Taco Bell Dog Dies

7/23/2009
Tom Helberg
Gidget the Chihuahua died at 15, Tuesday.

Gidget the Chihuahua, who starred in the Taco Bell commercials in the late '90s, has died. She was 15.

The owner of Studio Animal Services in Castaic says the dog had to be euthanized after she suffered a massive stroke at her trainer's home in Santa Clarita, late Tuesday.

Gidget was mascot in Taco Bell commercials from 1997 to 2000. The bug eyed pooch was seen saying the catchphrase, "Yo quiero Taco Bell," Spanish for "I want Taco Bell," in a male voice dubbed by actor Carlos Alazraqui. Alazraqui now plays Deputy James Garcia on "Reno 911!"

Gidget made a cameo in a 2002 GEICO gecko commercial and played the mother of Reese Witherspoon's Chihuahua in 2003's "Legally Blonde 2: Red White & Blonde."

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