--- title: Carrie Fisher Dead: Her Dog Gary Says Goodbye description: Carrie Fisher's dog wished "mommy" farewell in a poignant message posted to Twitter a few hours after the death of the 'Star Wars' actor canonical: https://time.com/4618527/carrie-fisher-dead-dog-gary/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-27T19:50:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:39:45.120Z og:title: 'Carrie Fisher's Dog' Says Goodbye to 'Mommy' og:description: The dog belonging to the late 'Star Wars' actor became an Internet celebrity in his own right og:url: https://time.com/4618527/carrie-fisher-dead-dog-gary/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9f922087c264e37/6988b4102dce0141499ebcf8/carrie-fisher-dog.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Star Wars: The Force Awakens Panel At San Diego Comic Con - Comic-Con International 2015 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Carrie Fisher's Dog' Says Goodbye to 'Mommy' twitter:description: The dog belonging to the late 'Star Wars' actor became an Internet celebrity in his own right twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9f922087c264e37/6988b4102dce0141499ebcf8/carrie-fisher-dog.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'Carrie Fisher's Dog' Says Goodbye to 'Mommy' > Sponsored content. 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Jesse Grant—Getty Images for Disney  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Dec 27, 2016 7:50 PM UTC [Carrie Fisher](http://time.com/4618441/carrie-fisher-dead/)‘s dog wished “mommy” farewell in a poignant message posted to Twitter a few hours after the [death](http://time.com/4618454/carrie-fisher-dead-reactions/) of [the _Star Wars_ actor.](http://time.com/4618464/carrie-fisher-dead-star-wars-princess-leia-quotes/) “Saddest tweets to tweet,” the post [read](https://twitter.com/Gary%5FTheDog/status/813806527110844416). “Mommy is gone. I love you.” The dog — named Gary — became a frequent companion for Fisher in her later years and a celebrity in his own right. Fisher brought the pet along to [interviews](http://www.vox.com/culture/2016/12/27/14072842/carrie-fisher-death-interview-gma) and often shared images of the animal on social media. Gary’s Twitter account — named “Carrie Fisher’s Dog” — has attracted 26,000 Twitter followers in the past two years, though it remains unclear who actually posts the messages. > [](https://twitter.com/Gary%5FTheDog/status/813806527110844416) > [](https://twitter.com/Gary%5FTheDog/status/812480095185174528) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4618527/carrie-fisher-dead-dog-gary/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4618527/carrie-fisher-dead-dog-gary/"},"headline":"'Carrie Fisher's Dog' Says Goodbye to 'Mommy'","datePublished":"2016-12-27T19:50:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:39:45.120Z","description":"The dog belonging to the late Star Wars actor became an Internet celebrity in his own right","url":"https://time.com/4618527/carrie-fisher-dead-dog-gary/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","carrie fisher","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9f922087c264e37/6988b4102dce0141499ebcf8/carrie-fisher-dog.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9f922087c264e37/6988b4102dce0141499ebcf8/carrie-fisher-dog.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Star Wars: The Force Awakens Panel At San Diego Comic Con - Comic-Con International 2015","caption":"Star Wars: The Force Awakens Panel At San Diego Comic Con - Comic-Con International 2015","creditText":"Jesse Grant—Getty Images for Disney","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4618527/carrie-fisher-dead-dog-gary/","name":"'Carrie Fisher's Dog' Says Goodbye to 'Mommy'"}}]}] ```