April 29, 2009 - July 28, 2025
Born into his companion’s life on April 22, 2009, Mango passed away peacefully on July 28, 2025, after sixteen years of bringing joy, laughter, and unconditional love to everyone who met him. Known for his larger-than-life personality wrapped in a tiny lil man, Mango gave the impression he might live forever, perhaps because he seemed to have drunk a magic potion at birth that kept him small and forever young at heart.
When it was just Mango and his devoted companion, Carina Boston Pinales, she often sang to him, “You are my Mango, my only Mango, you make me happy when skies are gray…” to the tune of You Are My Sunshine. To all who knew them, that song perfectly captured their bond, he was indeed her sunshine through life’s storms, always offering warmth and light during dim times.
