On Friday morning, Tilikum the orca whale died at the SeaWorld park in Orlando, Florida. Long before his passing, the 36-year-old killer whale made headlines for his part in the controversial ...

Tilikum, the orca that killed a SeaWorld trainer in 2010 and was featured in the documentary "Blackfish," which cast a harsh light on killer whales in captivity, died early Friday. The whale, ...

Tilikum was a male orca who almost lived his whole life in captivity. He was only two years old when authorities captured him in the waters off the coast of Iceland in 1983. At first, he lived in a ...

In 2010, Tilikum killed trainer Dawn Brancheau in front of park guests by dragging her to the bottom of his pool Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013.

Tilikum, an orca that killed a trainer at SeaWorld Orlando in 2010 and was profiled in a documentary that helped sway popular opinion against keeping killer whales in captivity at SeaWorld parks, has ...

Tilikum, the 35-year-old male orca responsible for three people's deaths and the subject of the documentary exposing SeaWorld titled Blackfish, is dying from chronic health issues, SeaWorld wrote on ...

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It appears 2017 already has its own Harambe. In the wild, orcas live up to 50 years. SeaWorld posted a statement on Tilikum's passing, writing that "the official cause of death will not be determined ...