World's Longest Cat Dies - Monday Feb 4,2013

The world's longest domestic cat, a 48.5in (1.23m) Maine Coon named Stewie, has died at the age of eight.

Stewie's owner, Robin Hendrickson, said record-holding cat died on Monday evening after battling cancer

The pet, of Reno, Nevada, was awarded the record, measured from the tip of the nose to the end of the tail, by the Guinness Book of Records in 2010