Thousands of people from around the world paid tribute over the weekend to an unnamed man they never met and never will. He had announced in an online forum that he plans to end his life Tuesday.
An outpouring of support — songs, YouTube videos and a photo gallery to give him a "world tour" on Google maps - began Saturday night on reddit.com, a social networking site, when a post went up titled "51 hours left to live."
"On Tuesday I'll finally end my battle with cancer thanks to Oregon's Death with Dignity Act," said the entry, submitted by someone calling himself "Lucidending." He invited others to AMA — shorthand for "ask me anything."
He said he was diagnosed with lymphoma six years ago, it has spread to his brain and "I just can't do more surgeries." He has ended his pain medication "to regain what little dignity and clarity I can." His last meal will be Jell-O.