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 CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Knowing that his battle with cancer was coming to an end, former NFL linebacker Sam Mills planned every last detail of his own memorial — all the way down to the menu of fried chicken and greens.
"He picked the songs and the scriptures and he told us not to keep you here too long," Carolina Panthers president Mark Richardson said during one of Thursday's eulogies. "And he said he wanted food that tastes good and has lots of grease.
"He didn't want a lobster salad. He wanted iced tea and lemonade and fried chicken. And it's OK if you drop a little grease on your tie — that's what Sam wanted you to do."
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