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Shopaholic spinster found dead under 3ft of unopened goods
dailymail.co.uk ^
| January 9, 2009
| James Tozer
Posted on 01/08/2009 8:31:36 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
A spinster who obsessively hoarded clothes died in her home after a mountain of suitcases fell on her, burying her alive.
Joan Cunnane, 77, owned 300 scarves as well as thousands of trinkets and valuables.
They took up so much space in her bungalow that she had only a 2ft-wide path to get around them, and her car and garage were packed with other goods.
After she was reported missing earlier this week, it took police searching her home two days to sift through her possessions.
Miss Cunnane was eventually found buried under a 3ft pile of cases in a back bedroom where she had apparently gone in search of a favourite item.
The eccentric pensioner, who had no known family, is thought to have died of dehydration several days earlier on Boxing Day.
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TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: disorders; elderly; hoard; hoarder; hoarders; hoarding; mentalillness; ocd; pigsty; squalor; stuff
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Wait a sec. Isn’t this awfully like the guy who died in one of his house tunnels of garbage?
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posted on
01/08/2009 8:34:33 PM PST
by
ReneeLynn
(Socialism, it's the new black.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
It was funny until I realized that it as a very slow way to die. Just terrible...
To: ReneeLynn
I love it, death by shopping and on Boxing Day yet! How utterly perfect.
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posted on
01/08/2009 8:36:37 PM PST
by
johnnycap
To: Free ThinkerNY
There’s a point when you stop owning things and the things begin owning you...
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posted on
01/08/2009 8:37:46 PM PST
by
Grizzled Bear
("Does not play well with others.")
To: johnnycap
She shopped till she dropped?
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posted on
01/08/2009 8:44:14 PM PST
by
ReneeLynn
(Socialism, it's the new black.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Apparently, she never heard of recycling...
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posted on
01/08/2009 8:46:25 PM PST
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life ;o)
To: Liberty Valance
At least she hoarded clothes instead of cats.
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posted on
01/08/2009 8:54:16 PM PST
by
Ciexyz
To: Free ThinkerNY
Her executor will have one helluva garage sale.
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posted on
01/08/2009 8:55:17 PM PST
by
Ciexyz
To: johnnycap
"I love it, death by shopping and on Boxing Day yet! How utterly perfect." That's not the sort of death that I want to experience. Give me the "bi-directional departure" that Nelson Rockefeller enjoyed!
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posted on
01/08/2009 8:56:29 PM PST
by
davisfh
( Islam is a very serious mental illness)
To: davisfh
errr ....On the job ?
:^)
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posted on
01/08/2009 8:58:26 PM PST
by
investigateworld
( Abortion stops a beating heart)
To: Ciexyz
At least they are umopened.
To: Free ThinkerNY
"The ultimate box for all your stuff." -- George Carlin
To: Free ThinkerNY
Stay higher than your luggage and it won't fall on you.
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posted on
01/08/2009 9:11:45 PM PST
by
BerryDingle
(I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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posted on
01/08/2009 9:14:24 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(First 2009 Profile update Tuesday, January 6, 2009___________https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: ReneeLynn
It looks like there may be an epidemic of this sort of thing in Great Britain.
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posted on
01/08/2009 9:16:55 PM PST
by
Free ThinkerNY
((((Truth to a Liberal, is like a crucifix to a vampire))))
To: Free ThinkerNY
Yes, this calls for a ban on hoarding. It’s bad for you.
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posted on
01/08/2009 9:41:22 PM PST
by
ReneeLynn
(Socialism, it's the new black.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
What is it with these Brits? :0)
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posted on
01/08/2009 10:23:04 PM PST
by
Cowboy Bob
(Barack Obama: The Bernie Madoff of Politics)
To: Cowboy Bob
It’s not just the Brits — she was in her 70’s which meant she experienced at least part of the Depression. I know people who have lived like this. It’s so sad.
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posted on
01/08/2009 10:29:32 PM PST
by
Tuscaloosa Goldfinch
(My new favorite quote "You can't organize clutter.")
To: Free ThinkerNY
Oh please dear Lord if I must die, let me die beneath my Prada shoes and my Burberry handbags!! LOL. Maybe throw in a full length mink coat for good measure Lord. ;-). Preferably just one quick swoop across the head and put me out for immediate transport if you must! Also Lord. I do not have a problem with the mink on me as they zip me up. I know you can't take it with you, but heck you can wear it last! :-D
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posted on
01/08/2009 11:18:52 PM PST
by
GOP Poet
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