Dead smoker has Smoking Killed Me signs placed on hearse

Published: 7:30AM GMT 03 March 2010

Albert "Dick" Whittamore funeral. Photo: PA

Albert Whittamore, well known as Dick, died last month elderly 85 after pang for years from emphysema, a on-going lung condition he blamed on his habit.

He longed for the ill-effects of his smoking to action as a notice to others and commanded in his will that the signs be placed inside his hearse as it upheld by his home locale of Dover in Kent.

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One of the signs was additionally placed at Mr Whittamore"s graveside, according to his wishes.

Paul Sullivan, of Sullivan & Son wake directors, said: ""Although he had reached the age of 85, he had been pang for a whilst and longed for to do his bit to advise others about smoking.

""He specified that that"s what he longed for in his will. We gave it a little thought but after a whilst we motionless that that"s what he had requested.""

Mr Whittamore, who ran a small copy commercial operation in a emporium next his home, was forced to make use of a equipped with a motor wheelchair in his after years as his health faltered.

A orator for the stop smoking gift Quit said: ""We assimilate Dick had emphysema, that is a lung condition caused by smoking that formula in people struggling for breath.

""Dick is promulgation out a clever summary to smokers as he doesn"t wish others to suffer."