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The world's greatest alligator movie star has passed away
Not The Bee ^
| May 15, 2025
| Staff
Posted on 05/15/2025 1:00:37 PM PDT by Red Badger
RIP to one of the greats. You're with Harambe now.
NBC News
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An alligator that appeared in numerous TV shows and films over three decades, most notably the 1996 Adam Sandler comedy “Happy Gilmore,” has died at a gator farm in southern Colorado.
Based on his growth rate and tooth loss, Morris the alligator was at least 80 years old when he died, the Colorado Gator Farm said in a Facebook post Sunday. He was nearly 11 feet (3.3 meters) long and weighed 640 pounds (290 kilograms).
Here was Morris in his infamous Happy Gilmore role:
Video at link..............
Jay Young, the caretaker at the gator farm, said he stopped eating a week ago. Jay posted a video of Morris to Facebook:
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To: Red Badger
Hope the alligator had time to write a “tell all” book.
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posted on
05/15/2025 1:03:35 PM PDT
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: Red Badger
His last words were, “See you later!”
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posted on
05/15/2025 1:03:47 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Red Badger
That was Joe Don Baker, too??
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posted on
05/15/2025 1:04:12 PM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: dfwgator
I wonder if they’ll have him stuffed or made into a nice pair of boots?.....................
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posted on
05/15/2025 1:05:10 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: ConservativeMind
Nope! Real Gator!...............
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posted on
05/15/2025 1:05:45 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: dfwgator; EEGator; alligator; FamiliarFace; Fireone; V_TWIN; Clay Moore
Gator Ping!......................
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posted on
05/15/2025 1:06:09 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
Glad at least he got to see us win the Basketball Title before he passed.
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posted on
05/15/2025 1:07:06 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Red Badger
This makes me hungry for the gator bites I had last summer at Knoebels.
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posted on
05/15/2025 1:07:11 PM PDT
by
EvilCapitalist
(Pets are no substitute for children)
To: Red Badger
Wally and Beaver Cleaver raised him from practically hatchling.
RIP Captain Jack
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posted on
05/15/2025 1:10:18 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
To: dfwgator
LOLOLOL!........................
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posted on
05/15/2025 1:11:26 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
RIP Morris! He was great in Happy Gilmore. Guess he won't be in Part II.
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posted on
05/15/2025 1:11:32 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
( In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
To: Red Badger
He had sole...so he will live on as a pair of shoes...
RIP, gator.
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posted on
05/15/2025 1:18:41 PM PDT
by
Adder
(End fascism...defeat all Democrats.)
To: Red Badger
A fate worse than Trigger....
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posted on
05/15/2025 1:20:55 PM PDT
by
rdcbn1
(TV )
To: Red Badger
His legacy lives on...
To: dfwgator
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posted on
05/15/2025 1:29:06 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
05/15/2025 1:32:32 PM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
05/15/2025 1:34:32 PM PDT
by
HYPOCRACY
(Long live The Great MAGA Kangz!)
To: Red Badger
They all look alike to me. 😜
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posted on
05/15/2025 1:50:37 PM PDT
by
Ancesthntr
("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." The Weapons Shops of Isher)
To: Red Badger
it’s a coverup, they cut off his tail, painted him yellow, and entered him in dog fights as ole yeller.
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