WI---You're, probably, right!I know that when my uncle(fathers
brother) died, he had requested,of his wife, to have a closed casket.He was a,very,large,muscular man,that had a reputation,
for being very strong & tough.He died after a long bout with cancer.He wanted people,to remember,him as he once was,not as
he had become.Even tho,it wasn't his fault,the way his body was
eaten away,by cancer.He was always proud,of his previous reputation & didn't want people to see him as he had become!
Irish
P.S.It's, probably,a generational thing,but physical shape,
strength, & reputation,etc,meant alot to,most,of the males,in my
family!

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Irish---Better to be dead & cool,then alive & uncool!
(Harley Davidson & the Marlboro Man)