He is best known for being the model for Donkey in Shrek. But to Palo Alto residents, more than 150 of whom attended his memorial on Sunday, he was just Perry, playful and sprightly, an iconic ...

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- A famous donkey from California that helped inspire the movie character "Donkey" in "Shrek" has died. Perry was 30 years old. In an Instagram post, BPDonkeys, wrote on Friday ...

PALO ALTO, California (KPIX) — Perry, the Bay Area donkey who was the inspiration behind the beloved character in the DreamWorks’ 2001 film “Shrek,” died at the age of 30.

PALO ALTO, Calif. - Perry, the donkey that served as the model for "Donkey," a character in the "Shrek" movies, has died. He was 30. Perry died Saturday at Barron Park Donkeys, a pasture in Palo ...