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Val Patterson recently passed away from throat cancer. While his life came to a tragic and premature end, he chose to highlight the positives in life by writing his own obituary. In his final writing, Patterson said farewell to his loved ones, got some confessions off his chest and even offered some quality to advice to those of us still living. You can read his full obit below. Val Patterson I was Born in Salt Lake City, March 27th 1953. I died of Throat Cancer on July 10th 2012. I went to six different grade schools, then to Churchill, Skyline and the U of U. I loved school, Salt Lake City, the mountains, Utah. I was a true Scientist. Electronics, chemistry, physics, auto mechanic, wood ...