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'A fabulous ambassador' Flaco, the beloved New York owl, died after building collision

Flaco, who fled the Central Park Zoo, thrived in New York City on his own for about a year before his death.

Flaco, a Eurasian eagle-owl who became a New York celebrity known for escaping the Central Park Zoo last year and evading attempts to be recaptured, has died in an apparent collision with a building on the Upper West Side.

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