'Frasier''s Eddie Staring Blankly Down At Us From Doggie Heaven
Lest Aaron Spelling capture all of the deceased showbiz veteran attention, we take this moment to also mourn the passing of Moose, better known to millions as Eddie, Frasier's Jack Russell terrier. (He was also the title character in My Dog Skip, making him a handy, rarely used card to pull out in matches of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon.) Like something out of a Wallace and Gromit movie, the talented, mischievous Moose could steal an entire scene from under Kelsey Grammer's nose with nothing more than dead silence and subtle cock of his head. His trainer, Mathilde Halberg, shared how he managed to shake the stigma of being a convicted cat-murderer and go on to become the toast of Hollywood:
"I saved him from the pound. His owners called me as a last resort," Halberg recalled. "He was extremely mischievous, always escaping, chewing up things and running off. When he killed a neighbor's cat and chased some horses, that was it."
Moose was 16-and-a-half, or 115 in people years, which makes Spelling's 83 years seem positively youthful by comparison. As always, we are required to remind you that these celebrity deaths come in threes: We shall sleep less soundly until we receive word that the Hollywood Grim Reaper's bony knuckle has rapped at the final door, doggie or otherwise.
