Views: 10,828 His stage name was Leo, but his real name was Slats. He was a 750-pound lion born on March 20, 1919, in Dublin, Ireland, and now rests peacefully in Gillette, a small New Jersey town. Meet MGM’s first lion mascot. Preview: Still looking for more local connections to this story. More updates are … Continue reading MGM’s Lion Rests in Gillette, New Jersey