Miley Cyrus mourns loss of ‘best friend’ dog Mary Jane after cancer battle

Miley Cyrus has announced the death of her beloved pit bull mix Mary Jane more than a year after a cancer battle the lasted more than a year.

The 28-year-old singer adopted Mary Jane in 2012 back when she was dating Liam Hemsworth, whom she has since married and divorced.

‘She has come to my rescue every time my heart has been broken. Put me back together again. Going thru this pain without her magic power is so lonely,’ she wrote.

Miley posted a string of reminiscences on Instagram along with pictures of her with Mary Jane, whom she had to have euthanized.

‘Anyone who knows me & it doesn’t have to be well is aware that my best friend in the whole world is a rescued pit bull mix named Mary Jane,’ she wrote.

‘MJ was diagnosed with cancer over a year ago …. & since then multiple types and tumors. I was told it’d be an uncertain amount of time until she’s gone. Advised to spend every second savouring her special spirit…. which wasn’t anything new. I had been for 10 years,’ the The Climb singer explained.

‘In life it is easy to take things for granted. To let little miracles pass you by without moments of gratitude. To be oblivious when the rays of heaven shine down onto you. But when it came to my ANGEL Mary Jane… never once did I forget the gift I had been given. She made it impossible to. She was a dog with wings in a way.’

The daughter of Billy Ray Cyrus revealed: ‘I thanked her repeatedly as she took her last breath for who and what she has been to me. It was something more than a friend or family member. Something so different. You can’t define it. Our connection was purely DIVINE. An incomparable love.’

Miley wrote: ‘We’ve never said hurtful things we didn’t mean to each other. Never have we fought and went to bed angry. Not once has our loyalty wavered.’

The hitmaker added: ‘This time it was my duty to return all her favors and keep her comfortable, happy, & free of any pain for as long as possible…. she has always done that for me. She is no longer hurting but I am. That’s what love is.’ 

She concluded: ‘Mary Jane passed with grace, dignity, peace, & power. She lived by the golden rule of kindness and compassion towards all. She was strong when she needed to be but never for to long. She would never let her soul close. She lived so open. To love and be loved. If only we were all more like Mary Jane.’

Although Miley is sober now she used to be a big fan of marijuana and there were rumors that Mary Jane was named after it.

Miley was so fond of Mary Jane that she had a picture of the pit bill’s face tattooed onto her right elbow back in 2017.

The heartbreaks Mary Jane has seen Miley through include her failed marriage to Liam as well as subsequent relationships with Kaitlynn Carter and Cody Simpson.

Mary Jane was also there for Miley during her fling with Patrick Schwarzenegger and her rumored romance with Stella Maxwell during an off-period with Liam.

Back in 2014 when her dog Floyd died Miley received a bit of comfort from Mary Jane snuggling up to her in bed, she shared on Instagram at the time.