Jimmy Fallon is mourning the loss of his beloved dog, Gary, whom he called his “first baby.”
tonight’s show The host, 51, shared a heartfelt post on Instagram on Monday, honoring the English cream golden retriever he and his wife Nancy Juvonen, 58, adopted more than 13 years ago.
“She was our first baby, a therapist, a pillow, a big sister, a school teacher, a comedian, a party girl and a rebel,” Fallon wrote. “She would have let the thieves in and shown them where we kept the bacon and cheese slices.”
She fondly remembered his playful habits: jumping into the pool after every swim and rolling around in the grass with his tongue hanging out. “That meant summer to me. Thirteen and a half years we were lucky to be with you,” he said.
Fallon concluded the post by detailing how the family is coping without Gary. “Franny, Winnie, Mommy and I miss you. The house is very quiet. The silence is very loud. But that silence is little by little being filled with stories about you and laughter between the sobs,” he wrote.
The tribute included several photographs of Gary over the years, with Fallon, Juvonen and their daughters Franny, 10, and Winnie, 12.
In a 2017 interview, Fallon shared that Gary first appeared on his show as a puppy during a comedy sketch. His “expert” name was Gary Frick Jr. “We were trying to have kids at the time, and she was a distraction while we were working on it,” he said. People Magazine.
