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  • Liberty's [MO] famed black cat touched community

    12/08/2006 12:54:46 PM PST · by Huntress · 13 replies · 536+ views
    Kansas City Star ^ | 12/1/06 | Lindsay Hanson Metcalf
    LIBERTY, Mo. - Some humans don't have it this good. In life, Bogie the cat had dozens of surrogate mommies and daddies along the Liberty square who each kept food, toys and litter boxes awaiting his stop on the daily rounds. In death, Liberty's famed black cat had a funeral recently in the atrium of the Clay County courthouse, panels of photos and newspaper articles chronicling his 13 years, and around 60 persons mourning his loss. "The last lesson Bogie taught us was to remind us of the brevity of life," said the Rev. Richard Rudd, who knew Bogie from...