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A 23-year-old gorilla at the Dallas Zoo in Texas died Nov. 5, according to a statement from the zoo. The western lowland ...

Zola, a young Western lowland gorilla, died on Wednesday, November 5, at age 23. The zoo does not know why Zola died.