Sad to say but Sam, better known as Duke for Duke's Baked Beans was put to rest after suffering from cancer. Sam lived a great life here in Florida (only 50 miles from Daytona) and spend a lot of time in front of the camera filming commercials for Bush beans. Jay Bush considered Sam as part of the Bush family for over 20 years. His owner Susan, had no choice to put Sam down as his fighting the cancer was too much for him to take. May he rest in peace.