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The Resume

    (2005-February 22, 2022)
    Born in Providence, Rhode Island
    Resides in the dementia unit at the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
    Curls up to sleep with patients two to four hours before their deaths
    His uncanny predictive talents were written up in the New England Journal of Medicine (July 26, 2007)

Why he might be annoying:

    And you thought those stories about cats stealing people's breath were just old wives' tales!
    For some reason, the media treated a cat working in league with the Grim Reaper as a light-hearted human interest story.
    He is generally aloof, with Dr. David Dosa noting, 'This is not a cat that's friendly to people.'
    He inevitably inspired talk about 'psychic' animals from New-Age types.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He is reportedly more accurate at predicting patient deaths than the doctors.
    The hospice staff has started using him as an early-warning system, notifying relatives whenever he snuggles up to a patient.
    Most patients in the hospice are unaware of his presence and thus do not know they have been visited by a harbinger of death.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 16 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 17 Votes: 23.53% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 92 Votes: 41.30% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 10 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 24 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 17 Votes: 35.29% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 128 Votes: 61.72% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 123 Votes: 63.41% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 76 Votes: 36.84% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 57 Votes: 36.84% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 99 Votes: 47.47% Annoying