Taco Bell Chihuahua Dies
With her oversized ears and pointy little snout, Gidget, the adorable Taco Bell chihuahua, used her feminine wiles for much of the late '90s to make an entire nation of sophisticated palates eat subpar Mexican food. Sadly, Gidget suffered a stroke and died Tuesday at the age of 15.
"She made so many people happy," Gidget's trainer, Sue Chipperton told People.
Though the pocket-sized pooch, famous for the ad's catchphrase, "¡Yo quiero Taco Bell!", had long retired at the time of her death, she made a cameo in a 2002 GEICO gecko commercial and played the mother of Reese Witherspoon's Chihuahua, Bruiser, in 2003's Legally Blonde 2: Red White & Blonde...
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