The inspiration for Eddie Murphy's beloved donkey from the Shrek movies has died. Although Murphy is 100 percent responsible for the personality of the donkey (just named "Donkey") the appearance of ...

Perry, the beloved real-life stand-in for the “Shrek” donkey voiced by Eddie Murphy, has died. He was 30. The donkey’s ...

His team had completed the character’s basic design but still needed a model for how a real-life donkey moved. At the time, Grignon’s wife happened to take walks in the same neighborhood as ...

A real-life donkey who served as the animation model for the character Donkey in the “Shrek” franchise died on Thursday at the age of 30 at his home in California. Pericles, affectionately ...

Although Murphy is 100 percent responsible for the personality of the donkey (just named "Donkey") the appearance of the animated equine was based on one very specific real-life donkey. That's ...

Memorial plans will be announced soon." This is an Instagram screengrab from BPDonkeys on Perry, real-life donkey who inspired iconic 'Shrek' character, who passed away at the age of 30.

Perry, the all-star Jerusalem donkey who served as the visual inspiration for Eddie Murphy's motor-mouthed and dragon-loving character in the animated Shrek franchise (the first three films are ...