[soonerbob81972]

He's got the personality of my ex-wife. Dead and useless.

[docfr8]

Definitely different way of presenting the body to the family.. As long as the family has closure that's all that matters in my book.. I mean for reals, a funeral is to create closure for the deceased..

Its funny how they have him holding a "blunt" (cigar rolled with weed), wondering if they really rolled a blunt for him to take to the afterlife.. Im sure by the look of it, one of his homeboys rolled one up

[JoltedJoLynn]

Originally Posted by Top Gear ↗

He doesn't look alive at all, if they wanted to make it life like they should have guns and drugs laying around.

OMG.... awesome....

[William May]

FINALLY! Someone I can hypnotize!!!

[bando21]

that hole is gonna be deep if they wanna bury him holding that position

[imi]

this is a modern memento mori funeral, strange anyway these days
The lips are glued, the legs sew to the pants

[giovanni0359]

Originally Posted by nylon ↗

A Puerto Rican man who was repeatedly shot and killed earlier this month has been laid to rest 'just as he was in life' in an extremely unconventional funeral.
Fernando de Jesus Diaz Beato, 26, was shot 15 times in the Villa Carolina neighborhood of San Juan on March 3, with police saying they have no leads on the crime.
Describing him as a 'happy and very active person', the family decided against a coffin for the funeral service in favor of a chair, sitting Diaz Beato with his legs crossed, dressed in his favorite clothes and with a cigarette between his fingers.
Finally, as a 'surprise', the funeral home chose to leave his eyes open
'Everybody is really surprised because seeing him like that is like seeing him as if he were alive,' one of Diaz Beato's sisters said
Another sister, Ihizz Diaz Beato, said: 'We decided to embalm him like this because he was a very happy person, very active and we want to remember him as he was.'
The final effect was if Diaz Beato was sitting and staring at the family and friends who gathered at the funeral.
Marin Funeral Home, in Rio Piedras, has become something of a pioneer of such services in San Juan.
This is the ninth unconventional funeral they have done - but the first where the eyes of the deceased have been left open
Damaris Marin, the owner of Marin Funeral Home, said they worked closely with the family to achieve the desired effect.
'This time is different because he is seated with his legs crossed but, this is the first dead man in history with his eyes open,' she said.
'We have seen that the families wish to see the dead men just as they were when they were alive.
'We gave [the family] a surprise by leaving the eyes of the dead man open.
'I think that this time was the most impressive reaction to any of the work we have done.'
While the result shocked the family, they said they were happy with how Diaz Beato looked.
'We didn't want to see him lying in the coffin,' sister Ihizz Diaz Beato said.
'We wanted something different. And also, we wanted him to be remembered by his friends and family the same way he was when he was alive.'
Diaz Beato was shot outside his home on March 3. Police continue to investigate.

I have been to Puerto Rico and the locals told me that wakes like this are common. It is odd, but kudos to the funeral director. I think they did an outstanding job in keeping with the family`s wishes.

[ViraA]

The angle of the crossed leg looks odd go me

[cardsharksam]

that was freaky, could swear he blinked a few times.

[87wildside]

That's not a cigarette it's a fucking blunt