THE real-life orca star of blockbuster movie Free Willy was never truly free. The killer whale who starred in the 1993 classic, named Keiko, died an agonising death in 2003 after tragically failing… ...

According to a release from The Good Whale, after Free Willy became an unexpected hit, fans learned the orca who played Willy in the movie — a killed whale named Keiko — was ill and living in ...

Baird helped release Keiko, star of "Free Willy" ... Killer whale "Tilikum" appears during its performance in its show "Believe" at Sea World on March 30, 2011 in Orlando, Florida.

Keiko, the feisty orca hero of the hit children's movie "Free Willy," seems to be edging closer to a free life at sea. After a life of captivity, the 23-year-old whale has been traveling for ...

At Oregon Coast Aquarium (the name as published has been corrected here and in subsequent references in this text), the 1.6 million-gallon pool that held Keiko the whale for nearly three years has … ...

An orca who lived with the star of the movie Free Willy has been captured on video swimming in circles in a small tank at a popular amusement park. Animal activist Phil Demers, who worked at the ...

In 1993, Free Willy dropped, and radio stations relentlessly played “Will You Be There,” the movie’s theme song by Michael Jackson. Kids could not escape orca mania.

Keiko the killer whale, star of the film "Free Willy," is adjusting to life in the wild after years in captivity and is with a school of killer whales off Iceland's southern coast, scientists said ...

Now, 30 years later, there is another killer whale that the public needs to turn its attention to. Her name is Tokitae. The parallels between the movie’s plot and Tokitae’s situation are striking.

"My life changed forever when I saw Free Willy at 3 years old, and maybe, just maybe, coming to this screening will change ...