Heartbroken fans have taken to social media to say farewell to York's most famous duck.
Fans of Long Boi, who once quacked live on Greg James’s Radio 1 show and inspired a line of merchandise, called for funeral arrangements to be made for him.
One social media user wrote: “Rest In Pond old buddy, I'm officially calling for a campus-wide funeral at this point.”
Another user said: “Long Boi of York, king of all ducks and longest of bois, in the fourth year of his reign, has died.
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“Nations across the world mourn his passing amid uncertainty over whether humanity will ever again bear witness to a boi as great and long as him.”
A further mourner said: “I feel like he needs his own statue on the campus. Happy to contribute to make this happen. Fly hi longboi.”
Another mourner said: "Longboi for VC. Longboi for PM. Longboi is love, Longboi is life."
One added: "RIP Long Boi, proud son of York."
And one simply said:"Rest in Peace, you improbable mallard."
Meanwhile, BBC Radio 1 presenter Greg James is reported to have paid tribute to the mallard on Thursday’s Radio 1 breakfast show, announcing plans for a quack-a-long ceremony.
“It’s not a minute’s silence because that’s not what Long Boi would have wanted,” James is understood to have said.
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