Lil Bub

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Lil Bub
Lil Bub
Species Felis catus
Sex Female
Born ( 2011-06-21 ) June 21, 2011
Bloomington, Indiana , U.S.
Died December 1, 2019 (2019-12-01) (aged 8)
Owner Mike Bridavsky
Weight 3.9 lb (1.8 kg) [1]

Lil Bub , officially Lil BUB (June 21, 2011 ? December 1, 2019), was an American celebrity cat . She was known for her unique physical appearance. Her owner, Mike Bridavsky, adopted her when his friends called to ask him to give her a home. Her photos were first posted to Tumblr in November 2011, before being taken off after being featured on the social news website Reddit . [2]

"Lil Bub" on Facebook has over three million likes . [3] Lil Bub stars in Lil Bub & Friendz , a documentary premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 18, 2013, that won the Tribeca Online Festival Best Feature Film.

Lil Bub died of a bone infection on December 1, 2019 at the age of 8, which lead to a overwhelming degree of sorrow over her death on social media. [4] [5]

References [ change | change source ]

  1. ↑ "25 Things You Didn't Know About Lil BUB" . Complex. Archived from the original on 2013-04-19 . Retrieved 2013-05-02 .
  2. ↑ Sykes, Tom (2013-04-19). "Lil Bub, The World's Cutest Cat, Stars In Documentary Lil Bub & Friendz at Tribeca" . The Daily Beast . Retrieved 2013-04-24 .
  3. ↑ Lil Bub. "Lil Bub ? Bloomington, IN ? Public Figure" . Facebook . Retrieved 2013-12-12 .
  4. ↑ "It's me, Mike - BUB's dude. BUB has departed, she's on her way home" . us5.campaign-archive.com . Retrieved 2019-12-02 .
  5. ↑ "Internet-famous cat Lil Bub dies" . BBC News . 2019-12-03 . Retrieved 2020-03-09 .
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