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Browser, the gray-striped cat who roamed the stacks and made friends with patrons at the White Settlement Public Library for nearly two decades, has died. He was 15 years old.
The City of White Settlement and the library announced the cat’s passing Wednesday, Sept. 3 on Facebook. He died of natural causes, just shy of his 16th birthday.
“Browser brought delight to patrons and employees over the past decade and a half with his playful and curious nature, often cozying up to people while they read and worked,” the Facebook post reads. “Some of his favorite activities included riding the book return cart while employees returned books to the shelves, stealing the Library Manager’s seat any time she got up, watching bird videos, and hanging with the crafting club any time they met.”
Browser also sat in on so many GED classes at the library that the course instructor gave him an honorary GED, according to the Facebook post…