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NEW BRAVOS, TX (WCMH) – An Army veteran in Arizona with a terminal illness has a unique final wish. Lee Hernandez is currently in hospice care in his home. According to the Arizona Republic, he has continuous strokes that affect his vision and cognitive abilities. Doctors can do nothing more for him except make him comfortable. Lee served more than 18 years in the Army, including a tour in Iraq. Earlier this week, he asked his wife to let him hold his phone, “in case someone calls,” according to a post on the Arizona Veterans Forum.

A Hells Angel who was shot dead in a gunfight has gone for one last ride on his beloved Honda - his destination beyond the grave.Friends helped Puerto Rican David Morales Colon, from San Juan, fulfil his last wish - to be buried with his bike - after the 22-year-old lost his life in a shootout last week. Funeral directors embalmed the body, dressed him in jeans, shoes, a jacket and a hat and put sunglasses on him to cover his eyes. They then used hidden supports to put the corpse on the bike for the wake - with his...

Brenden Foster: 'I had a great time' BOTHELL, Wash. -- The day I met Brenden Foster, I met an old soul in an 11 year old's body. "I should be gone in a week or so," he said calmly. When I asked him what he thought were the best things in life, Brenden said, "Just having one." I didn't understand how this child, who was a year younger than my own son, could be so courageous facing death. "It happens. It's natural," Brenden told me. Three years ago, doctors diagnosed Brenden with leukemia. The boy who once rushed through homework...

Mistake Ends Woman's Wish To Donate Body To Science Grandmother's Body Accidentally Embalmed POSTED: 4:35 p.m. PST January 8, 2003 UPDATED: 4:45 p.m. PST January 8, 2003 ELK GROVE, Calif. -- An Elk Grove family who had been grieving over its grandmother's death are now grieving over the fact that her body will not be able to be used the way she wanted it to be. On Jan. 2, surrounded by her family, 82-year-old Luz Cara del Castillo died peacefully. Her family says that she didn't want a funeral. She had made plans to have her body donated to science....