Young father writes his own touching, funny obituary

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In his 35 years of life, Aaron Joseph Purmort battled crime, married Gwen Stefani and somehow also found time to work as an art director.


The young father died of brain cancer on Nov. 25, and found a way to leave his family smiling in their time of sadness by writing his own obituary with a heavy dose of humor. Purmort mixed real facts about his life with amusing exaggerations that capture the humor he maintained while fighting his illness.



Read the obituary in full, below:



Purmort, Aaron Joseph age 35, died peacefully at home on November 25 after complications from a radioactive spider bite that led to years of crime-fighting and a years-long battle with a nefarious criminal named Cancer, who has plagued our society for far too long. Civilians will recognize him best as Spider-Man, and thank him for his many years of service protecting our city


His family knew him only as a kind and mild-mannered Art Director, a designer of websites and t-shirts and concert posters, who always had the right cardigan and the right thing to say (even if it was wildly inappropriate). Aaron was known for his long, entertaining stories, which he loved to repeat often Read more...



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