PARROT AGED 180
DEATH THROUGH ACCIDENT. RUN OVER AT BRIGHTON. London, May 12. The late “Cockey Bennett” of Tom Ugly’s Point was a mere chicken compared with parrot Jacko who was run over and killed by a cart at Brighton at the age of 180. He was formerly the property of Marshal Massena and met the Emperor Napoleon. His latest owner had refused £lOOO for the bird. Other noted parrots are Peter, of Earl’s Court, aged 126, Cockey of Amersham, 105, and Samson of the Zoo, 102.
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Southland Times, Issue 20496, 26 May 1928, Page 8
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87PARROT AGED 180 Southland Times, Issue 20496, 26 May 1928, Page 8
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