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Former teen pop idol Pat Boone recalled meeting his pal from Tennessee Elvis Presley. The singer, who is now 86, also described his last conversation with the King before he passed away on Aug. 16, 1977 at age 42. EXCLUSIVE: Pat Boone fired back after Speedy Gonzales – the fastest mouse in all of Mexico – was deemed racially insensitive. On March 3, The New York Times published an op-ed by columnist Charles M. Blow who argued that Speedy Gonzales’ on-screen friends helped popularize the corrosive stereotype of the drunk and lethargic Mexicans. The decades-old Looney Tunes character, who is bilingual, is known for wearing a sombrero and speaking in a thick accent. The classic cartoon famously outsmarted and outran villains while repeating his Spanish-language mantra: ¡Andale! ¡Andale! ¡Arriba! ¡Arriba! ( Come on! Come on! Up! Up! ).

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