from Pittsburg Post-Gazette:

Body of Steelers Fan Viewed in Recliner

PITTSBURGH - The body of rabid Pittsburgh Steelers fan James Henry Smith, who died Thursday, was laid out this week in what his family said was his favorite spot — a recliner with the Steelers on the television.

Smith, 55, of Pittsburgh, died of prostate cancer. Because his death wasn't unexpected, his family was able to plan ahead for the unusual viewing Tuesday night.

Mourners stood before a small stage erected in the viewing room of the Samuel E. Coston Funeral Home, on which funeral director Roland Criswell had placed furniture, much as it was arranged in Smith's home on game day.

Smith's feet were crossed; a pack of cigarettes and a six-pack of beer were at his side. A continuous loop of Steelers highlights was playing on TV nearby, as Smith was reclined with a television remote in his hand and a Steelers blanket across his legs.

The reaction of Smith's loved ones varied.

"I couldn't stop crying after looking at the Steeler blanket in his lap," his sister, MaryAnn Nails, 58, of Pittsburgh, told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for Wednesday's editions. "He loved football and nobody did (anything) until the game went off. It was just like he was at home."

"I saw it and I couldn't even cry," said longtime friend Mary Jones of Wilkinsburg. "People will see him the way he was. This is just a celebration."

Wasn't it also in Pennsylvania where a man was buried in his Corvette? I think it was Hempfield Township -- can't remember the name of the deceased nor the cemetery, though -- and the year was 1994...

hey, we like our stuff here.

i want to be cremated with my gunpowder collection.

god please someone find a picture of this

Giddyup :


http://www.thekcrachannel.com/irresisti ... etail.html

God bless you, Dawg.

Awesome

that picture pretty much sums it up, dunnit?

Dude's just keepin it real.....

Steelers fans are the most dedicated i've ever seen. Well, I haven't dealt with many Scottish Football hooligans, but of ALL the sports fans in this country, those people take the cake.

Pitt's got good fans, but the Chiefs' fans ain't too shabby done neither. Carl Peterson continues to raise seat prices and Arrowhead continues to sell out. We haven't seen Rd. 2 of the post-season since '96.

There's a Steelers fan club five minutes from my house, with Steelers shit on the signage and a full fucking house on game days.

God, that is really touching. Let me wipe away the tears . . .

Yeah there is a fucking Steelers fan club everywhere. EVERYWHERE. The bar closest to my house in NH was a Steeler's haven and so is YKnot the main PTC Sports Bar. Yelch.

Honestly, I think Chiefs fans are the more overrated in the league. They put on a good show, but it's not legit like some other towns. Fans of the Rust Belt teams sit there the whole game in sub-zero, snowy weather. When there's a scenario like that here in KC , Arrowhead is a morgue after Halftime. And the whole legend of Chiefs fans making so much noise? Yeah...at the beginning of the game. If the opposing team scores on their opening drive that noise level plummets.

I don't think the town has BAD fans, just overrated.

The only reason Arrowhead still sells out is that it's a social gathering.

Glad everyone enjoyed the pic of the Dearly Departed, though.

They do have amazing fans. This is the kind of news story that takes a dull day and makes it less dull. Thanks for posting this!

My wife has instructions when I die to prop me up on a toilet bowl rigged to flush every few minutes as my friends and family pay their last repects.

Steve