London CNN —Kabosu, the dog that launched a thousand “doge” memes, has died, her owner announced Friday.
The Japanese shiba inu “fell into a deep sleep” on Friday morning at 18 years of age, Atsuko Sato wrote in a blogpost.
As I was touching her, she gently passed away,” wrote Sato, a kindergarten teacher in the Japanese city of Sakura.
The popularity of “doge” memes was cemented in December 2013, when Kabosu became the face of alternative cryptocurrency Dogecoin — a tongue-in-cheek response to Bitcoin that reflected the internet’s love of animal memes.
An X post by Dogecoin Friday called Kabosu the community’s “inspiration.” “The impact this one dog has made across the world is immeasurable,” the post read.
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