Spuds MacKenzie, the dog featured in one of the most successful advertising campaigns ever as the mascot of Bud Light beer, is dead, according to a published report.
Spuds, who gained fame as Bud Light's Original Party Animal, died earlier this year at his home in North Riverside, Ill., a suburb of Chicago, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Wednesday.The bull terrier, who was white with a black patch around one eye, died of kidney failure, a common malady among bull terriers, the report said. He underwent dialysis before his death. Spuds was about 10 years old when he died.
Spuds actually was a pedigreed female bull terrier named Honey Tree Evil Eye. She was owned by Stan and Jackie Oles of North Riverside, who had been protective of their pet's privacy since its retirement from the spotlight four years ago.