'Minions' mourn passing of Colonel Meow
One of the most famous cats on the internet has died. Colonel Meow, who was known for his fearsome appearance, died on 29th January, aged just two years. A message on his Twitter feed contained a link to a video called Colonel Meow you will be missed.
Colonel Meow had his own website, a YouTube channel with more than 1.3 million views and a Facebook page with more than 345,000 likes and a world record for being the cat with the longest fur.
He was known as the world's angriest cat with ambitions of world domination and for his love of a good whiskey.
When he was awarded his Guinness World Record he wrote on Facebook:
Other internet cats paid tribute to Colonel Meow:
Some of the colonel's followers, known as Minions, also posted tributes: