Dude dies, then plays video games at viewing

[phdhorn 6224]

This dude is dead.  No, like dead right there in the pic:

Guess family gets some credit:  why prop him in an open casket.. let's pose him the way we all remember him.  Half of me thinks it's cool, the other half is creeped out.  But it's got panache.

 

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Body of murdered teenager displayed at funeral sitting upright playing video games
Warning: The story below contains image of embalmed dead man

Renard Matthews' funeral reflected what he enjoyed in life - basketball and computer games ( WGNO )

The family of an “avid gamer” who was murdered in New Orleans, displayed his body sitting upright in a chair with a Playstation controller in his hands, snacks at his side and wearing his favourite basketball jersey and flip-flops, in a unique memorial service.

Renard Matthews, 18, was shot dead while he was out walking his dog two weeks ago. His family said they wanted him to be surrounded by the things he loved for his final send off.

Mr Matthews, who a neighbour described as "a nice young man," was a fan of basketball team Boston Celtics. His body was decked out in the team's jersey and matching socks, while a TV showing a video of one of their games was placed in front of him during the wake at Charbonnet Labat Glapion Funeral Home.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/murdered-teenager-video-games-funeral-sitting-up-new-orleans-renard-matthews-a8441861.html

 

 

[PilotsError 2341]

already in Lulz

[phdhorn 6224]

Sorry, I thought it should be here, but delete away (mods).

[Cheeseweasel 26439]

3 minutes ago, phdhorn said:

Sorry, I thought it should be here, but delete away (mods).

This deserves it's own thread. It's gold, Jerry.

[Clackles 276]

33 minutes ago, Cheeseweasel said:

This deserves it's own thread. It's gold, Jerry.

Deserve’s got nothin’ to do with it.

[BayouBill 835]

I'll take some Zebra Cakes in the afterlife

[TornACL 7792]

I like to think that's how they found him when he died. And they just decided to roll the chair on over to the funeral home.

[Pato del Muerto 53333]

2 hours ago, Cheeseweasel said:

This deserves it's own thread. It's gold, Jerry.

It has its own thread. In lulz. 

[Cheeseweasel 26439]

32 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

It has its own thread. In lulz. 

Two! It deserves TWO threads! AHAHAHHHAAA!

 

[Lhorn 5080]

Got damn that’s creepy/weird 

[Vito Andolini 9431]

Harry Cockburn wrote the article. 

[Storm the Field 5361]

If I recall correctly, this is not a terribly uncommon practice in certain parts of the Caribbean. Seen a few pictures of Puerto Ricans and Dominicans dressed up in their every day clothes, propped up on motorcycles, sitting at tables with a tall boy...etc.

[Doc Reeves 6434]

He died how he lived. 

 

Surprised he didn’t have a backwoods blunt behind his ear. 

[Lat22 4070]

23 hours ago, TornACL said:

I like to think that's how they found him when he died. And they just decided to roll the chair on over to the funeral home.

Nah. He was shot of course. 

[CoTex 1177]

Poors.

When my day comes, I don't want rootbeer and Doritos.

Throw me a Cooper's beef rib and s shiner prickly pear and send me on to Valhalla.

[F250 29176]

This seems like a much better idea than a casket viewing.