Gino had been living at the Orlando, Fla. theme park since its opening day back in 1998 Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work ...

BAY LAKE, Fla. – One of the first animals to call Disney’s Animal Kingdom home and the oldest gorilla at the park has died. Gino, a Western lowland gorilla, died at 44 years old. He was one of the ...

Gino, a western lowland gorilla and longtime resident of Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park, has died, Walt Disney World announced Wednesday. He was 44. “For nearly 30 years, Gino touched countless ...

Gino the gorilla, a 27-year resident of the of the Florida theme park, was an opening-day animal and fathered 14 baby gorillas throughout his life. Joey Nolfi is a senior writer at Entertainment ...

Animal lovers and Disney enthusiasts alike are mourning the loss of an iconic park figure. Gino, the 44-year-old Western Lowland silverback gorilla who has been with the park since its opening in 1998 ...

Archive photos of Gino, the beloved patriarch western lowland gorilla at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, in his habitat at Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail over the years. Disney announced Wednesday that Gino ...

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Gino the gorilla, an Animal Kingdom star, was at the park's opening in 1998. The oldest gorilla living at Disney’s Animal Kingdom park has died at the age of 44. Disney confirmed Gino the gorilla’s ...

The oldest gorilla living at Disney’s Animal Kingdom park has died at the age of 44. Disney confirmed Gino the gorilla’s death in a Facebook post Wednesday morning. “For nearly 30 years, Gino touched ...

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The oldest gorilla living at Disney's Animal Kingdom park has died at the age of 44. Disney confirmed Gino the gorilla's death in a Facebook post Wednesday morning. Despite his status ...

Disney Animal Kingdom is mourning the death of Gino, the park’s oldest gorilla who has died at the age of 44. The park shared the sad news on Wednesday on its Facebook page, saying that the patriarch ...