--- title: Obituary for Man Who Despised Kardashians description: Obituary going viral says Raymond Big Al Alan Brownley despised the Kardashians canonical: https://time.com/3432902/kardashians-obituary-for-big-al/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-09-26T17:09:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:13:27.432Z og:title: Man's Hilarious Obituary Says He Despised the Kardashians og:description: He also hated oatmeal and wearing shorts og:url: https://time.com/3432902/kardashians-obituary-for-big-al/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Man's Hilarious Obituary Says He Despised the Kardashians twitter:description: He also hated oatmeal and wearing shorts twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Man's Obituary Says He "Despised" the Kardashians  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Sep 26, 2014 5:09 PM UTC  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Sep 26, 2014 5:09 PM UTC “Funny obituary” may seem like an oxymoron, but the one that ran for Raymond Alan “Big Al” Brownley [in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette](http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/postgazette/obituary.aspx?n=raymond-alan-brownley-big-al&pid=172561140&fhid=9852) after his September 21 passing is the latest humorous write-up to go viral on [Legacy.com](http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/postgazette/obituary.aspx?n=raymond-alan-brownley-big-al&pid=172561140&fhid=9852). Here are the five best lines: • “He despised canned cranberry sauce, wearing shorts, cigarette butts in his driveway, oatmeal, loud-mouth know-it-alls, Tabasco sauce, reality TV shows, and anything to do with the Kardashians.” • “He was highly proficient at cursing. He liked four-letter words just about as much as four-wheel drive pick-up trucks.” • “Big Al was known for his timeless words of wisdom, including ‘Life is hard; but it’s harder if you’re stupid’ and ‘Don’t be a jackass.'” • “His famous holiday eggnog had enough whiskey to grow hair on your chest.” • “He had a life-long ménage a trois with his homemade chili and Gas-X.” And you can check out a roundup of some of the other hilarious viral obituaries [here](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/07/09/famous-last-words-from-football-fans-and-other-fanatics/). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3432902/kardashians-obituary-for-big-al/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3432902/kardashians-obituary-for-big-al/"},"headline":"Man's Obituary Says He \"Despised\" the Kardashians","datePublished":"2014-09-26T17:09:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:13:27.432Z","description":"He also hated oatmeal and wearing shorts","url":"https://time.com/3432902/kardashians-obituary-for-big-al/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3432902/kardashians-obituary-for-big-al/","name":"Man's Obituary Says He \"Despised\" the Kardashians"}}]}] ```