Orlando is dead. Orlando the cat, that is.
The feline who worked as a goodwill ambassador and greeter at Bloomsbury Books in Ashland, Oregon, for the past 15 years, died Jan. 19. His age was unknown.
Orlando also worked as a model, posing for photographs that adorned postcards sold at the store.
He is survived by many friends who considered him a fellow book lover who honored the literary heritage of his namesake, Virginia Woolf’s Orlando.
“He was a literate cat,” Karen Chapman, co-owner of the store, told the Mail Tribune.
She described the time he scratched the top of a box of books and damaged a book titled Women Who Love Dogs.
“We were sure he was able to read,” she said.
A memorial service for Orlando was held on Jan. 25, Woolf’s 127th birthday.
To read the full Mail Tribune story about Orlando the cat, click here.
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