Cheeseface

Cheeseface (1968/1969 – 1976) was a dog who featured on the famous "Death" issue of the National Lampoon magazine, released January 1973. The cover, photographed by Ronald G. Harris,^[1] showed the dog with a gun pointed to his head, and the caption "If You Don't Buy This Magazine, We'll Kill This Dog". The cover was voted No. 7 in the Top 40 Magazine Covers of the Last 40 Years by the American Society of Magazine Editors.^[2][3]

Mr. Cheeseface

Species	Dog
Breed	Mongrel
Sex	Male
Born	1968/1969
Died	1976 (aged 7-8) East Charleston, Vermont, U.S.
Cause of death	Shot by a hunter
Known for	Appearing on a 1973 cover of National Lampoon magazine
Owner	Jimmy De Pierro
Offspring	8

In early 1976, Cheeseface was shot and killed on the farm where he lived with his owner, Jimmy De Pierro, in East Charleston, Vermont, by an unnamed hunter. As of a report in 2020, the identity and motivation of the assailant was unknown.^[4]