Vale, Church: Lead Feline From "Pet Sematary" Has Tragically Passed Away

Leo, AKA Pet Sematary's Church, tragically died just weeks after the movie's premiere.

Just weeks after the release of Pet Sematary comes the news that the movie's lead cat, Leo, has sadly died.

Leo was one of four cats that played "Church" in the film, but he was specifically the one in the zombified cat makeup.

It's a bad time for famous cat lovers after the internet's most famous cat, Grumpy Cat, also passed at age seven after medical complications.

The announcement of Leo's death was made on his personal Instagram, run by owner and Hollywood animal trainer Kirk Jarrett.

 

 

 

 

 

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Our family thanks everyone for all your heartfelt responses. This has been very difficult on our family. Leo passed away from arterial thromboembolus (ATE), also known as “saddle thrombus,” a congenital heart defect that the Maine Coon breed can be prone to. Leo lived an incredibly joyful life. In his honour we look forward to sharing some of our fondest memories of Leo. In loving memory may Leo Rest In Peace ❤️

A post shared by ♥ Leo ♥ (@church_aka_leo) on May 30, 2019 at 5:38pm PDT

According to the Instagram post, Leo passed due to a congenital heart defect, called arterial thromboembolus, that his breed (Maine Coon) is susceptible to.

Leo the cat from Pet Sematary died and I think this is the hardest celebrity death I ever had to deal with, tbh. 💔 pic.twitter.com/7vkrFdtah1

— Lena (@namjoonjimin) May 30, 2019

Not to be emotional on the timeline, but I just found out that Leo the cat from Pet Sematary died and my heart hurts 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/v6JKDlbToy

— dead boyfriend 🥀⚰️ (@blxxdykisses) May 31, 2019

Rest in peace, dear kitty. And, please, don't come back.

Header Image: Instagram (@church_aka_leo)