago." Today he died. His name was Bushman. He was a gorilla. Bushman was a two-year-old, 38-pound baby when he was brought to Lincoln Park Zoo in 1930. He had been purchased from a West African missionary for $3,500.
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Aug 16, 2022 · Bushman the Gorilla lived at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago from 1930 until his death in 1951 at age 22. He remains on display at the Field Museum, here from a photo in 2017.
Not even Bushman, who died of heart disease at age 22 on New Year’s Day, 1951. The very next day, January 2, Marlin Perkins and Eddie Robinson created this photo op, trumping up an introduction between Bushman’s successor, Sinbad, and a portrait of the late Bushman.
May 19, 2007 · He remained in Chicago until his death in 1953, living in an apartment at 908 West Argyle. For his pioneering contributions to the motion-picture industry, he received a special Academy Award...
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Dec 19, 2007 · On a single June day in 1950, about 120,000 people flocked to see Bushman when he was thought to be dying. The gorilla rallied and captured headlines once more before he died.
