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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0811_uggie_the_artist_getty_2\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2015/08/12/0811-uggie-the-artist-getty-5.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Uggie&lt;/strong&gt;, the famous Jack Russell Terrier from \"&lt;strong&gt;The Artist&lt;/strong&gt;\" ... has gone to the big doghouse in the sky -- after bravely battling a prostate tumor.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;TMZ has learned the 13-year-old star who played \"&lt;strong&gt;The Dog&lt;/strong&gt;\" in the 2012 Oscar winning film was put down Friday in Los Angeles. His owner, &lt;strong&gt;Omar Von Mueller&lt;/strong&gt;, tells us it was a difficult decision, but Uggie had been suffering with the tumor, and the last few weeks were especially difficult.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sarah Clifford &lt;/strong&gt;worked with&amp;#160;Uggie on his big star turn, and tells us he was \"a perfect little terrier\" with boundless energy.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/H1JsxxlEG-8?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;His \"Artist\" work earned him several accolades, including a Golden Collar Award ... and the Palm Dog Award at Cannes. He also famously &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2012/02/27/uggie-the-artist-oscars-video-tmz-on-tv/\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;nipped at Harvey Levin&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; during a visit to TMZ Live.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Uggie was able to cash in on all that success too -- becoming Nintendo's first ever spokesdog.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;Clifford added ... \"I will forever hold him dearly in my heart and never forget his infinite love for chicken and hotdogs.\"&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;R.I.P. little guy.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/Mab3EyAu2Ws?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a class=\"lightbox-link\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/photos/2015/08/11/remembering-uggie\"&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0812_remembering_uggie_footer_2\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2015/08/12/0812-remembering-uggie-footer-5.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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