Cobby, The Oldest Male Chimpanzee Living In U.S. Zoo, Dies At 63

“Cobby was part of San Francisco. He touched so many lives."

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The oldest male chimpanzee living in an accredited North American zoo died Saturday at the San Francisco Zoo & Gardens. He was 63. The chimpanzee, named Cobby, had been a hand-reared performing chimpanzee before he was brought to the San Francisco zoo in the 1960s. Although the zoo said in a news release that the chimpanzee’s cause of death had not been determined, the animal had recently been ill and zoo officials believe old age was a factor. Michael Macor/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images Cobby, the oldest male chimpanzee living in an accredited North American zoo, has died.