'Tarzan' chimp celebrates 74th birthday in SoCal desert

'Tarzan' chimp celebrates 74th birthday in SoCal desert: "Cheeta the chimp, star of a dozen 'Tarzan' movies in the 1930s and 1940s, celebrated his 74th birthday with sugar-free cake.

Although healthy and active, Cheeta is diabetic.

'He had a good time. The party went real good,' said keeper Dan Westfall, operator of the primate sanctuary Creative Habitats and Enrichment for Endangered and Threatened Apes — or CHEETA"