FURIOUS GEORGE DEAD IN APPARENT SUICIDE
Famous cousin second Bakers chimp to die mysteriously
By Faith Popcorn, Bakers PR Director
NASHVILLE — The body of Furious George, cousin of murdered 12th Avenue Bakers mascot Mr. TD, has been discovered dead in the living room of owner Q. Diddy's West End flat. It was Diddy's maid, Ms. Cherry Parade, who discovered the body around 1:30 CST today as she entered his apartment to re-stock the bar.
Furious George had become a fixture in recent months for Bakers fans, after traveling from France last year to attend Mr. TD's funeral, and deciding to stay on and support the franchise and its embattled owner. Rumors had swirled in the toney neighborhood this summer of wild parties hosted by Q. Diddy and George which centered around both man and chimp's belief in ancient Mesopotamian gods and rituals. Both Diddy and George had denied any real mischief and claimed that those parties were really auditions for the upcoming season's Bakerette squad.
It was George who had recently completed a fund-raising tour of the state to raise money to rebuild the fabled Cherry Bomb Cafe, the property located in the heart of the 12 South district. While the trip was successful and plans are to partially re-open the club in October, Q. Diddy had believed that George had fallen victim to some old addictions during an extended stay in Memphis. Plans were apparently in the works to hold an intervention for George
"I guess I'm too late," said a visibly shaken Diddy standing in front of the Belle Meade Animal Hospital's emergency room. "My two best friends taken in the prime of chimphood ... If I could only change places with one of them."
Details are sketchy at this point, but George was said by Parade to have been found on the sofa wrapped only in a towel with a book of poems by Sylvia Plath in his left hand. It was opened to a blank page. The smell of a recently smoked cigarette lingered, according to Parade.
"I stock the cabinet on Tuesdays each week," said the wide-eyed Parade. "And I've stumbled into some unusual scenes ... in fact I thought he was sleeping when I first came in. But after I had thrown what was left of a nearby drink into his face and he didn't move, I knew something was wrong."
Ironically, it is the six-months pregnant Parade who had filed papers in a Nashville court two weeks ago asking that George be compelled to take a paternity test. According to news reports, Parade had claimed that either he or Q. Diddy is the father of the unborn child.
"They shared everything," she said.
Furious George had become a fixture in recent months for Bakers fans, after traveling from France last year to attend Mr. TD's funeral, and deciding to stay on and support the franchise and its embattled owner. Rumors had swirled in the toney neighborhood this summer of wild parties hosted by Q. Diddy and George which centered around both man and chimp's belief in ancient Mesopotamian gods and rituals. Both Diddy and George had denied any real mischief and claimed that those parties were really auditions for the upcoming season's Bakerette squad.
It was George who had recently completed a fund-raising tour of the state to raise money to rebuild the fabled Cherry Bomb Cafe, the property located in the heart of the 12 South district. While the trip was successful and plans are to partially re-open the club in October, Q. Diddy had believed that George had fallen victim to some old addictions during an extended stay in Memphis. Plans were apparently in the works to hold an intervention for George
"I guess I'm too late," said a visibly shaken Diddy standing in front of the Belle Meade Animal Hospital's emergency room. "My two best friends taken in the prime of chimphood ... If I could only change places with one of them."
Details are sketchy at this point, but George was said by Parade to have been found on the sofa wrapped only in a towel with a book of poems by Sylvia Plath in his left hand. It was opened to a blank page. The smell of a recently smoked cigarette lingered, according to Parade.
"I stock the cabinet on Tuesdays each week," said the wide-eyed Parade. "And I've stumbled into some unusual scenes ... in fact I thought he was sleeping when I first came in. But after I had thrown what was left of a nearby drink into his face and he didn't move, I knew something was wrong."
Ironically, it is the six-months pregnant Parade who had filed papers in a Nashville court two weeks ago asking that George be compelled to take a paternity test. According to news reports, Parade had claimed that either he or Q. Diddy is the father of the unborn child.
"They shared everything," she said.
