Obama family dog Sunny dies: ‘a force of nature’
Former first lady Michelle Obama, joined by the family dog Sunny, reads to children patients at Children's National Medical Center in Washington DC on 16 December 2013. Photograph: Kevin Dietsch/UPI/ShutterstockView image in fullscreenFormer first lady Michelle Obama, joined by the family dog Sunny, reads to children patients at Children's National Medical Center in Washington DC on 16 December 2013. She loved our team, and would often follow them around, helping them on the job,” Obama said.Sunny was born in June 2012 in Michigan but joined the Obamas at the White House in August 2013.
- ▪Former first lady Michelle Obama, joined by the family dog Sunny, reads to children patients at Children's National Medical Center in Washington DC on 16 December 2013.
- ▪Photograph: Kevin Dietsch/UPI/ShutterstockView image in fullscreenFormer first lady Michelle Obama, joined by the family dog Sunny, reads to children patients at Children's National Medical Center in Washington DC on 16 December 2013.
- ▪She loved our team, and would often follow them around, helping them on the job,” Obama said.Sunny was born in June 2012 in Michigan but joined the Obamas at the White House in August 2013.
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Former first lady Michelle Obama, joined by the family dog Sunny, reads to children patients at Children's National Medical Center in Washington DC on 16 December 2013. Photograph: Kevin Dietsch/UPI/ShutterstockView image in fullscreenFormer first lady Michelle Obama, joined by the family dog Sunny, reads to children patients at Children's National Medical Center in Washington DC on 16 December 2013. Photograph: Kevin Dietsch/UPI/ShutterstockBarack ObamaObama family dog Sunny dies: ‘a force of nature’Sunny, who joined the Obama family at the White House in 2013, was the second Obama dog after Bo, who died in 2021Wed 16 Sep 2026 11.54 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleSunny Obama, the Obama family’s second beloved Portuguese Water Dog, died on Tuesday, Barack Obama announced on…
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