According to the BBC:
He was our generation's Princess Di
In a five-year career, the rodent sniffed out over 100 landmines and other explosives in Cambodia.
Magawa was the most successful rat trained by the Belgian charity Apopo to alert human handlers about the mines so they can be safely removed.
The charity said the African giant pouch rat "passed away peacefully" at the weekend.
He was our generation's Princess Di