Dignified death

From the self-composed obituary in the Casper (Wyo.) Star Tribune of James William "Jim" Adams, who died Sept. 9: "Jim, who had tired of reading obituaries noting other's (sic) courageous battles with this or that disease, wanted it known that he had lost his battle ... primarily as a result of ... not following doctor's orders. ... He was sadly deprived of his final wish, which was to be run over by a beer truck on the way to the liquor store to buy booze for a date."