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A scathing obituary written by one man's widow gets shared by thousands - L.A. Focus Newspaper

Stacey Nagy told CNN's Erin Burnett she wrote an obituary for her husband's coronavirus death where she blamed President Trump, Texas Gov. Abbott and those who do not wear masks because she felt a need to "put blame where it belonged."

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