Colin Perkel, Canadian PressPublished: Tuesday, July 11, 2006
A career that began in a burrow of controversy ended quietly Tuesday when Wiarton Willie, one of Canada's best known weather forecasters, passed away at the ripe old age of about eight years.
The albino groundhog, who had been ill for more than a month, died from a stubborn infection after his vet took him off life support, his handler Holly Morrow said from the southwestern Ontario town of Wiarton.
"Age was not on our side,'' said Morrow, who fed and cared for Willie and estimated his age to be around eight.
"He had a good life.''
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