http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5jrL1_GhNCFuiRGojP-dIaku0f7wA?docId=N0100451288088492078A

"Staff at the centre said his death was not entirely unexpected a common octopuses generally only live for a couple of years."

"He appears to have passed away peacefully during the night, of natural causes, and we are consoled by the knowledge that he enjoyed a good life here."

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