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Article: Keiko's off to Iceland, but will this whale hunt?
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- Sunday Gazette-Mail
- Article date:
- September 6, 1998
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Copyright informationCopyright 1998 Sunday Gazette-Mail. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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NEWPORT, Ore. - The fans are growing restless, but the star makes
them wait.
Ten minutes, 15 minutes pass. Flip-flops shuffle on the concrete
floor. Babies wail, but nobody leaves.
"Here he comes!" someone finally shouts, and camcorders leap to
shoulders as the long-awaited one glides into view. Nodding his head
with quiet assurance, he notices a little girl near the front and
sidles up to the window between them.
Then he sticks out a tongue the size of a ham and wags it. The
gallery erupts in laughter. Cameras flash. Keiko, the world's most
famous killer whale, has charmed yet another audience.
Millions of children know him from "Free Willy," the 1993 box-
office hit that made this 5-ton ...
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......year since the Air Force flew killer whale Keiko -- better known as Willy, of the Free Willy...Oregon to the coast of his native Iceland. Keiko has spent the last year living in a bay...The purpose of the mission was to restore Keiko to health and freedom after more than 20...
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