Geoffrey Turner of Latham, New York passed away on February 13 at 66-years-old. His death was caused by lung cancer, brought about from years of excessive cigarette smoking. Prior to his death, he wrote his own emotional obituary, an open letter to the public urging others to stop smoking, according to Today.
The habit started when he was very young and got a hold of one of his mother’s cigarettes. By the time he was 4-years-old he was already smoking on a habitual basis. Although he was able to give up the habit when he got married, he quickly picked it up again later in life as a coping mechanism for dealing with the stress of daily life. His smoking caused tension between him and those close to him, many of whom begged him to give it up. Turner instructed his own children to never follow his lead and pick up a cigarette, but he wasn’t ever able to take his own advice.
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