Trudy (gorilla)

{{Short description|Western lowland gorilla in Arkansas, USA}}

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Trudy was a western lowland gorilla residing in Little Rock, Arkansas, in the United States. She was estimated to have been born in 1956 or 1957 in the wild. Following the death of Colo in January 2017, she was the oldest known living gorilla in the world (together with German gorilla Fatou),{{Cite web|url=http://www.nordkurier.de/brandenburg/fatou-koennte-nun-aeltester-gorilla-der-welt-sein-2026856301.html|title=Berliner Zoo: Fatou könnte nun ältester Gorilla der Welt sein | Nordkurier.de|date=20 January 2017|access-date=24 February 2018|archive-date=25 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225205325/https://www.nordkurier.de/brandenburg/fatou-koennte-nun-aeltester-gorilla-der-welt-sein-2026856301.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2017/feb/12/gorilla-at-lr-zoo-now-world-s-oldest-20/|title=Little Rock Zoo to mark birthday of Trudy, oldest known gorilla in world|date=2017-02-12|work=Arkansas Online|access-date=2018-02-24|language=en|archive-date=2017-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919054542/http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2017/feb/12/gorilla-at-lr-zoo-now-world-s-oldest-20/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.thv11.com/news/local/little-rock-zoos-trudy-now-worlds-oldest-gorilla/408018924|title=Little Rock Zoo's Trudy now world's oldest gorilla|last=TEGNA|work=KTHV|access-date=2018-02-24|language=en-US|archive-date=2018-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224232717/http://www.thv11.com/news/local/little-rock-zoos-trudy-now-worlds-oldest-gorilla/408018924|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.dw.com/en/worlds-oldest-gorilla-celebrates-60th-birthday-in-berlin/a-38416563|title=World's oldest gorilla celebrates 60th birthday in Berlin {{!}} News {{!}} DW {{!}} 13.04.2017|last=(www.dw.com)|first=Deutsche Welle|website=DW.COM|language=en|access-date=2018-02-24|archive-date=2018-02-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224173713/http://www.dw.com/en/worlds-oldest-gorilla-celebrates-60th-birthday-in-berlin/a-38416563|url-status=live}} reaching 63 years of age. She died the night of July 24, 2019.{{cite news|title=Trudy: World's oldest known gorilla dies at 63|url=https://news.sky.com/story/trudy-worlds-oldest-known-gorilla-dies-at-63-11770836|work=Sky News|date=26 July 2019|archive-date=27 July 2019|access-date=30 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190727163426/https://news.sky.com/story/trudy-worlds-oldest-known-gorilla-dies-at-63-11770836|url-status=live}}