Today we've lost a legend.. Cheshire's Guinness World Record Holder Tommy the Ox has died
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" A legendary and beloved Berkshire County bovine has crossed over the rainbow bridge. Owners and family members of Tommy, the 16-year-old Swiss Brown steer from Cheshire, announced the Guinness World Record-holding ox’s death on April 1 in a social media post.
The Guinness Book of World Records named the 6-foot-one steer the “tallest living steer” in 2023. Named after former New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, the Balawender family purchased Tom for $10 in 2010, when he was only two days old.
Fred Balawender, Tom’s owner, said the roughly 3,000-pound bovine died in his sleep at the end of March. Balawender told NEWS10 he wasn’t sure if Tommy suffered a heart attack, as there were no other signs other than dying in his sleep."