With the tragic news of the passing of Gidget, the onetime Taco Bell dog and allegedly racially insensitive Chihuahua, another spokesthing has fallen by the wayside like the Budweiser Frogs and Colonel Sanders before her.

Whose loss will we have to endure next? Some mascots seem closer to the end than others:
Count Chocula
Forget what you know of vampire immortality, this character's been on dialysis for at least a decade. Think about it, when's the last time you even saw a commercial for Count Chocula? It may already be too late.
Chef Boyardee
The good chef has been around since the 1920s. No doctor alive could tell you what kind of carnage nearly a century of processed, canned pseudo-pasta can do to your insides, but it can't be pretty.


See the rest of the Mascot Death Watch List after the jump.

Aflac Duck
Ducks can live almost 20 years under ideal conditions. This duck has the voice of Gilbert Gottfried. Poor little fella's begging to be crispy fried.
The King
Burger King's spokesterror hasn't been around long, but he's got a lot stacked against him. Copious amounts of red meat, his penchant for peeping in people's windows, the constant threat of regicide, plus he's horrifying and humans tend to destroy what they fear.
Aunt Jemima & Uncle Ben
It may be wrong to lump these two together, but it also may be wrong to make an advertising legacy out of a racist caricature. In any event, Jemima traces her roots all the way to the 1800s while Uncle Ben, clearly a cougar hunter, goes to the 1940s.
Ronald McDonald & Grimace
Like Pennywise at the end of "IT," eventually all godforsaken clowns get their comeuppance, and after nearly 50 years, Ronald's on borrowed time. Grimace, on the other hand, is morbidly obese and purple, which, according to doctors, is "not good."

Let us know who we missed on the comments.