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Obama family dog Sunny dies at 14
September 17, 2026 at 12:56 AM
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Barack Obama announced that Sunny, the family's Portuguese Water Dog, died on Tuesday at age 14, sharing the news on social media Wednesday morning.
- Sunny, the Obamas' second Portuguese Water Dog, joined the family at the White House in 2013 during Obama's second term.
- Obama wrote that the family "lost a cherished member" and said they would miss her "terribly."
- In 2015, Sunny and Bo, the family's first dog who died in 2021, met Pope Francis at the White House.

