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Fans of Breaking Bad Run Walter White Obit in Albuquerque Journal

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Reason Staff | 10.4.2013 11:30 AM

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High school science teacher David Layman and other members of the "Unofficial Breaking Bad Fan Tour" Facebook group, paid for the Walter White death notice that appears on 4A in today's Albuquerque Journal.

"I've been a humongous 'Breaking Bad' fan since the beginning," says Layman, who notes that he has a student named Jesse. "I was actually in the pilot, and putting the obit in the paper was fitting, because the series was based in Albuquerque and it provides some of us some closure."

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  1. Jon Lester   12 years ago

    Not sure how relevant this is, but when I visited Albuquerque a few times in the 80's, the prostitutes on Central had flashing red lights on their belts, and carried credit card swipers...

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