Death Row inmates mad closing feasts from 29,000 calorie banquet to single olive

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From heaping pints of ice cream to a modest bowl of Frosties, the meals requested by inmates before execution have spanned from extravagantly indulgent to surprisingly plain

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1. Death row inmates in the US have made some of the most bizarre and shocking final meal requests in history, ranging from gut-busting feasts to humble single items.
2. Gary Carl Simmons Jr, nicknamed “The Butcher”, holds the record for the most indulgent last meal ever – a staggering 29,000 calorie feast including two Pizza Hut pizzas, McDonald’s fries, ice cream and multiple drinks. The Department of Corrections said he was still “shoving food down” 90 minutes before his execution.
3. At the opposite extreme, Victor Feguer requested just a single olive with its stone still inside before his 1963 hanging. Other notorious killers had equally peculiar picks – John Wayne Gacy ordered KFC and strawberries, while Thomas Grasso complained about his meal mix-up, saying: “I did not get my SpaghettiOs, I got spaghetti. I want the press to know this.”
4. One condemned man’s final wish sparked unexpected kindness when Philip Workman requested a vegetarian pizza be donated to homeless people. Though prison officials refused, Nashville residents flooded homeless shelters with donated pizzas to honour his request.
5. Other bizarre choices included Lawrence Russell Brewer’s massive feast that he refused to eat, Jeffrey Allen Barney’s simple bowl of Frosted Flakes, and Lance Shockley’s humble request for oatmeal and sports drinks.
6. These macabre last suppers reveal everything from dark humour to final acts of compassion in America’s death penalty system.

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