Cheeseface
Dog featured on magazine cover
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Cheeseface (c. 1968 or 1969 – 1976) was a dog who featured on the famous "Death" issue of the National Lampoon magazine, released January 1973. The cover, photographed by Ronald G. Harris,[1] showed the dog with a gun pointed to his head, and the caption "If You Don't Buy This Magazine, We'll Kill This Dog".
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Cheeseface on the cover of National Lampoon | |
| Species | Dog |
|---|---|
| Breed | Mongrel |
| Sex | Male |
| Born | c. 1968 or 1969 |
| Died | 1976 (aged 7-8) East Charleston, Vermont, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Shot by a hunter |
| Known for | Appearing on a 1973 cover of National Lampoon magazine |
| Owner | Jimmy De Pierro |
| Offspring | 8 |
In early 1976, Cheeseface was shot and killed on the farm where he lived with his owner, Jimmy De Pierro, in East Charleston, Vermont, by an unnamed hunter. As of a report in 2020, the identity and motivation of the assailant was unknown.[2]
In 2005, the cover was voted No. 7 in the Top 40 Magazine Covers of the Last 40 Years by the American Society of Magazine Editors.[3][4]
