Uggie, the scene-stealing Jack Russell terrier who charmed audiences in the Oscar-winning 2011 film "The Artist," has died.
Uggie the dog, the canine star of Oscar-winning film The Artist, has died in Los Angeles at the age of 13.
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The Jack Russell terrier, who also starred opposite Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson in Water for Elephants, was put down on Tuesday after suffering from prostate cancer, TMZ reported.
Born in 2002, Uggie narrowly avoided the dog pound as a puppy thanks to animal trainer Omar von Muller who rescued him and raised him for a life in show business.
