Dierks Bentley Mourns His Dog, Jake

Dierks Bentley shared through social media that his beloved dog, Jake, has passed away. He posted a message on Sunday morning (June 10).

rest in peace pal pic.twitter.com/olxyb5Of0f

— Dierks Bentley (@DierksBentley) July 10, 2016

Jake has been a mainstay of Bentley’s public life since the start of his career. On the cover of his first album for Capitol Nashville, released in 2003, Bentley posed with Jake. For the 10th anniversary of his Opry membership in October 2015, Bentley brought Jake into the circle to commemorate the occasion.

Bentley also references Jake on “Can’t Be Replaced,” the closing track on his newest album, Black. Jake was undergoing chemotherapy and had gone deaf, according to an interview Bentley gave to The Tennessean in May.