Thomas L. Cook was fatally killed by a car on September 11.  He was only 54-years-old.  Actually, for Mr. Cook to have lived this long was quite an achievement considering the life that he lived up to his death.

Mr. Cook was an "accident-prone" man and made constant trips to the emergency room.  He was nearly miscarried, broke his collarbone, had blood drained out of his skull, had an emergency splenectomy, was in a semi-vegetative coma for more than five months resulting in brain damage, and broke his back.  But through it all he was able to pick himself back up.

It was a late trip to a bakery that resulted in his death:

To keep his bones strong, Cook exercised daily with a walk that began precisely at 1:45 p.m. Among the few indulgences he allowed himself was the brownie he bought only at a certain bakery.

"They knew him very well at Child's Pastry," Eitani said.

"He'd choose a specific brownie by the taste and size. Otherwise, all he ate was Stouffer's dinners, and he had those categorized in his freezer - one for Mondays, one for Tuesdays. Everything was by the clock. That's why it's so hard, with him running late that day. That's what put him on the corner at 3:45 that Monday. Otherwise, he'd have been home."

You can view Mr. Cook's complete obituary here.

[via fark.com]