No, not the long-dead Mongolian conquerer. Martha Stewart’s pet Chow – which was named Genghis Khan. If it were anyone else I’d write it off as an idiosyncracy, but from Ms. Stewart it just seems like another example of her all-consuming egomania. 

Martha Stewart’s puppy has died in a propane explosion at a northeastern Pennsylvania kennel.

Stewart says on her blog she’s “deeply saddened” by the death of her chow, Ghengis Khan, in Friday’s blast at Pazzazz Pet Boarding kennel in the Pocono Mountains.

Fifteen dogs were killed in the explosion. Two more died over the weekend.