{"id":178786,"date":"2025-09-30T00:32:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T00:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/178786\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T00:32:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T00:32:09","slug":"lewis-hamilton-puts-dog-roscoe-down-after-pneumonia-battle-instagram-post-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/178786\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton puts dog Roscoe down after pneumonia battle, Instagram post, tribute"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lewis Hamilton has revealed he made the \u201chardest decision\u201d of his life to put his 12-year-old bulldog Roscoe to sleep.<\/p>\n

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The British former world champion missed a Formula One tyre test in Italy on Friday to be with his sick pet, who had been hospitalised with pneumonia.<\/p>\n

The 40-year-old Ferrari driver said Roscoe had died in his arms on Sunday. \u201cAfter four days on life support, fighting with every bit of strength he had, I had to make the hardest decision of my life and say goodbye to Roscoe. He never stopped fighting, right until the very end,\u201d Hamilton wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel so grateful and honoured to have shared my life with such a beautiful soul, an angel and true friend. Bringing Roscoe into my life was the best decision I ever made, and I will forever cherish the memories we created together.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is one of the most painful experiences and I feel a deep connection to everyone who has gone through the loss of a beloved pet.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Roscoe has been a regular feature in the F1 paddock and at major events such as awards ceremonies since the seven-time world champion adopted him in 2013.<\/p>\n

Hamilton is set to be back in action at this weekend\u2019s Singapore Grand Prix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton has revealed he made the \u201chardest decision\u201d of his life to put his 12-year-old bulldog Roscoe…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":178787,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,85],"class_list":["post-178786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}