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Rameses XXI passed away around 2 p.m., according to Don Basnight, one of his handlers. “We’re all saddened by the loss of this nice and beautiful animal. He was a fine mascot and a great ambassador for our school. He will be missed,” said Basnight. The Horned Dorset sheep spent nearly a decade as UNC-Chapel Hill’s live mascot before retiring in November of 2020. Rameses XXI was 10 years old. Please note: This content carries a strict local market embargo. If you share the same market as the contributor of this article, you may not use it on any platform.

Rameses XXI was UNC's live mascot for nearly a decade.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — A retired mascot of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill has died. The Raleigh News & Observer reports that the 10-year-old Dorset Horn ram died on Monday. His name was Rameses XXI. And he had spent nine years representing the university at games with his horns painted Carolina blue. Don Basnight, one of the ram's handlers, told the newspaper that the ram was a “really beautiful physical specimen, and a very good...

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