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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Isabel Keane

‘I died of FOMO’: Woman’s self-penned obituary goes viral

A Massachusetts writer who battled ALS left her loved ones a final story: A tongue-in-cheek, self-penned obituary that has won legions of fans online.

“Well, if you are reading this obituary, it looks like I’m dead,” Linda Brossi Murphy wrote. “WOW, it actually happened… I died of FOMO due to complications of Bulbar ALS.”

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