Howard Stern and his wife, Beth are mourning the loss of Bianca, their 10-year-old bulldog.
“Tough day today my friends. Thanks to all for all the kind messages. Give your dog a hug for me tonight,” Howard Stern, 58, tweeted Tuesday night.
Beth Ostrosky Stern, 40, also tweeted, “We lost our precious Bianca today. My sweet little girl, may you rest in peace. I love you forever.”
The Sterns are big animal advocates and Beth is a spokeswoman for the North Shore Animal League, a shelter located in Port Washington, NY.
If you followed Howard and Beth on Twitter, it was clear that Bianca meant the World to them. Howard has Bianca’s name tattooed on his arm, while Beth has made the pup a star by including her on the cover of her book, Oh My Dog, and the August 2009 cover of VIV Mag.
The Stern’s received several tweets back from friends, including Sharon Osbourne, a known animal lover. “So sorry to hear about Bianca. My heart is breaking for you. Love, your friend Sharon,” the Osbourne matriarch tweeted at Beth.
Beth’s response: “I am broken.”
If you have any doubt about Howard’s love of animals and adopting, check out this audio of him berating someone for not taking care of their dog.
Sorry to hear about your dog Howard.
Go to the site The Army of the Kind and help ZIN the bulldog in memory of Bianca.
So very sorry for your loss…my dogs are just like my kids & it breaks my heart. Prayers going up for Bianca. I will ask my little loves that are waiting at The Rainbow Bridge to play with her and to make her welcome while she waits for you. God bless.
So sorry for your loss…in time the pain will pass, but all the great memories last forever.
Dear Howard and Beth, My husband and I just adopted our third dog on Sunday and we feel your pain for Bianca. Our Prince 2 passed away under so many tears we needed an umbrella. Prayers will be going up for your family and Bianca to have a great time while she is waiting for the both of you.
Howard and Beth, i am so very sorry for your loss
Of Bianca. And thank you for all you do for all
The animals around the world by being their voice <3
So VERY SORRY HOWARD ABOUT YOUR FAMILY DOG!! I KNOW IT’S NOT EASY!! TAKE CARE!
I have new respect for him as an animal lover, respect I never had for him given how he treats people. Sorry for their loss, it’s heartbreaking 🙁
Howard and Beth, my heart is breaking 4 u. My pets are like my kids. They love u unconditionally. I give to a couple animal shelters. Ill b praying for u both. I said when our precious Maggie passed away, we never wanted another dog, becuz it was so hard on us. We ended up getting 3 small dogs. I felt guilty if i wouldn’t have gotten at least 1 dog after we mourned our Maggie. There’s so many animals out there that need homes, I hope with time your heart will help ease your pain. God bless u.
Howard & Beth,
I am so sorry to hear about the passing of your beloved Bianca. My heart goes out to you both. Howard, when you talked about your feelings of intense sadness, you displayed the feelings of a true animal lover. I could tell by the pain in your voice which can only come from the love deep in your heart and compassion and tender kindness for her. I can only imagine how Beth must feel. I empathize with you both and as I listened to you, I began to feel that all too familiar lump in my throat that only appears when I lose one of my priceless, cherished animals. For me, there is nothing that compares to the grief of losing a beloved animal companion…sometimes even more than a human loss because we feel so responsible for our animals well-being and we can’t stand to ever see them in any kind of distress or pain and therein lies the paradox…when our animals get old and sick, when is the right time to say goodbye…without a doubt the most heart wrenching experience I have ever gone through and the thought of having to go through it again torments me whenever I think about it. But the love and joy they give us throughout the years makes it worth the sorrow and pain when the day comes when we have to say goodbye. Bianca was indeed, very blessed to have you and Beth as her Humans and we can take some comfort in that, but the pain and sorrow we feel when we lose them never goes away…the interval in time may become more spread out and dispersed, but for me the sorrow that I feel becomes a part of my being, just as the eternal love for them does.