What is Hamish McHamish?
[[File:Hamish McHamish In Bookshop.jpg|thumb|Hamish McHamish in July 2009.]] '''Hamish McHamish''' (1999 &ndash; 11 September 2014) was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[celebrity]] ginger cat. The cat lived in the town of [[St Andrews]], [[Fife]], where he was an icon. He came to national and international fame after the book ''Hamish McHamish of St Andrews: Cool Cat About Town'' was published. The cat was owned by Marianne Baird, a retired [[BBC]] producer. He had a [[Facebook]] and [[Twitter]] page, where he gathered tens of thousands of follows. Hamish McHamish died from a [[chest]] [[infection]] on 11 September 2014 in St Andrews. He was 15.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/hamish-mchamish-dead-st-andrews-town-cat-passes-away-after-battling-chest-infection-9726007.html|title=Hamish McHamish dead: St Andrew's town cat passes away after battling chest infection|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=11 September 2014|accessdate=28 September 2014|first=Felicity|last=Morse}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites == * {{Facebook|Hamish.McHamish.3}} {{Small|(profile)}} * {{Facebook|HamishMcHamishOfStAndrews}} {{Small|(page)}} * {{Twitter|hamishstandrews}} {{Bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:McHamish, Hamish}} [[Category:1999 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Individual cats]] [[Category:Infectious disease deaths in Scotland]]