The Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery star took to Twitter.com on Thursday (16Jul15) to alert followers to the sad news and returned a day later (17Jul15) to thank fans for their support.

Posting a photo of Dash, she wrote: "Thank you so much for all your lovely messages re Dash. He was an enchanting dog. He's buried under an oak tree.''

Dash was one of Hurley's five pet dogs.