Popular for its gimmicks on the keyboard, a cat named Bento became one of the Internet’s earliest memes and soon, turned into the culture icon nearly a decade ago. Lovingly known as Keyboard Cat, it sadly breathed its last on March 8 at the age of nine, reports Indian Express.

Its owner – Charlie Schmidt – who created the peculiar videos, paid a loving tribute to the Keyboard Cat with a 6.29-minute clip. With more than 3.12 lakh views, at the time of writing, the video has gone viral.

‘You always hate to hear a celebrity pass away. Especially one of your biggest idols. Rest In Peace Bento, the Keyboard Cat,’ one user wrote, and another one tweeted, ‘Let us paws to remember. YouTube sensation Bento The Keyboard Cat has sadly passed away, aged 9.’

However, in some of his earlier videos, it wasn’t Bento, but Fatso – who was captured. Fatso found fame in 2007 after Schmidt uploaded VHS tapes shot in 1984 on YouTube.

However, later he adopted Bento, and it proved to be the perfect successor to Fatso.

After hearing about the loss of the ‘musical legend’, Netizens couldn’t help but express their grief.