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07-02-2015, 04:50 AM
North Dakota newspaper The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead (http://www.inforum.com) ran what is certainly one of the shortest obituaries ever published.
Accompanying a photograph and name of local resident Douglas Legler, the obit, which ran Wednesday, had just two simple words:
“Doug died.”
'Doug Died.' http://t.co/fhT0xRWRbm pic.twitter.com/83y7MseYyA (http://t.co/83y7MseYyA)
— inforum (@inforum) July 1, 2015 (https://twitter.com/inforum/status/616245542541246464)
Legler’s daughter, Janet Stoll, says that her father had long insisted on a short and sweet death notice.
“He said over and over, when I die I want my obituary to just say 'Doug Died,’ (http://www.inforum.com/news/3777036-doug-died-fargo-man-has-last-laugh)” Stoll told the Forum. ”[Other people's obituaries] would say 'he was the president of this, a director of this' and Dad would say, 'What, couldn't they hold down a job?'"
Stoll added that her dad, who died on Jun. 27 (http://www.inforum.com/obituaries/3776453-douglas-allen-legler) at the age of 85, was “very lighthearted and had a great sense of humor.”
According to the Forum, Legler worked for many years as a driver for the Nash Finch Company. He is said to have been a car enthusiast and an avid singer who loved country music.
In 2014, a similarly concise obituary made the news. The Local reported last April that a Swedish man named Stig Kernell (http://www.thelocal.se/20140413/laconic-swede-files-im-dead-obituary) had given strict instructions as to what his obituary would say.
Upon his death, a local newspaper ran the obit. “I am dead,” it said.
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Accompanying a photograph and name of local resident Douglas Legler, the obit, which ran Wednesday, had just two simple words:
“Doug died.”
'Doug Died.' http://t.co/fhT0xRWRbm pic.twitter.com/83y7MseYyA (http://t.co/83y7MseYyA)
— inforum (@inforum) July 1, 2015 (https://twitter.com/inforum/status/616245542541246464)
Legler’s daughter, Janet Stoll, says that her father had long insisted on a short and sweet death notice.
“He said over and over, when I die I want my obituary to just say 'Doug Died,’ (http://www.inforum.com/news/3777036-doug-died-fargo-man-has-last-laugh)” Stoll told the Forum. ”[Other people's obituaries] would say 'he was the president of this, a director of this' and Dad would say, 'What, couldn't they hold down a job?'"
Stoll added that her dad, who died on Jun. 27 (http://www.inforum.com/obituaries/3776453-douglas-allen-legler) at the age of 85, was “very lighthearted and had a great sense of humor.”
According to the Forum, Legler worked for many years as a driver for the Nash Finch Company. He is said to have been a car enthusiast and an avid singer who loved country music.
In 2014, a similarly concise obituary made the news. The Local reported last April that a Swedish man named Stig Kernell (http://www.thelocal.se/20140413/laconic-swede-files-im-dead-obituary) had given strict instructions as to what his obituary would say.
Upon his death, a local newspaper ran the obit. “I am dead,” it said.
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