‘Breaking Bad’: Albuquerque newspaper runs obit for Walter White

“Breaking Bad� is finally over. What, you hadn’t heard? The show may be gone, but one Albuquerque-based fan group has said goodbye in style. They’ve purchased an obituary announcement in Mr. White’s hometown paper, the Albuquerque Journal.

The paid announcement, featuring a small pic of Bryan Cranston as Walter White and a brief recap of the character’s death -- “died Sunday after a long battle with lung cancer, and a gunshot wound� -- appeared on page A4 of Friday’s edition of the newspaper.

The obit was paid for by the group “Unofficial ‘Breaking Bad’ Fan Tour,� led by Albuquerque area high school science teacher David Layman.

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According to the Journal, Layman appeared in the pilot of “Breaking Bad� and has remained an avid fan ever since. No doubt partially because the series charts the transformation of a struggling high school chemistry teacher into a lethal and powerful drug kingpin. Isn’t that every teacher’s faculty lounge fantasy?

The obit reads, “In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to a drug abuse prevention charity of your choice. He will be greatly missed.�

The rest of it may be fiction, but that last line is completely true.

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