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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Erin Keller

Terminally ill man’s heartbreaking goodbye to his loyal German Shepherds: ‘Not a dry eye in the house’

An emotional final reunion between a terminally ill New York man and his two beloved German Shepherds just hours before his death left an entire room of doctors in tears.

The man, who asked WCBS only to identify him as Mr. Spencer, was a patient at Columbia University Irving Medical Center whose dying wish was to say goodbye to his dogs, Bowie and Nikki, and to make sure they end up in a loving home.

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