{"id":5227,"date":"2012-07-15T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-15T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.195.175\/index.php\/2012\/07\/15\/a-500-tip-for-pizza-family-fulfills-man-s-dying-wish\/"},"modified":"2012-07-15T04:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-07-15T04:00:00","slug":"a-500-tip-for-pizza-family-fulfills-man-s-dying-wish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodworldnews.org\/index.php\/2012\/07\/15\/a-500-tip-for-pizza-family-fulfills-man-s-dying-wish\/","title":{"rendered":"A $500 tip for pizza: Family fulfills man\u2019s dying wish"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-5226\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.195.175\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/cc947675ce0ac0c98617f27425843c35.jpg\" alt=\"- Image Credit: rotoprofessor.com\" class=\"caption\" title=\"Glen Perkins answers fan's tweet\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"story-subheader\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; color: #333333;\">A Kentucky man&#8217;s family was able to satisfy his dying wish this week and give a local waitress an emotional surprise when they gave her a $500 tip on a pizza.<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"story-img\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; width: 635px; color: #333333; line-height: 12px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\" title=\"&quot;My brother passed away July 7, 2012. His final wish in his will, if he left enough money, was that we have pizza and give the waiter or waitress a $500 tip. Aaron never had much money , and he didn't have enough to make this happen, so I started a website and took donations. On July 10 we were able to make his wish come true for the first time.\" src=\"http:\/\/assets.nydailynews.com\/polopoly_fs\/1.1113248.1342125116!\/img\/httpImage\/image.jpg_gen\/derivatives\/landscape_635\/image.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;My brother passed away July 7, 2012. His final wish in his will, if he left enough money, was that we have pizza and give the waiter or waitress a $500 tip. Aaron never had much money , and he didn't have enough to make this happen, so I started a website and took donations. On July 10 we were able to make his wish come true for the first time.\" width=\"635\" height=\"373\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"credit\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal; color: #999999; text-align: right; text-transform: uppercase;\">SETHCOLLINS VIA YOUTUBE<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"caption\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: normal; color: #999999;\">&#8220;My brother passed away July 7, 2012. His final wish in his will, if he left enough money, was that we have pizza and give the waiter or waitress a $500 tip. Aaron never had much money , and he didn&#8217;t have enough to make this happen, so I started a website and took donations. On July 10 we were able to make his wish come true for the first time.<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"story-rail p402_hide\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; width: 200px; float: right; color: #333333; line-height: 12px;\">\n<div class=\"related-stories\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; height: auto !important;\">\n<h5 style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-size: 23px; font-family: NovecentoBook, Arial; vertical-align: baseline; text-transform: uppercase; line-height: 24px; color: #000000; background-position: 0px 50%;\"><em style=\"font-family: NovecentoMedium, Arial; font-style: normal; margin-right: -4px;\">RELATED<\/em>\u00a0STORIES<\/h5>\n<ul style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 15px 10px; border: 1px solid #000000; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none;\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none; background-position: 0px 50%;\"><a style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 12px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: Georgia; vertical-align: baseline; color: #050000; text-decoration: none; line-height: normal; background-image: url('http:\/\/assets.nydailynews.com\/nydn\/img\/static\/bg\/bullet-red.jpg'); display: block; background-position: 0px 4px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/national\/video-shark-jumps-water-snags-woman-catch-fishing-line-article-1.1112744\">VIDEO: Shark jumps through the water and snags woman\u2019s catch from fishing line\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none; background-image: url('http:\/\/assets.nydailynews.com\/nydn\/img\/static\/border_grey.jpg'); background-position: 0px 0%; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat;\"><a style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 12px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: Georgia; vertical-align: baseline; color: #050000; text-decoration: none; line-height: normal; background-image: url('http:\/\/assets.nydailynews.com\/nydn\/img\/static\/bg\/bullet-red.jpg'); display: block; background-position: 0px 4px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/national\/1.1112426\">Sexually suggestive viral video starring 6-year-old boy was a \u2018joke\u2019 says director\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none; background-image: url('http:\/\/assets.nydailynews.com\/nydn\/img\/static\/border_grey.jpg'); background-position: 0px 0%; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat;\"><a style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 12px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: Georgia; vertical-align: baseline; color: #050000; text-decoration: none; line-height: normal; background-image: url('http:\/\/assets.nydailynews.com\/nydn\/img\/static\/bg\/bullet-red.jpg'); display: block; background-position: 0px 4px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/world\/1.1112100\">Afghans protest brutal public execution of woman, 22, killed over adultery accusation<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-type: none; background-image: url('http:\/\/assets.nydailynews.com\/nydn\/img\/static\/border_grey.jpg'); background-position: 0px 0%; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat;\"><a style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 12px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-family: Georgia; vertical-align: baseline; color: #050000; text-decoration: none; line-height: normal; background-image: url('http:\/\/assets.nydailynews.com\/nydn\/img\/static\/bg\/bullet-red.jpg'); display: block; background-position: 0px 4px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/entertainment\/lol-funny-cat-videos-finally-film-festival-article-1.1112078\">LOL! 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I mean $500 on a f***ing pizza) for a waiter or waitress.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"story-img\" style=\"color: #999999; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 635px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0px -10px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; width: 635px;\" src=\"http:\/\/assets.nydailynews.com\/polopoly_fs\/1.1113247!\/img\/httpImage\/image.jpg_gen\/derivatives\/landscape_635\/image.jpg\" alt=\"PIZZA13N_3_WEB\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"credit\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8px; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right; text-transform: uppercase;\">SETHCOLLINS VIA YOUTUBE<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">Word spread quickly after the family posted Aaron\u2019s wish online, and by July 11 they had raised enough money to make their first gift, which they captured in an emotional video posted to YouTube.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">In the clip, the family surprises a young waitress at a Lexington restaurant called Puccini\u2019s Smiling Teeth, where they hand her a wad of cash when she comes to the table.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">&#8220;My brother passed away late last week and his last wish &#8230; He didn&#8217;t have the money to take care of himself, so we took donations,\u201d Seth explains to her in the video. \u201cHe asked that we go have pizza and leave the waiter or waitress a $500 tip.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"story-img\" style=\"color: #999999; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 635px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0px -10px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; width: 635px;\" src=\"http:\/\/assets.nydailynews.com\/polopoly_fs\/1.1113245!\/img\/httpImage\/image.jpg_gen\/derivatives\/landscape_635\/image.jpg\" alt=\"PIZZA13N_5_WEB\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"credit\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8px; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right; text-transform: uppercase;\">SETHCOLLINS VIA YOUTUBE<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">&#8220;Are you serious?&#8221; the waitress exclaims, quickly getting teary-eyed. &#8220;Are you kidding me?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">&#8220;No, that&#8217;s what he wanted,\u201d Seth responds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">Clearly in disbelief, the waitress starts fanning herself, repeatedly asking if they are serious about giving her the stack of money.<\/p>\n<div class=\"story-img\" style=\"color: #999999; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 635px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0px -10px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; width: 635px;\" src=\"http:\/\/assets.nydailynews.com\/polopoly_fs\/1.1113246!\/img\/httpImage\/image.jpg_gen\/derivatives\/landscape_635\/image.jpg\" alt=\"PIZZA13N_4_WEB\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"credit\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8px; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right; text-transform: uppercase;\">SETHCOLLINS VIA YOUTUBE<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">&#8220;Oh my God, I want to hug you,&#8221; she says, crying as she wraps her arms around him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">&#8220;I&#8217;m going to be telling this story for the rest of my life,&#8221; she says.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">Aaron\u2019s family shared the video on his tribute website and called for more donations in his memory, saying they would continue to give them to waiters and waitresses in $500 chunks the way he would have wanted.<\/p>\n<div class=\"story-img\" style=\"color: #999999; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 635px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0px -10px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; width: 635px;\" src=\"http:\/\/assets.nydailynews.com\/polopoly_fs\/1.1113249!\/img\/httpImage\/image.jpg_gen\/derivatives\/landscape_635\/image.jpg\" alt=\"PIZZA13N_1_WEB\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"credit\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-size: 8px; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right; text-transform: uppercase;\">SETHCOLLINS VIA YOUTUBE<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"caption\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline;\">&#8220;My brother passed away July 7, 2012. His final wish in his will, if he left enough money, was that we have pizza and give the waiter or waitress a $500 tip. Aaron never had much money , and he didn&#8217;t have enough to make this happen, so I started a website and took donations. On July 10 we were able to make his wish come true for the first time.<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">So far they say have received enough to make at least one more donation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">The website does not say how Aaron died, but Seth wrote that he \u201ctook great joy in unexpected kindness\u201d and thought a good tip was the kind of thing that could leave \u201ca mark on a person\u2019s life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Aaron&#039;s Last Wish - A $500 Tip For Pizza\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jP-TOI1mO0A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; color: #444444; line-height: 23px; font-family: Arvo, Arial, sans-serif; max-width: 100%;\"><span style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;\">Duerson, Meena Hart. \u00a0&#8220;A $500 tip for pizza: Family fulfills man\u2019s dying wish&#8221;. 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