Chris Coronado of Mesquite, Texas was a huge fan of NBA superstar LeBron James. When Chris was killed during a terrible car accident, his family knew what they had to do. They had to give him the LeBron-centric send-off of his probable dreams.
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LeBron James jerseys were hung in the church for Chris’ memorial service. Pictures of LeBron were mixed in with pictures of Chris. The deceased was even buried in a LeBron jersey (via Busted Coverage).
And to make Chris’ farewell as special as possible, family and friends tried getting in contact with LeBron via Twitter, in hopes that LeBron would tweet a message to his departed fan.
I don’t want to be critical of people in a time of grieving, but some of their hounding of LeBron borders on the questionable.
"@lovestacy2322: @KingJames come on we can't stop won't stop tweeting until you respond for Chris @Coach_Coronado pic.twitter.com/JlajcUqMyQ"
— Kelly Wells (@HYBRDF1R3_) August 6, 2014
Someone might want to inform these people that LeBron probably never logs into his own Twitter account and has someone else managing it for him. So unless the person running the account passes on their messages, he’s never going to know about them.
Far be it from me to criticize the way these folks have gone about memorializing their departed friend/family member. I’m sure he would have wanted LeBron to be a big part of his funeral. I’m sure he would have wanted his peeps to Twitter-stalk LeBron on his behalf.
It just all seems a bit…odd.
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