Nation Beloved gorilla in Ohio zoo dies at age 48, community remembers her ‘beautiful soul’ December 8, 2020 Céilí Doyle, The Columbus Dispatch Comments Off on Beloved gorilla in Ohio zoo dies at age 48, community remembers her ‘beautiful soul’ Toni, a 48-year-old gorilla at Ohio's Columbus Zoo, was the last surviving offspring of the first gorilla born in captivity.