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Grumpy Cat
Also known as Grumpy Cat meme, Tardar Sauce, Tard
cat and internet meme celebrity (2012–2019)
Key facts
- Other name
- Tardar Sauce
- Species
- Domestic cat
- Breed
- Mixed
- Sex
- Female
- Born
- ( 2012-04-04 ) April 4, 2012, Morristown, Arizona , U.S.
- Died
- May 14, 2019 (2019-05-14) (aged 7), Morristown, Arizona , U.S.
- Cause of death
- Urinary tract infection
- Years active
- 2012–2019
- Known for
- Being an Internet meme
- Owner
- Tabatha Bundesen
- Named after
- Tartar sauce
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
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Article
Tardar Sauce (April 4, 2012 – May 14, 2019), nicknamed Grumpy Cat, was an American internet celebrity cat. She was known for her permanently "grumpy" facial appearance, which was caused by an underbite and feline dwarfism. She came to prominence when a photograph of her was posted on September 22, 2012, on social news website Reddit by Bryan Bundesen, the brother of her owner Tabatha Bundesen. "Lolcats" and parodies created from the photograph by Reddit users became popular. She was the subject of a popular Internet meme in which humorously negative, cynical images were made from photographs of her.
As of June 3, 2023, Grumpy Cat had 8.3 million total likes on Facebook, 2.5 million followers on Instagram 1.3 million followers on Twitter and 275,000 subscribers on YouTube.