Zoo staff brought Magic to Sphen’s side to process the loss, and the penguin colony joined in his mournful call
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Sydney gentoo penguin Sphen, whose same-sex love story made him and partner Magic an equality symbol worldwide, has died.
The couple shot to fame in 2018 when news of their same-sex male relationship in a Sydney aquarium made global headlines.
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