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Man Dies Professing His Love

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AP-OH--Rock Climb Death CORRECTION,0133

Man painting love message on rock dies after fall

(Newsrooms: Please substitute the following for v9004, slugged AP-OH--Rock Climb Death, which moved at 2:40 a.m. Eastern time. The new version CORRECTS dateline, ADDS detail on location of fall.)

BEACH CITY, Ohio (AP) - The friend of a man who climbed a rock in eastern Ohio to spray-paint a love message says he died after slipping and falling.

Twenty-one-year-old Arthur Lewis of Navarre was pronounced dead Wednesday at Akron City Hospital.

His friend Richard Burkey says he and Lewis climbed to the top part of Mackin's Rock in Tuscarawas County Tuesday so Lewis could paint "Art loves Kaylee," his girlfriend of more than three years. The rock south of Beach City is painted with several other similar messages.

Burkey says Lewis slipped as he tried to reach out to paint "Kaylee" and kept saying her name was too long.

The Summit County Medical Examiner's Office is investigating the death and says Lewis fell 25 to 30 feet.

(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

AP-NY-04-06-07 0252EDT

Submitted on 04/06/2007

Submitted by: R Schwan
Reference: 4-6-07 - OH AP Wires

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
I wasn't sure about this one until the comment about how Arthur said his girlfriends name was too long. Since others had painted signs on this rock he probably felt it was safe for him to do the same, but then he continued into an unsafe situation when he realized he didn't have enough space to finish her name. Poor Kaylee. Thanks for sending this in!


James said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
"Kaylee" is too long? Now if his girlfriend were named Artimedora or Lysisistra or something like that. I'd understand...Be that as it may, this is funny in a very dark way...and for cryin' out loud, "Kaylee" is NOT a very long name at all! I'll go with Bruce on this one and vote full DA!


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