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This listing has
been culled over many years, so some celebrities will currently be
Golden-less. There are also listings that are more historical in nature.
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DAN MARINO |
DAN MARINO is an
American Hall of Fame quarterback who played for the
Miami Dolphins in the National Football League. He
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DARREN MCCARTY |
DARREN MCCARTY (professional hockey player) has two Golden boys named Jake
and Archie. Now, I tell you, this is one
handsome family! Darren's dad also has a Golden named Craig. Craig
came on board when Darren's dad became ill with cancer, to help provide him with loads of
unconditional, healing love.
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MAUREEN MCCORMICK |
MAUREEN MCCORMICK (actress from TV show,
Brady Bunch) has a Golden Retriever named Violet.
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PETER MANDELSON |
PETER MANDELSON (Northern Ireland Secretary of State) has a Golden named Bobby. |
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AMELIE MAURESMO |
AMELIE MAURESMO (world
famous French tennis player) has 2 Golden Retrievers, a mother (Sophia)
and son. Isn't this photo of Amelie and her Sophia resting together wonderful ...
especially Sophia's paw resting on her mom?
When
asked the funniest thing her dogs have ever done, this was the reply:
When you see how they are, they're actually not really funny!
For those
of you who don't know, I have two Golden Retrievers―a
mother and her son.
They're very well behaved, but I can remember one time
when the little one caused some trouble... I was making my dinner and left
some foie gras―which is sort of an appetizer in
France, spread on bread and eaten with some sweet white wine, on the
counter. I left for 20 seconds and when I came back, the little one was on
the counter and the food was nowhere to be seen. He ate it! But that was the
only thing I can think of. He never did it again (probably because I was
angry at him, after laughing a little bit of course!)
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RICKY MARTIN |
RICKY MARTIN
(singer) has a Golden Retriever named Icaro. |
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PETER MARTINS |
PETER MARTINS (dancer with the NY City Ballet) has four Golden
Retrievers. |
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JAMAL MASHBURN |
JAMAL MASHBURN (basketball player) has a Golden Retriever named Scooby. |
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LEE MAJORS |
LEE MAJORS (actor) has a Golden Retriever named
Blue. |
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DMITRY MEDVEDEV |
DMITRY MEDVEDEV (Russian
President) has a Golden Retriever named Aldo.
At the Black Sea resort, Sochi, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Premier
Vladimir Putin took to the court for a badminton game.
However, President Medvedev’s Golden Retriever, Aldo, did not want to be left
out and seemed intent on joining the game.
Btw, we cannot believe how much Aldo
looks like our Golden guy Alfie.
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GEORGE MICHAEL |
GEORGE MICHAEL (singer) has a Golden named Hippy. |
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SHANNON MILLER |
SHANNON MILLER (USA Medal winning gymnast) has a Golden named Dusty.
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BEVERLEY MITCHELL |
BEVERLEY MITCHELL (actress on Seventh
Heaven) has two Golden Retrievers.
She was featured in Stars and Their Pets, a column in the magazine, In Touch,
shot by Christopher Ameruso.
Beverley received two early Christmas presents in 2006, two Golden puppies that
she named Bentley and Jackson.
She actually compares Bentley to J.Lo because of
her inner diva,
and she compares Jackson to Paul Walker because he’s so adorable and
happy-go-lucky.
Here she is playing and having a ball with one of her guys. |
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HEIDI MONTAG |
HEIDI MONTAG (reality television
performer, The Hills) has a Golden Retriever named Chance. Here she is with her
boyfriend Spencer Pratt on a beach in Malibu.
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ERIC MONTROSS |
ERIC MONTROSS (basketball player) has a Golden Retriever named Gus.
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MARY TYLER MOORE |
MARY TYLER MOORE (TV and movie actress)
currently has a Golden Retriever named Shadow.
This handsome fellow was adopted in the summer of 1999 from
Yankee
Golden Retriever Rescue (YGRR). Mary has been a dedicated advocate for shelter animals
for several years now. She chose to adopt, noting that "As long as dogs are being put
to death, I cannot buy a dog."
Mary and Golden Shadow are currently helping YGRR with
a new membership recruitment drive. This gorgeous photo (by Timothy White) is featured on
their "Join Us" flyer.
Membership dues and donations are needed to pay for the Rescue Goldens' veterinary care
and shelter until they're adopted.
Even though we live in
Maryland and support our own two local Golden rescues, we are also proud supporting
members of YGRR. In Roger Caras' 1997 book,
The BOND: People
and Their Animals, Mary posed at the time with her Golden Retriever Dash
(who sadly has since died). She talked about her and her husband (Robert Levine,
cardiologist) both sharing a passion with animals.
"Within six months of their
marriage they had Dash, the Golden Retriever. They used a crate at night as part of the
training regimen, and Robert slept on the floor next to the crate for the first couple of
nights until the puppy settled in."
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ESAI
MORALES |
ESAI
MORALES (former NYPD Blue and
Vanished actor) has a Golden Retriever named Corduroy and a Weimaraner named
Frankie. Here he is shot by Christopher Ameruso for In Touch Weekly’s Stars and
Their Pets column.
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MICKEY
MORANDINI |
MICKEY
MORANDINI (pro baseball player) owns several Golden Retrievers. |
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BILL MURRAY |
BILL MURRAY (actor in the movies Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day) has
a Golden named Bark. |
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WARREN "PETE" MUSSER |
WARREN "PETE" MUSSER (Safeguard Scientifics Chairman) has a 6-year-old Golden Retriever named Higgins. This big guy has the run of Safeguard's
offices when Musser brings him to work. "I can't bring him to the office every day
because he'd get too fat," Musser said. "Nobody can resist giving him tidbits to
eat. "Golden Retrievers have such wonderful attributes. Loyalty. Friendship. Support.
Love. Wouldn't it be great if people had all those attributes?"
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BOB NEWHART |
BOB NEWHART (TV sitcom star and
comedian) has a Golden named Freddie. |
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PAUL NEWMAN |
PAUL NEWMAN (actor in the movies Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
and The Color of Money) has a Golden named Lucky. |
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JACK
NICKLAUS |
JACK
NICKLAUS (professional golfer) has had many Goldens, his first being
Lady. And Lady's mom was Liberty, President Ford's Golden. Now, Cali is the latest (and
actually the fourth female) in a long line of Goldens that have been loyal and loved
members of his family. In this photo here, Cali
is starring as the pinup for JUNE 2000 in Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation's
Incredible Dog-Loving Celebrities Salute Year 2000 Calendar. Cali is short for the place of her birth,
California. She loves to join in Dad's practicing of his short game in their yard, always
bringing back the ball . . . albeit with teeth marks. But, her most impressive and cutest
trick is barking six times when asked how often her dad has won the Masters.
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MICHAEL NOURI |
MICHAEL NOURI (actor in the movie Fame) has a Golden Retriever. |
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KIM NOVAK |
KIM NOVAK (actress in the movies Picnic and Vertigo) owns several
Golden Retrievers. |
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CONAN O'BRIEN |
CONAN O'BRIEN (TV talk show host)
has a Golden Retriever named Hudson. |
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BOBBY ORR |
BOBBY ORR (Hall of Fame ice hockey player) has a Golden Retriever. |
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ARNOLD PALMER |
ARNOLD PALMER (professional golf
star) has had Goldens named Prince
and Riley. Currently (2004),
his family includes Golden Mulligan.
This endearing photo on the edge of a peer shows Arnold with his Riley boy. A recent news article talked about Arnold's
love for animals: "He's very sensitive," says Kathleen (Kit) Gawthrop,
who has been Palmer's companion over the past three years. "We might be
watching television, and if something happens to a dog in a commercial, it
will affect him." Palmer's last dog, Prince, a golden retriever like his
predecessor, Riley, died in 2000 at age 6 while running along a fairway at
Latrobe Country Club.
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MICHAEL PARE |
MICHAEL PARE (actor in the movies Eddie and the Cruisers and The Last
Hour) has a Golden named Cody. |
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SARA PARETSKY |
SARA PARETSKY (investigative reporter and also author of the V.I. Warshawski mystery novels) has a
Golden Retriever named Callie, as shown here
in these photographs. Sara is especially partial to Golden Retrievers
(of course) which is why her developed fictional character of V.I. has two dogsPeppy
and Mitch.
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LEON PANETTA |
LEON PANETTA (Previous
Director of CIA; Defense Secretary 2011-) has a Golden named
Bravo. Bravo, joined him on the stage at his
CIA farewell ceremony, and of course, is expected to
sit in on his meetings in the Pentagon’s E ring. We
learned about this in a funny way, though, when
reading an October 2011 article in the New York
Times by famous author, John Grogan:
"A few years ago while in Carmel, Calif., I
spotted a man struggling to control a golden
retriever lunging down the sidewalk on a leash.
When the dog owner turned I immediately
recognized him as Leon Panetta, the former chief
of staff to President Clinton and
soon-to-be-named director of the C.I.A. and,
later, secretary of defense. Here was one of the
world’s most powerful men, and yet in the battle
between man and canine, well, let’s just say he
could have used reinforcements."
A Reporter's Notes on Handover at the Pentagon
Thursday will be a “goodbye” day at the Pentagon for departing
Defense Secretary Robert Gates even as behind the scenes senior
officials are already getting ready to say “hello” Friday morning to
incoming Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. Panetta is expected to head
up the Pentagon’s massive outdoor stone staircase on Friday morning
and get right to work. Pentagon officials tell CNN Panetta will have
a morning meeting with the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the secure room
known as “the tank” and a senior staff meeting to get his tenure off
to a brisk start. Insiders say look for a Panetta’s traditional
yellow pad of paper to be quickly covered with notes, ideas and
plenty of questions.
Panetta stepped down as director of the CIA earlier this week. A lot
of CIA-Pentagon “watchers” are waiting to see if the former CIA
chief Panetta brings one very important personal “operative’ with
him to his new post at the Pentagon – his golden retriever named
Bravo. Bravo has been a semi regular at the agency, padding the
hallways and sitting at Panetta’s feet during some of the most
classified briefings inside the agency. Bravo is widely described by
straightfaced CIA officials trying not to smile as the only dog in
government with a ‘very top secret clearance.”
CNN's American Morning July 1, 2011
STARR: There is Bravo, the wonder dog, who we will introduce
everyone to I'm sure the coming weeks and months. Bravo is an
absolutely gorgeous golden retriever! You see him there with Panetta
and Mrs. Panetta at a ceremony. This is just the world's most
gorgeous dog. Bravo went to staff meetings at the CIA, around the
secret hallways with the director when Panetta was there. He is
described by CIA operatives as the only dog in Washington with a top
secret clearance.
VELSHI: Can he do anything cool because he's a CIA dog?
(LAUGHTER)
STARR: Not that we know of. Other than sit around and wag his tail
and look at you with these incredible big brown eyes. |
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ANNA PAQUIN |
ANNA PAQUIN (actress who won Oscar at age 11 for performance in
movie, "The Piano") has a Golden named Jessie. |
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ELSA
PATAKY |
ELSA
PATAKY (actress best known for her role in
Snakes on Planes)
has a Golden Retriever (pictured here).
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NORMAN VINCENT PEALE |
NORMAN VINCENT PEALE (clergyman and author of The Power of Positive
Thinking) had a Golden named Buff. |
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GREGORY PECK |
GREGORY PECK (actor in the movies Moby Dick and To Kill a
Mockingbird) has a Golden Retriever. |
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JOE PESCI |
JOE PESCI (actor and comedian) has a Golden Retriever. |
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BERNADETTE PETERS |
BERNADETTE PETERS (singer & actress) has a Golden Retriever named Breshnev. |
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DAVE PRICE |
DAVE PRICE (weatherman on CBS Early
Show) has a Golden Retriever named Chance, as in "Chance of Showers". He also
just got a new Golden pupper (9/07). Here is the story of how Dave came to give
his guy, "A Second Chance"
Dave Price had been asking the ASPCA for
months to look out for a "Golden Retriever type" dog that needed a home.
Dave has never had a dog of his own and has always wanted one
— and wanted to rescue a dog in need from a
shelter.
Chance had a rough start in life -- he was rescued from a junk yard
situation by the ASPCA's Humane Law Enforcement agents, where he was
infested with ticks and severely neglected. After one month at the ASPCA's
Bergh Memorial Animal Hospital, Chance quickly won the hearts of the ASPCA
staff, and was ready to be placed in a very special home. Valerie Angeli,
ASPCA Director of Public Information and Special Projects, knew that Dave
and Chance would be an ideal match, and that Dave's active and athletic
lifestyle would be perfect for a retriever type dog. As a spokesperson for
shelter animals and adoption, Price knows the commitment and responsibility
involved in bringing a new pet home. He admits that he was never quite ready
to make such a huge commitment, due to his hectic TV schedule, but has
recently decided that he has the time and proper resources to provide a
wonderful life for a shelter animal.
Already a "neurotic Doggie Dad," Dave has prearranged deliveries of the very
best dog food, treats and toys available and has scheduled Chance for Doggie
Daycare and runs in Central Park with friends. The ASPCA wants to wish Dave
and Chance a long, active and happy life together. Chance wishes to tell
anyone who wants to bring a pet into their life, to please look no further
than their local shelter for their new best friend.
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