Obit: Oregon Man Put At Peace By Being Told ‘Trump Has Been Impeached’

President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, April 3, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, April 3, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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An Oregon man named Michael Elliott apparently died at peace on April 6 after his “ex-wife and best friend” told him a little white lie: that President Donald Trump had been impeached.

That’s according to his humorous obituary, posted on OregonLive.com, which included quite a few gems, including that he didn’t know which year he was born (1940 or 1941) and that he “joined a semi-pro basketball team that toured the country playing exhibition games, dressed as women.”

He also was apparently not a fan of Trump, as his ex-wife and best friend, Teresa Elliott, was prompted to put him at peace with the “fake news” that Trump had been kicked out of office.

“The last thing she said to him was ‘Donald Trump has been impeached.'” the obituary reads. “Upon hearing that he took his final, gentle breath, his earthly work concluded.”

Read his whole obituary here.

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  1. The sane part of the planet will be at peace when Trump is impeached.

    And deliriously happy…

  2. Amen to that. :smile:

  3. There is a great, poignant story in Jane Goodall’s biography about one of the few times she intervened directly in the life of a chimp. Polio was causing great suffering and she chose to stop it.


  4. If I were to die tomorrow…that’s how I would want to leave this earthly abode. Lie to me if it hasn’t happened…yet. I’m OK with that. I’ll probably be delirious anyway…That’ll just be the cherry on top. At least I’ll die with a smile on my face.

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