Every now and then a cat makes a headline that nearly everybody sees. Larry the Cat, who serenely presides over 10 Downing Street as chief mouser, is one. World leaders who visit Prime Minister Keir Starmer consider themselves lucky if Larry photobombs their arrivals at No. 10.
Another such cat was Hadji, the 22-year-old sidekick of legendary New York Mets first baseman Keith Hernandez. (If you're not a Mets fan, or even into baseball, pro tip: Hernandez was a guest star on that brilliant two-part Seinfeld episode, "The Boyfriend" — which we can watch and laugh at again and again, even in the darkest times.)
Hernandez announced yesterday that Hadji had crossed the Rainbow Bridge. "It was his time to go," Hernandez said. "He passed painlessly and with dignity. See you in another life, my old buddy. I know you'll be waiting for me with open paws." We cats salute Hadji, and we PURR.
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