His owner, Omar von Muller, posted on Facebook that he’d made the difficult decision to put him to sleep after Uggie’s painful battle with cancer.
“We regret to inform to all our friends, family and Uggie’s fans that our beloved boy has passed away. We were not planning on posting anything until we healed a little more but unfortunately somebody leaked it to TMZ and they will be announcing it. In short, Uggie had a cancerous tumour in the prostate and is now in a better place not feeling pain. Thank you for your support, I will not be reading any comments for a while as it is too painful at the moment.”
As well as playing Jean Dujardin‘s dog in ‘The Artist’ (which earned him the Palm Dog prize), he appeared in 2011’s ‘Water for Elephants‘ alongside Robert Pattinson, before officially retiring in 2012.
Furthering the one small paw for Uggie, one giant leap for canine thespians everywhere, he was the first dog to leave his paw prints on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
RIP, Uggie. :'(
In memoriam, here’s Uggie as the beloved star he was:
Pictures: Omar von Muller / Facebook.
