The inspiration for Eddie Murphy's beloved donkey from the Shrek movies has died. Although Murphy is 100 percent responsible for the personality of the donkey (just named "Donkey") the appearance of the animated equine was based on one very specific real-life donkey. That's right, while animators didn't have a real-world reference for Shrek (we hope?) the folks at Dreamworks did base the appearance of Donkey on a gentle soul named Pericles. According to the New York Po...
