Only in America: A loyal customer 'til the end
A Whopper enthusiast's funeral procession drives through a Burger King on the way to the cemetery — and more in our collection of strange revelations about the nation
When longtime Burger King patron David Kime Jr. of Pennsylvania passed away at the age of 88, the mourners in his funeral procession wanted him to have it his way — so they passed by the local Burger King drive-thru window for one final bite on the way to the cemetery. Kime was laid to rest with his final meal, a Whopper Jr., placed atop his casket.
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