A Pennsylvania man appears to have gone to extreme lengths to avoid the circus of the presidential debates: He died.
“Apparently he meant it when he said he would rather die than have to watch the presidential debate,” the obituary for George Norman Davis stated.
Davis died on Sept. 26, shortly after the first debate, saving him from the agony of watching the vice presidential debate and the two presidential debates that followed.
“At least he is no longer obligated to vote, firmly believing regardless of the outcome, the nation is going someplace in a handbasket and he would rather travel in the opposite direction,” the obit stated.
The unique obituary noted that Davis’ predeceased relatives “finally convinced the man upstairs that he was too old to cause much trouble up there and it’s safe to let him in. Highly debatable, but God knows best.”
Davis, who served in the U.S. Army, “liked country music, NASCAR, hunting, fishing and making up wild stories about the latter two.”
He also apparently disliked debates. A lot.
Davis was hardly alone in his extreme disdain for the U.S. election. Over the summer, Elene Meyer Davis’ obituary noted that she died from “complications due to congestive heart failure and the 2016 Presidential campaign.” And, according to her obit, Mary Anne Noland died in May instead of having to vote for either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton.
(h/t Philly Voice)
