Max (pig)

Max (pig)

Max (1987—December 1, 2006) was the Vietnamese black bristled potbellied pig pet of George Clooney, often referred to as "Max the star" by Clooney.cite news |title= George Mourns Max the Pig as he Attends L.A. Premiere |url= http://www.hellomagazine.com/film/2006/12/05/george-clooney-pig/| |publisher= Hello Magazine |date= December 5, 2006|accessdate= 2006-12-07] The pig shared Clooney's Hollywood Hills home, also Clooney's bed, and frequently made cameos in interviews, mostly because of his enormous size.cite news |title= Clooney: A true friend to the piggish |url= http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-12-03-clooney-pig_x.htm | |publisher= USA Today |first= Susan |last= Wloszczyna |date= December 4, 2006|accessdate= 2006-12-07] He is often credited with saving Clooney's life by waking him up before an earthquake in Los Angeles on January 16, 1994. In 2006 the pig was taken for a flight in John Travolta's private jet.cite news |title= Clooney mourns after pet pig dies|url= http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=27833&in_page_id=34 | |publisher= Metro (UK) |date= December 4, 2006|accessdate= 2006-12-07]

Max was bought by Clooney in 1988 as a gift for his former girlfriend Kelly Preston.cite news |title= Джордж Клуни потерял лучшего друга| url= http://www.kommersant.ru/doc-y.html?docId=728012&issueId=30270 | |publisher= Kommepcaht (Russia) |accessdate= 2006-12-07] He used to have a special cattle-pen and his own corner in the garage of Clooney's manor.cite news |title= Джордж и Макс: любовная история Голливуда |url= http://www.inopressa.ru/independent/2006/12/06/16:03:16/max | |publisher= InoPressa (Russia) |date= December 7, 2006|accessdate= 2006-12-07] Max was seriously injured in 2001 when one of Clooney's friends accidentally ran him over with his car.cite news |title= George Clooney's Potbellied Pig Dies|url= http://www.accesshollywood.com/news/ah2947.shtml | |publisher= Associated Press (Access Hollywood reprint) |date= December 2, 2006|accessdate= 2006-12-07] Weighing ca. 300 pounds (over 130 kg), Max died in Los Angeles of natural causes, as has been stated by Clooney's press secretary Stan Rosenfield. Because he was known to have arthritis, and was partly blind, the animal was falsely reported to have died in January 2005. Clooney dotingly recalls that Max would squeal every morning until he was fed.

A column on Max by Clooney's father, Nick, appeared in "Cincinnati Enquirer".

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List of notable pigs

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