Another star has winked out in Hollywood — the Taco Bell chihuahua has spoken its last slogan.
Gidget, the 15-year-old dog made famous in a series of commercials, has died of a stroke. Though voiced by a gravelly male in the TV ads, Gidget was actually a girl.
As the Los Angeles Times reports: “She’d lived in comfortable semiretirement since the heyday of the Taco Bell advertising campaign, occasionally making cameo appearances (hawking insurance alongside the GEICO gecko in a 2002 commercial and playing the mother of Reese Witherspoon’s Chihuahua, Bruiser, in the sequel to “Legally Blonde”).”
What a career!
- Mark Your Calendars: The Shasta Regional Community Foundation has set Sept. 2 as the deadline for nonprofit programs to apply for grants for the next funding cycle in Shasta, Tehama and Modoc counties. For more information, go to their website by clicking here.
- Positive Productions has been bringing some great acts to the North State, and this Saturday’s show in Dunsmuir is no exception. Blues harmonica legend Charlie Musselwhite plays at 4:30 p.m. in Dunsmuir City Park as part of the 3rd Annual Mossbrae Music Festival. Musselwhite has 22 Blues Music Awards and eight Grammy nominations. For ticket info, click here.
- How come they don’t have carpet that’s already sculpted with Hoover tracks? Then your floors would always look freshly vacuumed.
- Don’t forget MarketFest today from 5 to 9 p.m. Bumpus. Beer. Brewer in a booth. Stop by the Shasta County Arts Council booth and say howdy.
- If you haven’t planned your block party yet, you’d better get busy. The Redding Police Department reminds everyone that the annual National Night Out is on Aug. 4 from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. A great time to get to know your neighbors! For more info, click here.
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