The Uplifting Story Behind a Blunt Obituary

Stig Kernell had specific and strong wishes for his own obituary notice. He told his local undertaker in Tranås, southern Sweden that he wanted the notice simply to state his name and the words “I Am Dead”, along with the place and date of his death.

“He was a special man with a very particular sense of humour and a twinkle in his eye,” Kernell’s son, Lars-Åke, told tabloid Expressen. He added: “He was crass, too, and that has helped us deal with our loss, since he did not fear death in the least.”

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