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Sad:Dewey the cat dies in librarian's arms

Celtlund
02-12-2006, 22:34
At least he had a good long life. RIP Dewey. :(

http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2006-12-02-library-cat_x.htm?csp=34

SPENCER, Iowa (AP) — The final chapter is closed on Dewey Readmore Books. The 19-year-old cat, who became a mascot for the city's library after being found in a book drop, died Wednesday in the arms of librarian Vicki Myron.

The temperature was minus 10 when Myron and another librarian found Dewey under a pile of books in the library's book drop when they came to work one morning in January 1988.

"We didn't know if someone abandoned him or if a Good Samaritan found him on the street and shoved him in the book drop to get him out of the cold," she said. "His paws were frozen. We warmed him up and fed him and he just purred and cuddled. From day one, we felt he'd be the right personality for the public."

Since then, Dewey became famous, with television crews coming from as far away as Japan to do stories about him, Myron said.

The cat's name was chosen in a contest shortly after he was found. He was named after the Dewey Decimal System, which is used in most libraries to catalog books.

Dewey, who Myron said came running for cheeseburgers, boiled ham and chicken garlic TV dinners, had been experiencing health problems recently and was diagnosed with a stomach tumor shortly before Nov. 18, which was officially marked as his 19th birthday.
ConscribedComradeship
02-12-2006, 22:37
Aww. :(
This calls for some joke incorporating the similar sounds of feline and feeling.
JuNii
02-12-2006, 22:37
19 years old....


that's one long lived cat.


:(
Allegheny County 2
02-12-2006, 23:14
A sad day indeed for that city. May Dewey rest in peace.
Dinaverg
02-12-2006, 23:16
Hmm...that sucks. There's quite a few other cats I would have prefered died in this ones stead.
UpwardThrust
02-12-2006, 23:18
19 years old....


that's one long lived cat.


:(

MY cat was 18 in this picture (He died right before his 19th birthday)
http://geek.upwardthrust.us/pictures/fedora.jpg
Wilgrove
02-12-2006, 23:36
awww poor kitty. At least the kitty lived a long life.
New Xero Seven
02-12-2006, 23:42
Ah, Dewey. What a clever name. :)
Hakeka
03-12-2006, 00:07
Aw. Kitty died.

:(
Teh_pantless_hero
03-12-2006, 00:21
Sad? Damn that cat was nearly as old as I am.
My luck is my cat will live twice that long because she is so mean -_-
Intra-Muros
03-12-2006, 01:07
"We didn't know if someone abandoned him or if a Good Samaritan found him on the street and shoved him in the book drop to get him out of the cold"

Ingenious. I never would have thought about stuffing a cat into a book drop. I didn't know there were a lot of Samaritans around here anymore...
UpwardThrust
03-12-2006, 01:24
http://ednet.rvc.cc.il.us/~jlbecker/00000000-00000000.8/free%20cat.jpg
Bitchkitten
03-12-2006, 01:28
19 years old....


that's one long lived cat.


:(I also had one that I'd had for 18 years. I had her from the time I was twelve until I was thirty and lugged her to four states. Grew up with her.
Bitchkitten
03-12-2006, 01:29
http://ednet.rvc.cc.il.us/~jlbecker/00000000-00000000.8/free%20cat.jpgBad UT. :eek:
Chandelier
03-12-2006, 01:32
Poor cat...http://www.nearlygood.com/smilies/rip.gif
UpwardThrust
03-12-2006, 01:41
Bad UT. :eek:

Heheh yeah :fluffle:
Antikythera
03-12-2006, 01:53
MY cat was 18 in this picture (He died right before his 19th birthday)
http://geek.upwardthrust.us/pictures/fedora.jpg

:eek: i have a kitten who looks almost exactly like you cat
Katganistan
03-12-2006, 02:09
Aww. :(
This calls for some joke incorporating the similar sounds of feline and feeling.

You've lost that lovin' feline....
Whoa-o that lovin' feline....
You've lost that lovin' feline
Now he's gone.... gone... gone... Whoa-ah-oh-oh!
Interesting Specimens
03-12-2006, 02:19
You've lost that lovin' feline....
Whoa-o that lovin' feline....
You've lost that lovin' feline
Now he's gone.... gone... gone... Whoa-ah-oh-oh!

Dammit, beat me to the punch!

Still, that thing's older'n me!