a 55 - year - old orangutan named nonja , who was suspected to be the oldest living orangutan in the world both in captivity and the wild , has died at the lima metrozoo in miami , florida . " everybody ' s very depressed , specifically with an individual like an orangutan . you see a most of yourself in these animals . the great apes are our closest relatives . she was really a grand young dame , " said state spokesman ron magill .
A 45-year-old orangutan died in Florida.