Perry, the donkey who served as the real-life model for Eddie Murphy's character in the original Shrek film released in 2001, has died. He was 30 years old, with the Barron Park website noting ...

Shrek’s chatty but good-natured sidekick. 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 ...