Tom Hardy's Dog Woody Has Passed Away And He's Written The Purest Letter To Him In TributeSkip To ContentHomepageSign InSearch BuzzFeedSearch BuzzFeedlol Badge Feedwin Badge Feedtrending Badge FeedCalifornia residents can opt out of "sales" of personal data.Do Not Sell My Personal Information 2022 BuzzFeed, Inc PressRSSPrivacyConsent PreferencesUser TermsAd ChoicesHelpContactSitemapPosted on 9 Jun 2017 Tom Hardy s Dog Woody Has Passed Away And He s Written The Purest Letter To Him In Tribute "I love you beyond words. To the moon and back again and again to infinity and beyond." OK, this is heartbreaking. by Kimberley DaddsBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestTwitterMailLink If there s one thing we know about Tom Hardy it s that he really really really loves dogs Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF heartfulloffandoms.tumblr.com And there s one dog who stole his heart in particular – his pet Woody who he has often been seen taking to premieres and film sets Jonathan Brady / PA Archive/PA Images Like when Woody ran riot among the stars at the Legend premiere in 2015 ManOnRedCarpet @SteveHargrave #TomHardy bought his dog Woody to the #Legend premiere @LegendFilmUK @GettyVIP #Krays Thu Sep 03 18:21:18 UTC+0000 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite In fact they have been pretty inseparable since they came into each other s lives in 2011 View this post on At the Oscars last year it was even revealed Tom or potentially his wife Charlotte has a phone cover with a picture of him and Woody on it View this post on Buckner / Buckner/Variety/REX/Shutterstock And earlier this year Woody appeared in Tom s CBeebies bedtime story video CBeebies But we have some heartbreaking news Woody sadly died a few days ago at the age of 6 after a six-month battle with polymyositisis which is a muscle disorder tom hardy with dogs @tomwithdogs Tom Hardy's dog Woody passed away and my heart is completely broken right now Wed Jun 07 16:56:08 UTC+0000 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite Tom has written a lovely and moving tribute revealing the loss which was posted on Tom Hardy Dot Org s Tumblr page on Wednesday hel @figtcIub TOM HARDY'S DOG PASSED AWAY AND HE WROTE THIS :( he's the purest soul 04:21 PM - 07 Jun 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite Hardy s representative confirmed the sad news to BuzzFeed and that the post was written by the actor The essay starts off with a lovely story about how Tom found Woody as a stray in Atlanta when he was filming Lawless with Jessica Chastain PETA He reveals he found Woody stray and scared when he was about 11 weeks old, and told this anecdote about how the dog got his name: "Jessica asked me was he a girl or a boy. It's a boy I said. How do you know. Erm… I can feel his Woodstock. great !!! let’s call him Woodstock!!! And so it was." Woody eventually moved to London with Tom and his family after Jessica's parents looked after him until he was ready to do so. Tom then goes on to explain the close bond they had He was an Angel And he was my best friend We went through so much together In fact, his whole explanation about Woody's death is utterly sad. Tom writes:I don’t normally speak out about family and friends but this is an unusual circumstance. Woody affected so many people in his own right so with great respect to his autonomy and as a familiar friendly face to many of you, it is with great great sadness a heavy heart that I inform you that after a very hard and short 6 month battle with an aggressive polymyostisis Woody passed away, two days ago. He was only Age 6. He was Far too young to leave us and We at home are devastated by his loss I am ultimately grateful for his loyal companionship and love and it is of some great comfort that he is no longer suffering. Above all I am completely gutted. the world for me was a better place with him in it and by my side. And the sign-off is most poignant of all:Thankyou Woody for choosing to find us. We will love you and be with you and you with us forever. Never ever ever forgotten. Your Boy tom xxx I love you beyond words. To the moon and back again and again toInfinity and beyond. Run with Max now and the Angels. I will see you when I get there.With all of me I love you. Always Thankyou forYour love beautiful boy. You can read the touching tribute in full here alongside a video that was posted full of photos of Tom and Woody View this post on His fans have been sharing their own sympathy messages de$$a @gylIenhardy rest in peace woody 04:49 PM - 07 Jun 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite tom hardy with dogs @tomwithdogs :( https://t.co/qSI7C6Zowt 05:00 PM - 07 Jun 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite tom hardy with dogs @tomwithdogs so... tom hardy's dog 'woody' has his own portrait 03:10 PM - 20 Oct 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite tom hardy with dogs @tomwithdogs #RIPWoody my heart is with Tom and Charlotte, everybody knows how much they love this dog https://t.co/XkOHVT3FjM 04:59 PM - 07 Jun 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite Condolences to the Hardy family – and rest in peace beautiful Woody Jonathan Brady / PA Archive/PA Images Richard Young / Richard Young/REX/Shutterstock Jon Furniss/Corbis Share This ArticleFacebook PinterestTwitterMailLink BuzzFeed DailyKeep up with the latest daily buzz with the BuzzFeed Daily newsletter!This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.