Died famous cat meme and Grumpy Cat multimillionaire

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In the United States at the age of seven years died, a cat named Tartar Sauce that Internet users have nicknamed Grumpy Cat (Angry Cat). The cause of death of the heroine a huge number of Internet memes was complications of disease of the urinary tract, according to the Agency TASS.

Gloomy appearance of the animal was hiding in the physiology of the gene for dwarfism muzzle of the cat took not the least happy, though the parents of the stars of the Internet there were no deviations. Its unusual name the cat got with a light hand crystal the hostess TABATA Bundesen. When she first met with “angry” was then still a kitten, she stated that the mottled coloration makes her look like Tartar sauce wrote the name of the seasoning with a typo as “Tardar”. Some time later, the nickname “Tardar” well established for animals, and was reduced to a brief “Tard”.

“With sorrow in our hearts we announce the death of our beloved “angry cats,” wrote TABATA, Brian and crystal Bundesen in a statement. Many social media users expressed their condolences to the owners of the cats.

Some days are grumpier than others… pic.twitter.com/ws209VWl97

— Grumpy Cat (@RealGrumpyCat) on 17 may 2019.

The history of “grumpy cat” began on 22 September 2012 when the user Cataliades posted in blogs, Reddit photos of his cats, characterized by a very unusual appearance. Muzzle of a cat expressed extreme displeasure in the corners of the mouth down, that combined with a tired look creates the effect of full of dissatisfaction with her life. At first, Internet users thought that was not without photoshop.

Since then it became a meme, the image of a cat were widely used in souvenir products. The number of subscribers to Grumpy Cat in Instagram reached 2.4 million, and Facebook – more than 8 million animal Itself repeatedly became the hero of talk shows and TV shows. The screens also left the TV film “the Worst Christmas Grumpy cat” Tartar Sauce in the title role. The book about her was published in 15 languages.

Their owners Grumpy Cat brought multi-million dollar fortune. At the end of 2014, the sum of $ 100 million, but Tabatha Bundesen has not confirmed this information.

And in January 2018 Grumpy cat won the trial and have made payments 710 thousand dollars from a coffee company Grenade, which breached the contract about using the images of the animal.

#HappyBirthdayGrumpyCat pic.twitter.com/fXXvN3lKTi

— Grumpy Cat (@RealGrumpyCat) April 5, 2019

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— Grumpy Cat (@RealGrumpyCat) April 3, 2019.