Grignon then brought his team to draw Perry and watch him trot along ... “To us, he wasn’t really the ‘Shrek’ donkey,” Kiratli said. “He was just Perry.” ...

Perry — the miniature donkey who was the animation model for the iconic character voiced by Eddie Murphy in the movie Shrek — has died.

Known as the inspiration for the character Donkey, voiced by comedy legend Eddie Murphy in the 2001 animated classic “Shrek,” Perry ... for the film and to draw real donkeys in person.

Grignon then brought his team to draw Perry and watch him trot along ... “To us, he wasn’t really the ‘Shrek’ donkey,” Kiratli said. “He was just Perry.” Local journalism is essential.

In 1999, animator Rex Grignon was tasked with designing Donkey, Shrek’s chatty but good-natured ... Grignon then brought his team to draw Perry and watch him trot along. Kiratli, who didn ...

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(MENAFN) Perry, the real-life donkey who inspired the animated character Donkey in the 2001 film Shrek, has passed away at the age of 30 due to complications from laminitis, an incurable hoof disease.

popularly known for serving as the model for Eddie Murphy's character Donkey in the "Shrek" animated movie. The 30-year-old Perry was euthanized on Jan. 2 following a battle with pituitary pars ...

By Sara Ruberg Perry, a miniature donkey whose handlers said he was used by DreamWorks animators as a model for the chatty “Shrek” character named Donkey, died last week at the age of 30.