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Published: July 23, 2009
Chihuahua of ads for Taco Bell dies
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — Gidget the Chihuahua, the bug-eyed, big-eared star of 1990s Taco Bell commercials who was a diva on and off the screen, 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 Karin McElhatton , owner of Studio Animal Services, which owned the dog.

In a 1997 Taco Bell television commercial, Gidg...

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