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Man wants Browns pallbearers so team ‘can let him down one last time’

By Will Brinson | NFL Writer
Browns fans are a pretty crazy bunch. (USATSI)
Browns fans are a pretty crazy bunch. (USATSI)

People always throw out weird stuff surrounding their death (“When I die I want blah blah blah”) but you rarely see people follow through on it. Not Scott E. Entsminger, a Browns fan who died at the age of 55 on July 4.

Entsminger “was an accomplished musician, loved playing the guitar and was a member of the Old Fogies Band.” He was also, per his obituary in the Columbus Dispatch, a “lifelong Cleveland Browns fan and season ticket holder.”

The deceased wasn’t just your average Browns fan: He apparently wrote a song each year about the Browns, which he sent to the team along with advice about how to run the organization.

And he was such a big Browns fan that the family encouraged everyone attending his funeral wear clothes supporting the team. But here’s the real kicker — he wanted his pallbearers to be Browns as well.

Why? Well …

He respectfully requests six Cleveland Browns pall bearers so the Browns can let him down one last time.

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