Sad News: Another Celebrity Death

How most people will remember him.

Friday night I was told that one of my favorite young celebrities had died earlier in the week. Knut the Polar Bear has died. He died on the 19th of March at his home in Berlin at the age of 4.

How I'll remember him...scaring a British child who wouldn't
stop banging on the glass.

For those of you who don't know, Knut was a polar bear whose mother refused to take care of him after birth. He was taken care of by Thomas Dorflein (who had to sleep next to Knut for the first couple of months) until Knut got too big to safely play with humans. He quickly became the biggest animal celebrity in Germany. (Even more famous then a soccer match predicting Octopus.)

He was probably more famous then Paul due to being a bit cuter, and loving attention from humans. Due to being raised by humans Knut developed a need for humanity. As he reportedly would cry when people were not outside his enclosure. If you'd like to know more about Knuts short life his wikipedia article is a good place to start.

The reports say his death was caused by an epileptic fit. (You can find videos of his death on youtube, I'm told. I will not be linking to them.)

Farewell Knut, we'll miss you.