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Archive Home > 2009 > July > 23 > Gidget rose to stardom in Taco Bell commercials

Gidget rose to stardom in Taco Bell commercials

Chihuahua went on to perform in other TV ads and movies

By Robert Jablon / The Bulletin
July 23, 2009

LOS ANGELES — Gidget the Chihuahua, the bug-eyed, big-eared star of 1990s Taco Bell commercials who was a diva on- and offscreen, has died. She was 15.

Gidget suffered a massive stroke late Tuesday night at her trainer’s home in Santa Clarita and had to be euthanized, said....

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