Dead Man Sits At His Own Funeral With Cigarette In Hand (Video+Photos)

The family of a man who was shot dead decided not to opt for a coffin and instead sat him up on a chair, cigarette in hand and with his eyes wide open to pay their last respects.

Mr Beato had been shot 15 times in the Villa Carolina neighborhood of San Juan, Puerto Rico on March 3. Fernando de Jesus Diaz Beato may look like he's just taking a breather, but he is in fact dead.:

 

 

Described as a "happy and very active person," he sat in a chair with his legs crossed, dressed in a baseball cap and tracksuit and with a cigarette between his fingers.

His sister said:

"Everybody is really surprised because seeing him like that is like seeing him as if he were alive."

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."

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