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Tilikum, the Legendary Orca and Star of “Blackfish,” Dies at 36

By Miss Rosen

Photo: Tilikum. Gerardo Mora/Getty Images

SeaWorld Orlando has announced that Tilikum, the legendary orca, died today at the age of 36. The subject of the documentary film, Blackfish, his life story created a public outcry that forced SeaWorld to stop breeding orcas in captivity. Tilkum, the largest orca in captivity, was 22.5…

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Miss Rosen is a New York-based writer, curator, and brand strategist. There is nothing she adores so much as photography and books. A small part of her wishes she had a proper library, like in the game of Clue. Then she could blaze and write soliloquies to her in-and-out-of-print loves.

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