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I was never a foodie. Never one to order the lobster gnocchi, a bone marrow rice bowl, or smoked mackerel wrapped in bacon. My preferences were always more pedestrian. Chicken nuggets and tater tots.

A Massachusetts woman wanted to leave the world laughing. Linda Murphy’s humorous and heartfelt obituary went viral after she died at 60 years old following a three-year battle with Bulbar ALS. “Well, ...

Linda Murphy, 60, wrote her own witty and humorous obituary before dying of Bulbar Onset ALS. In the obituary, Murphy joked that she died of FOMO (fear of missing out) while detailing the hardships of ...

You might say the first line of Linda Murphy’s obituary sucks readers right in. Murphy, 60, of Framingham, died Sept. 21 after a three-year battle with Bulbar Onset ALS — but not before writing her ...

BOYLSTON, MASS. — Linda Murphy, a Massachusetts woman who battled ALS, has become a posthumous viral sensation for her humorous self-written obituary. Murphy, who was raised in Framingham and lived in ...