Popular tourist attraction stunned by death of beloved mascot

Winter the Dolphin, who resided at Clearwater Marine Aquarium, inspired two feature films and the rebranding of a beachfront hotel.

Courtesy. Winter the Dolphin, a major tourist draw at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, died Nov. 11 at the age of 16.
Courtesy. Winter the Dolphin, a major tourist draw at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium, died Nov. 11 at the age of 16.
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CLEARWATER — The Clearwater Marine Aquarium and its fans far and wide are mourning the loss of Winter the Dolphin, the famous porpoise with a prosthetic tail who was rescued in 2005 and rehabilitated at the aquarium, becoming a major tourist draw along with Hope, another rescued bottlenose dolphin. 

 

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