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.
R.I.P Sam aka Duke
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Unfortunately this is becoming a very common event with our K9 friends
Good luck in your next journey DUKE! -
That's sad. Patti and I got our picture with him a few years ago at a vendor fair at Sam's Club headquarters. He was an amazingly calm and friendly dog.
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Roll that beautiful bean footage...
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I met Sam, aka Duke in graduate school. We were both studying methane production in homo sapiens. I went on to write my dissertation on this subject while Sam ended up with a gig in show biz. Sam was always a much bigger hit with the ladies than I. He could really knock back the brews too. I'm sure gonna miss that party animal!
Seriously, my wife and I have had 5 Golden Retrievers in our lives and they are the most loving companions I can imagine. The pain of losing our last two several years ago has kept us from getting another.
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Now we'll never know the secret family recipe.
