<unk> (c. 2005-February 22, 2022) was a therapy cat who as of 2005 lived in the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. He came to public attention in 2007 when he was featured in an article by geriatrician David Dosa in the New England Journal of Medicine. According to Dr. Dosa,<unk> appeared able to predict the impending death of terminally ill patients by choosing to nap next to them a few hours before they died. Hypotheses for this ability include that<unk> was picking up on the lack of movement in such patients or that he could smell biochemicals released by dying cells.<unk> s abilities were also the subject of Dr. Dosa's 2010 book, Making Rounds with<unk>  The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat.<unk> died at the age of 17, on February 22, 2022 after a brief illness.
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