Knut the polar bear, who shared a Vanity Fair cover with Leonardo DiCaprio, has died.

（德國柏林動物園的明星）北極熊“克努特”（在3月19日下午）突然死亡，它曾經與著名影星萊昂納多·迪卡普里奧上過《名利場》雜志封面。

The world-famous polar bear, who made headlines when he was hand-raised by zoo keepers after being rejected by his mother at birth in December 2006, died in his compound at a Berlin zoo.

2006年12月，剛出生的克努特就遭母親拋棄，由飼養員人工喂食撫養長大，這成為了當時的頭條新聞。而今這頭聞名世界的北極熊在自己的飼養場所里猝死。

Bear keeper Heiner Kloes said that Knut "was by himself in his compound, he was in the water, and then he was dead." Kloes added, "He was not sick, we don't know why he died."

飼養員科洛斯說當時克努特正在飼養場所的水池里，然后它就毫無征兆地死去了。而且克努特并沒有患病，他們也不知道它的死因。

Between 600 and 700 people were at Knut's compound and saw the four-year-old bear die, German news agency DAPD reported.

據德國國際通訊社報道，那天有600至700名游客在參觀克努特的飼養所，然后眼睜睜地目擊了它的死亡。

Knut's popularity landed him on a 2007 Vanity Fair cover with actor DiCaprio shot by celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz. Former reality TV star Paris Hilton was among Knut's many famous fans.

克努特的名聲大作讓它與萊昂納多·迪卡普里奧一起登上了2007年《名利場》雜志的封面，那張封面是由知名攝影師安妮·萊波維茲拍攝的。前真人秀節目明星帕麗斯·希爾頓也是克努特的眾多明星粉絲之一。

A post mortem will be conducted on Monday to try pinpoint his cause of death, bear keeper Kloes said.

科洛斯說，周一會對克努特進行驗尸，以查明它的死因。

Although Knut was the first polar bear to be born and survive at Berlin Zoo in more than 30 years, his young life was blighted by tragedy from the start.

雖然克努特是30多年來第一只在柏林動物園出生并活下來的北極熊，但是它的短暫一生從最初就被悲劇所殘噬著。

Both he and his twin were rejected by their mother at birth and his brother died four days later.

剛出生時克努特和它的雙胞胎兄弟就被母親拋棄了，而它的兄弟4天后便夭折。

But Knut amazed medical staff at the zoo by clinging to life. After spending his first 44 days in an incubator, he was put in the care of zoo keeper Thomas D?rflein, who began raising the infant with round-the clock care.

而克努特卻堅持活了下來，讓動物園的醫師們大為驚訝。在保育箱里呆了44天后，它被交給飼養員多夫萊每天24小時不間斷地照顧，小克努特漸漸地被養大了。

But tragedy struck again before Knut's second birthday in 2008, when Mr Dorflein died of a sudden heart attack at the age of 44.

但是在2008年克努特兩歲生日到來之前，悲劇再次降臨，多夫萊突發心臟病身亡，年僅44歲。

Observers noted that the bear appeared to suffer from depression in the weeks after his beloved keeper and constant companion died.

大家觀察到，在它深愛的主人、形影不離的伴侶死后的幾周里，克努特顯得非常沮喪消沉。

Experts had earlier warned that the Knut was developing into a 'psychopath' who was too dependent on human contact.

專家們早先曾警告說，克努特正向著一個太過依賴人類的“精神病患者”發展。

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（來源：滬江英語 編輯：崔旭燕）