Grumpy Cat: the most social and richest curmudgeon cat in the world has died

2023 Author: Alex Livingston | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-11-26 11:39

Grumpy Cat or "sulky cat", due to his always sulky expression, passed away on May 14, 2019. He was considered one of the richest and most social cats in the world.

With a message on Twitter was announced the death of Grumpy Cat, on May 14, 2019 due to a urinary tract infection. On the press release it is written that she died at home, in the arms of her beloved owner Tabatha.

In his honor we would like to retrace his history, so that it is never forgotten. Grumpy Cat was originally not called that. His real name was Tardar Sauce, and in 2012 she was adopted by an Arizona maid: Tabatha Bundesen. The first thing that jumped at seeing her was her always pouting face. Its fame is due to a post with photos, published by Tabatha Bundesen's brother, on the Reddit website where users can publish social news and everything related to entertainment. In short, that photo went around the world and Tardar Sauce was renamed Grumpy Cat or grumpy cat. Only two years after the publication of that photo, the facebook profile "The Official Grumpy Cat" had more than 10 million likes.

That always sulky look is due to its rather flattened snout, due to a pathology, called feline dwarfism. But, don't be fooled, Grumpy Cat was actually a very sweet and loving cat.

However, in a short time he became one of the cats most social in the world, which today has nearly 2.5 million followers on Instagram.

Grumpy Cat's notoriety then increased, thanks to associating his face with numerous memes that have gone viral. The cat has been a guest to many TV broadcast and even appeared in the Cheerios cereal commercial in 2014. Not to mention that it became celebrity endorsement for Friskies, the well-known brand for animal food.

Of course all this notoriety had to be well managed, so much so that its owner appointed a manager who could take care of advertising, its image and all the part relating to merchandising and contracts. His manager was Ben Lashes, who specializes in finding and starting career i talents found on the Internet. Tabatha's brother, on the other hand, became the administrator of the Facebook page, the website, the You Tube channel, Twitter, Instagram.

Its owner, however, was particularly keen on health of her cat, so much so that she tried to limit photo shoots to once a week.

However, his life was enough hectic and she was given treatments equal to those of a particularly famous person: she traveled only in first class flights, she had a hairdresser who followed her on every trip, luxury hotel rooms that she shared with her companions and a personal assistant who he ran his "day".

It became a real one brand, with numerous authorized gadgets, such as t-shirts, mugs, soft toys that reproduced his features. Madame Tussauds even dedicated one to her in 2016 statue with its features.

For what concern world of cinema, we find Grumpy Cat as a guest at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards and as a lead actress in the 2014 Christmas, for television, "Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever". Here he plays a lonely, grumpy cat who lives in a pet shop in a large shopping mall. unfortunately the closure of the shop is imminent and the cat is particularly embittered because she does not know what the future holds. At one point he makes friends with a 12-year-old girl and they both discover they can communicate with each other.

Grumpy Cat also has numerous books, calendars and gadgets under his belt.

In 2018 Tabatha filed a it causes against the coffee brand "Grenade" which had marketed a cappuccino called Grumppuccino, which recalled the association of the names "grumpy" and "cappuccino". The cause then was won from Tabatha, who received a sum of over 700 thousand dollars as compensation.

Until today Grumpy cat has been one of the most followed cats on the net, as well as one of the richest. His passing left all his fans speechless.

But, surely, all his crazy memes will continue to persist for many more years.

have a good trip little girl!