of a newspaper. >> an irish setter died a day after taking second place in his class. his owners want to know who would carry out such a crime. listen to this. >> we can't, and we won't think that this is the act of another exhibiter. if we thought so it would be hard to continue all our hard work and it would be wasted. so we ask you all to unite on concentrating on identifying who may have done this. we want to continue to breed, show and have fun with our gorgeous dog whose we are now so proud of. >> i was definitely taken aback by this story. but crofts says they will punish anyone who deliberately puts dogs' lives at risk. sam simon best known as being the co-creator of the tv show "the simpsons" has died. >> daddy's home.