Socks Will Not Be Down for Fancy Feast
Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 8:18 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socks_(cat)
In 1991 a stray cat came to Chelsea Clinton and was a White House cat who retired with Clinton's secretary, Betty Currie.
She got him in 1991 and he was a grown adult so he had to have been born in 1989 and was not 18 years old. This site gets the right age.
Rest in peace Socks. When the Clintons got a puppy there were lots of jokes about the cat taking out the dog.
In 1991 a stray cat came to Chelsea Clinton and was a White House cat who retired with Clinton's secretary, Betty Currie.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29305260/In June 2008, Socks was still living with Currie and her husband in Hollywood, Maryland, about 80 miles from Washington, but had a thyroid condition, hair loss, weight loss, and kidney problems.[3]
In December 2008, Socks was reported to be in failing health, apparently suffering from cancer.[4]
Socks was euthanized on February 20, 2009, in Hollywood, Maryland,[5] after suffering cancer of the jaw
She got him in 1991 and he was a grown adult so he had to have been born in 1989 and was not 18 years old. This site gets the right age.
Rest in peace Socks. When the Clintons got a puppy there were lots of jokes about the cat taking out the dog.