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Man Buys Himself PBR Coffin

By Margaret Lyons on May 5, 2008 3:45PM

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This is South Chicago Heights resident Bill Bramanti. He had a his coffin specially made to look like a can of his favorite beer, PBR. He's 67 and in good health, so in the mean time, he uses it as a cooler. [AP]