Ndakasi, a mountain gorilla who famously posed for a selfie with her caretaker at Congo's Virunga National Park, has died at 14 after a long illness, the park said.

"It is with heartfelt sadness that Virunga announces the death of beloved orphaned mountain gorilla, Ndakasi, who had been under the care of the park's Senkwekwe Center for more than a decade," a statement from the park said this week.