** FILE ** In this June 20, 2008 file photo Gus, a pedigree Chinese Crested from St. Petersburg, Fla, competes in the 2008 World's Ugliest Dog Contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, Calif. The one-eyed, three-legged dog that won the title of world's ugliest pooch this summer has died, the St. Petersburg Times in Florida reported Monday Nov. 10, 2008. He was 9. (AP Photo/The Press Democrat, Crista Jeremiason, File) ** MANDATORY CREDIT **

'World's ugliest dog' dies after battle with cancer

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GULFPORT, Fla. - A one-eyed, three-legged dog that won the title of world's ugliest pooch this summer has died.

The St. Petersburg Times in Florida reports that Gus, a Chinese crested dog, had cancer. He was 9.

Gus was rescued from a bad home and went on to win the annual World's Ugliest Dog contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma.

Gus came from humble origins. According to the fair, his adopted family in Gulfport, Fla., rescued him after learning he was being kept in a crate inside someone's garage.

He had one leg amputated because of a skin tumor and lost an eye in a cat fight.

Gus' owner had said the prize money from the contest would be put toward the dog's radiation treatment.

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