Wheel Of Fortune Fans Offer Condolences To Pat Sajak After His Dog Stella Dies

Kofi Outlaw

06/08/2021 12:00 pm EDT

Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak is getting a lot of love from fans fright now, after announcing that his beloved dog Stella had passed away. Sajak ended Monday night's airing of Wheel of Foturneby letting fans know that Stella was gone, which has prompted an outpouring of condolences from Wheel fans. "We recently had to say goodbye to Stella," Sajak told the audience. "It was a very sad time for the Sajak family." Sajak also commemorated Stella's memory by showing off some photos from the twelve-year run she had as the Sajak family pet.

Pat Sajak always made stories of Stella's life and experiences part of his record-setting 37 seasons (and counting) as host of Wheel of Fortune. There is literally a generation of fans who watched his time with Stella start and now end. Not surprising so many fans are now feeling the pain along with the Sajak family:

RIPStella

There's already an attempt to get the hashtag going.

Wheel of (Emotional) Fortune

Fans tune in for a nice evening of Wheel and left in tears.

Love Your Fur Babies

Give them an extra cuddle today.

Same Here

For this viewer, Pat Sajak's confession of grief was timely and personal.

RIP Reesie

Sajak clearly hit a nerve.

Where Were You When...

As we said: an entire generation of Wheel of Fortune fans knew Stella during her lifetime.

Family Love

To end things on an uplifting note: here's the Sajak family looking real cute together, in order to promote Wheel of Fortune's Father's Day week.

RIP Stella Sajak.

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