The world's oldest pig headed this week to hog heaven, where belly rubs, goose-down feather beds and an endless supply of airline peanuts awaited him.
Oscar, the Vietnamese potbellied pig from Far North Dallas , claimed the Guinness World Records title last year when he turned 20.
He died Tuesday, a little more than a week after his 21st birthday.
Owner Stacy Kimbell sent out an email announcing the sad news to friends and family.
"He was the most loyal and genuine buddy that a gal could ever want," she wrote.
Oscar wasn't just any pig. In his younger years as a petite piglet, he roamed the streets of Chicago on a leash. He appeared on TV with a pet psychologist and joined Kimbell on a Colorado ski vacation.
A photographer spotted him at a svelte 60 pounds in 1990 and invited him to be a greeting card model. The image on the wacky Avanti animal birthday card shows Oscar posing in pearls. He was no softie, though.
Oscar was protective of Kimbell, often chasing away men who didn't quite suit him.
"He couldn't have found more pleasure than in putting the living fear into you," Kimbell wrote to friends and family, many of whom became targets of Oscar's wrath. "He found it to be very amusing and very appropriate behavior for a guard pig."
Oscar lived to eat. He tipped the scales at 180 pounds before Kimbell got a better handle on his diet, which consisted of roasted pumpkin mash, grapes, almonds, apples, watermelon and canned fruit.
In Dallas, his laid-back life included his own miniature house with a swimming pool and an umbrella to protect him from the sun. He got weekly baths with Suave shampoo and rubdowns with Skin So Soft lotion and udder cream. At night he came inside and fell asleep in front of the TV.
Oscar, the Vietnamese potbellied pig from Far North Dallas , claimed the Guinness World Records title last year when he turned 20.
He died Tuesday, a little more than a week after his 21st birthday.
Owner Stacy Kimbell sent out an email announcing the sad news to friends and family.
"He was the most loyal and genuine buddy that a gal could ever want," she wrote.
Oscar wasn't just any pig. In his younger years as a petite piglet, he roamed the streets of Chicago on a leash. He appeared on TV with a pet psychologist and joined Kimbell on a Colorado ski vacation.
A photographer spotted him at a svelte 60 pounds in 1990 and invited him to be a greeting card model. The image on the wacky Avanti animal birthday card shows Oscar posing in pearls. He was no softie, though.
Oscar was protective of Kimbell, often chasing away men who didn't quite suit him.
"He couldn't have found more pleasure than in putting the living fear into you," Kimbell wrote to friends and family, many of whom became targets of Oscar's wrath. "He found it to be very amusing and very appropriate behavior for a guard pig."
Oscar lived to eat. He tipped the scales at 180 pounds before Kimbell got a better handle on his diet, which consisted of roasted pumpkin mash, grapes, almonds, apples, watermelon and canned fruit.
In Dallas, his laid-back life included his own miniature house with a swimming pool and an umbrella to protect him from the sun. He got weekly baths with Suave shampoo and rubdowns with Skin So Soft lotion and udder cream. At night he came inside and fell asleep in front of the TV.
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