BARRYMORE MOURNS HERO DOG
DREW BARRYMORE is mourning the death of her beloved dog FLOSSIE - the poo ch whose barking saved her life when a fire engulfed her home in 1998.
The Charlie’s Angels star doted on her adopted chow-yellow Labrador mix , and even credited the pooch with saving her and ex-husband Tom Green wh en a fire ripped through their Beverly Hills home in May 1998.
Flossie passed away last month (Jul10), and the actress honoured her be loved pet by spreading her ashes across the Ganges river during a recent trip to India - considered to be one of the most sacred spots in the worl d.
And now she’s working on training a new pup, whose picture she showed o ff on David Letterman’s late night U.S. talk show on Tuesday (24Aug10), b efore revealing Flossie’s death.
She said, "That is my new dog, Douglas… I rescued him. He was brough t to the pound when he was two weeks old, he’s six months.
"I had three other dogs, one of which, Flossie, was an infamous little soul - I had her until she was almost 16. She passed away about a month a go. She had such a good life and what more could you ask for than 16 year s with your soulmate sidekick? "I actually brought some of her ashes to India and put them in the Gang es, which is a very sacred thing to do."
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