Man Blames Cleveland Browns in Obituary

He 'passed just before the Browns were prepared to turn the corner'

By Newser Editors and Wire Services

Posted Dec 30, 2017 1:39 PM CST

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Man Blames Cleveland Browns in Obituary — A Cleveland Browns fan reacts in the second half of an NFL football game between the Baltimore Ravens and the Browns, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Richard)

An Ohio man's tongue-in-cheek obituary blames the winless Cleveland Browns for contributing to his demise, the AP reports. The obituary published in the Sandusky Register says Paul Stark died Wednesday at a hospice facility after a brief illness "exacerbated by the hopeless condition of the Cleveland Browns." The football team was 1-15 last season and 0-15 this year ahead of Sunday's finale in Pittsburgh. Even so, Stark's obituary included a nugget of the optimism voiced by some long-suffering fans. It says the 80-year-old Mansfield native "passed just before the Browns were prepared to turn the corner." (Read more Cleveland Browns stories.)