Koko, the adored gorilla recognized for her signal language talents, has died on the age of 46. Koko rose to reputation in the 1970s when an animal psychologist named Francine “Penny” Patterson taught her how to keep in touch. She graced the quilt of National Geographic twice and understood about 2,000 words of spoken English. The slack Robin Williams once called his interplay with Koko “a recommendations-altering experience.” InsideEdition.com’s Keleigh Nealon ( has extra. #InsideEdition
