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Barack and Michelle Obama took to social media to announce that their beloved family dog, Bo, has died.
On Saturday, the former president shared a photo of himself and Bo running down the halls of the White House, saying that their family lost “a true friend and loyal companion.”
He added, “For more than a decade, Bo was a constant, gentle presence in our lives – happy to see us on our good days, our bad days, and everyday in between.”
Today our family lost a true friend and loyal companion. For more than a decade, Bo was a constant, gentle presence in our lives happy to see us on our good days, our bad days, and everyday in between. pic.twitter.com/qKMNojiu9V Barack Obama (@BarackObama) May 8, 2021
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1of3President George W. Bush and Miss Beazley hang out in the Oval Office between meetings in 2006.Eric Draper/Courtesy of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum.Show MoreShow Less
2of3While presidential dogs such as Bo Obama, shown here walking with his family on the south lawn in 2009, do not get Secret Service code names, his canine sister Sunny once (briefly) wore an ID tag that gave her address as 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.Washington Post photo by Bill O Leary.Show MoreShow Less