One of World's Oldest Chimps Dies at 60

July 20, 2007 One of World's Oldest Chimps Dies at 60 (AP)

Sydney's Taronga Zoo's oldest Chimpanzee, Fifi eats carrots to celebrate her 60th birthday in this, May 21, 2007 file photo. Fifi, one of the world's oldest chimps and the matriarch of the 18 chimpanzees at Taronga Zoo, died in her sleep Thursday July 19, 2007. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

(AP) -- One of the world's oldest chimps, Fifi, has died in Australia, zoo officials said Friday.

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