Daily First Line -- 6/3/12

Today's first line comes from Tim Steffen again.  And farther down on the page, I posted what I wrote using his first line as a starting point.  Write yours first before reading mine.  And feel free to email me what you write -- I'd love to read it, and to post it so everyone can see how different stories can be even using the same first line.

The first line:

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He opened up to the obituaries

and saw his name.

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