Obituary goes viral for its powerful honesty about opioid addiction

An obituary has gone viral for its poignant candour about the subject’s cause of death — opioid addiction. 

30-year-old Madelyn Ellen Linsenmeir from Vermont, U.S., died on Oct. 7 from opioid addiction. Her family have shared the story of the devastation wreaked on their lives by opioid addiction in a powerful obit. 

“While her death was unexpected, Madelyn suffered from drug addiction, and for years we feared her addiction would claim her life,” reads the first paragraph of the obit. “We are grateful that when she died, she was safe and she was with her family.” Read more…

More about Obituary, Opioids, Opioid Crisis, Culture, and Web Culture