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You'd think as a proofreader of medical texts he'd have known what those chest pains meant.

This story is bunk, after 5 days his smell would have been enough to know he was not OK.

A hoax indeed:
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/06/technology/online-diary.html

The story first came out in December 2000 (and then repeated in 2003) in this piece of journalistic wonderment:

http://weeklyworldnews.com/

Best. Newspaper. Ever.

Okay, the Onion & wwn tie.

Sorry, guys - can't let this one go. I went to wiki for this info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weekly_World_News

When my son was little he didn't like to read - but in line at the supermarket one day, he read a headline in the wwn and opened the paper to read the article. He was 9 years old at the time.

I was thrilled that he felt inspired to read ANYTHING, so I dutifully purchased a copy every week, and actually read it myself so that we would have something to discuss at dinner. This went on over a year - and I'm proud to say that my son is now a professional who reads as part of his profession.

It was worth every damn minute I spent reading that rag.