Greatest Obit Ever

R.I.P., Bitch Dolores Aguilar


Warms the heart, doesn't it?

Above obit found in the Times-Herald Napa/Sonoma. Oh, and be sure to read the guestbook here. (Thanks Jameth!)

UPDATE I: Cruel obit page pulled late Sunday afternoon. Huh. Fake obit at Vallejo Times-Herald? Change of heart? Trickery? Stay tuned.

UPDATE II: It's real, folks. Read more about it here. http://sfist.com/2008/08/17/rip_bitch_dolores_aguilar.php

 

Deeper_Background: Nov. 29, 2004-Aug. 19, 2008

 

Time for a vacation.

 

I thought this was about the Yankees' obit Yahoo Sports ran last night ...

 

I don't know abou tte greatest but I bet the damn thing is probably the truest one written.

 

Not to give credit to deeper_douchenozzle, but the backstory behind the obit seems interesting. The paper apparently made the family bring in the death certificate before they would publish it.

Surprised something like this hasn't happened before considering the rise of paid obits.

 

fair enough, fh, but newspapers reject ads on occasion for taste and standards. why not do the same for obits?

 

After a paper in my hometown went to paid obits, it had to run an obit about Elmer "Hitler" Underwood. The obit wasn't as cruel as the one here, but turns out the nickname was legit and just given because the guy was a real prick -- and he answered to it. Turned into a great follow-up feature for one reporter.

 

That is not the greatest obit ever because it didn't say anything at all about trains, trucks, prison or gettin' drunk.

 

Or the rain.

 

I'm not that paper's publisher. Last time I checked, blood still runs through my veins and I can walk about during the day.

Personally, unless there was something blatantly false or deceptive, I'd run it. I might ask each and every surviving family member listed if they agreed with it first.

 

Life ain't necessarily a country song.