22nd July 2009

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R.I.P. Gidget, Taco Bell chihuahua

Gidget, the chihuahua who gained fame in commercials for the fast food chain Taco Bell, died tuesday night after suffering a stroke. She was 15.

“She made so many people happy,” Gidget’s trainer Sue Chipperton tells People.com.

The pup is remembered as a “consummate professional” who “delighted” the crews of her commercial shoots with her playful nature.

“One time, I kid you not, she actually pushed her stand-in out of the way because he was still there when she arrived on set,” Chipperton recalls. “Gidget always knew where the camera was.”

She spent her final years mostly retired, and her favorite activities included lying in the sun.

Vintage ad below.

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