Dad ‘lived much longer than he deserved,’ son writes in searing Florida obituary

According to the outlet, Lawrence Pfaff Jr. wanted to say the truth about his father when he wrote an obituary about him.

The publisher is looking into how the piece was published.

Lawrence Pfaff wrote an obituary for his father, who died on June 27 at the age of 81, and it ran on July 2. He didn't know how many children he had.

The piece states that he is survived by his three children. Five children made a mistake. We believe there is at least one more that we know about.

In a video interview with the Florida Times-Union, the junior Pfaff said he didn't want to lie about who his father was.

He told the outlet that he read a lot of obituaries that were positive but not always positive.

According to his son, his father was an alcoholic and a narcissist who was incapable of love.

His son wrote that his father was an officer with the New York Police Department for more than two decades but had his gun and badges taken because of his alcoholism.

The New York Police Department did not reply to a request.

According to the obituary, Lawrence, Jr. abused his first wife and children. He didn't follow through on any of the projects he started. He lived above his favorite hole in the wall, the club Nashville, for many years and enjoyed the life of a barfly.

The obituary for a person that was published in the Florida Times-Union, a daily newspaper based in Jacksonville, did not comply with internal guidelines, according to an email from a spokesman for the publisher.

An author can enter an obituary into the newspaper's system, at which time a representative will send the submitter an email with a proof of what the obituary will look like in the paper.

The person's death needs to be verified with a licensed party, according to the outlet. Guidelines for what an obituary should include are not mentioned on the page.

A bulleted list of information that is typically included in an obituary, such as full name, age at death, family members and survivors, work history and funeral service information, can be found on afrequently-asked questions page. Guidelines for how obituaries should be written are not mentioned.

Writing an obituary helped him heal from his childhood trauma, according to Pfaff Jr.

Readers across the country appreciated his honesty.

HeatherRenee Farris commented on the Florida Times-Union's Facebook page, thanking him for speaking the truth. The paper was brave in printing it.

There was no need for your publishing parent company to apologize. He should have used his 81 years here to try and be a decent man.

His father damaged his adult children and left them broken, according to his son.

He wrote that Lawrence, Jr. can be remembered for being a father to many.

He wrote his obituary a year before he died, according to the Florida-Times Union.

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