Internet sensation, the cat known as Grumpy Cat, has died at the age of 7 years.
Tardar Sauce (real name of pet) died may 14, after complications of a recent urinary tract infection. According to her owners, the disease «has become too heavy for its overcoming».
«We are unimaginably heartbroken — wrote the Grumpy Cat family in a message posted to Twitter and Instagram on Friday, may 17. — She died peacefully at home… in the arms of his mother, TABATA».
«Besides the fact that she was our child and full member of the family, Grumpy Cat is helping millions of people smile around the world — even in difficult times, the statement reads. Her spirit will live on through her fans.»
Grumpy Cat breed snowshoe was born in Arizona April 4, 2012. In September of the same year she became an Internet celebrity. According to the owner of Tardar Sauce, TABATA Bundesen, the unusual appearance of her cat associated with congenital dwarfism and malocclusion.
The Grumpy Cat was about 1.5 million followers on Twitter, 2.4 million — Instagram and more than 8 million — in Facebook. According to some media reports, by the end of 2014 Tard managed to bring her mistress an income of about $100 million.
