Kabosu, the dog best known to the internet as the inspiration behind the Doge meme cryptocurrency, has died.

Kabosu died on May 24, according to a blog post from his owner Atsuko Sato published the same day (translated from Japanese by Google Translate). A farewell party will be held on Sunday at Flower Kaori in Kotsu no Mori, Narita City.

The Shiba Inu dog became famous after a 2013 photo of him happened to be simply too adorable for the internet. It was soon immortalized in internet culture as the Doge meme, mostly consisting of photos of Kabosu adorned with comic sans text.

Kabosu was more than 17 years old at the time of his death and had been in poor health for a while, as previously documented on Sato’s blog.

Numerous fans are saying goodbye to Kabosu on Twitter/X.

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Besides taking the internet by storm and becoming one of the most recognizable memes ever, Doge also became a hugely important part of crypto culture, most importantly as the inspiration behind the Doge and Shiba Inu cryptocurrencies.

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