Man dead in front of TV for over a year - New York

How strange! Someone must've been paying his electric bills etc all those months... I wonder why that person never thought to check up on him!

What's really sad is thikning how no one had checked on him for a year :( I didn't realize that the pipes had burst and that that was why he was found. I did hear about this the other day, but somehow I missed that little detail. i also heard that his neighbors wondered what happened to him, but thought that he had been put in a nursing home, so didn't check any further into why they weren't seeing him anymore. Also, the air in the house mummified his body! Wow. The strangest thing to me was that his electricity was still going after a year - who paid the bills, lol? And not only that, but his TV was in such good condition that the eletronics didn't break down while being left on for a year with no break! And you would be missed, believe me! No way would your body sit in a house for a year. I wouldn't worry about that. This guy must have had no family left :/

I read this article, and i have to admit, i was horrified while at the same time slightly amused. And impressed that the tv had been going for a year straight and still worked. However, beyond the morbid, i felt for the man. I don't ever want to be so alone that nobody misses me for an enire year. I don't know all my neighbors, but i hope desperately that when my time comes, someone notices before i begin to smell. On top of that, i want his electric company. If we're a day late we start getting hate mail from them.

This does not surprise me. We don't really know or care about our neighbors anymore. We as families move all over the states and lose contact. Things move so fast many don't realize how long anything has been since the last time. I wonder how the rent was paid. We will be fortunate to die of natural causes I think!

Wow, it makes you want to think about your neighbors. That neighbor who said she thought he was in a nursing home is what I would have thought. There is this one lady who I grew up with who's about 89 years old now. I haven't heard about her at all and my father never sees her. Maybe I should go knock on her door :/

Wow this is pretty sad and strange. Nobody checked on him these years and he still had eletricity for the T.V.! Wow. Looks like none of his family cared for him. If he has a family.

This is was so sad to hear and it amazes me that none of his neighbors thought about checking up on him since he lived alone. Someone should have checked to see if he was alright or not. Another thing that amazes me is that his body was still the same and did not decompose after all that time. If the pipes had not burst, he may have been laying there for a even longer period of time. I think it is terrible that nobody even took a moment to see if he was alright or not. He must have had some family or friends.

Oh my gosh, that is really crazy. My children better notice if i was to be gone.

Awww...that is very sad. I don't think that you would ever be missed. Well, missed as in not remembered! LOL You will never be alone with all of those children! :D I don't see how anyone could just forget about an old man like that. Wow, a YEAR! That is a very long time. I hope that I won't be missed/forgotten either. That is very sad. Especially since it was a year, and the only reason why they even noticed was because a pipe burst! :( I hope that he was happy at least. Maybe cold. :((

I find that very sad. I wonder if he didn't have any family still living? I'm sure that your family will always keep you close and would surely know if anything happens to you!

This is very sad indeed; but unfortunately, I think that a lot of elderly people (and a lot of not-so-elderly people) feel very alone and wonder if they would be missed. My heart is saddened ~Donna

That is soo sad. I would hope that I would be missed by at least one person. I wonder how no one, not even the neigbors did not check in on him. That is too werid.

That is really sad and strange. I don't want to die like that. huhuhuhu

I agree with BunGirl: someone must have been paying the electric bill if the TV was still on! It is sad that no one cared enough for this gentleman to assure his well-being. I sometimes wonder if anyone would notice I wasn't active, since I live alone on a farm and rarely get calls or visits.

i feel sorry to this man..dont the neighbours smell something from his house?

That is sad. I wonder if he has relatives. That would be very well be possible if you grow old and are childless.

It has all to do with the social structure of your community. Outside of the big cities there is much more social contact with your neighbors and these situations are not easily happening there.bbbb

It all depends on the social structure of where you live. Down here in Mexico the social control is very strong and especially outside the big cities, something like described would not easily occur.

Yaknow, the article said that the neighbors hadnt heard from him and a while and hadnt even thought to check on him. Does it really take that long to knock on the door and try to say hi? or maybe ask th landlord about the person and see if they moved out or something.

The electric company wasn't sure how his power stayed on that long, but they speculated that he had his bill paid automatically each month, so if he had the money in his bank account the bill was paid.