{"id":658,"date":"2005-07-06T14:31:26","date_gmt":"2005-07-06T18:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/000af36.netsolhost.com\/wordpress1\/2005\/07\/06\/a_fan_for_life\/"},"modified":"2005-07-06T14:31:26","modified_gmt":"2005-07-06T18:31:26","slug":"a_fan_for_life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/2005\/07\/06\/a_fan_for_life\/","title":{"rendered":"A Fan for Life&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2026<a href=\"http:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/dynamic\/stories\/F\/FBN_FANS_FAREWELL?SITE=VASTR&#038;SECTION=HOME&#038;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT\">and Death<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>James Henry Smith was a zealous Pittsburgh Steelers fan in life, and even death could not keep him from his favorite spot: in a recliner, in front of a TV showing his beloved team in action.<\/p>\n<p>Smith, 55, of Pittsburgh, died of prostate cancer Thursday. Because his death wasn&#8217;t unexpected, his family was able to plan for an unusual viewing Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Samuel E. Coston Funeral Home erected a small stage in a viewing room, and arranged furniture on it much as it was in Smith&#8217;s home on game day Sundays.<\/p>\n<p>Smith&#8217;s body was on the recliner, his feet crossed and a remote in his hand. He wore black and gold silk pajamas, slippers and a robe. A pack of cigarettes and a beer were at his side, while a high-definition TV played a continuous loop of Steelers highlights.\t<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2026and Death James Henry Smith was a zealous Pittsburgh Steelers fan in life, and even death could not keep him from his favorite spot: in a recliner, in front of a TV showing his beloved team in action. Smith, 55, of Pittsburgh, died of prostate cancer Thursday. Because his death wasn&#8217;t unexpected, his family was&hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/2005\/07\/06\/a_fan_for_life\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}