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A man's colorful obituary for his father has gone viral

By Vincent Acovino,

Tinbete Ermyas

Published October 16, 2024 at 3:20 PM PDT

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An obituary posted on Facebook mentions Robert Adolph Boehm’s habit of wearing unconventional hats, his possibly dangerous hobbies and his "last unintelligible and likely unnecessary curse."