Penning your own obituary is hardly a novelty. Many have used their final public statement to impart words of wisdom, leave a special message for their loved ones, or even to get one last laugh.

And while many colorful obituaries have graced the pages of newspapers around the world, two published earlier this year were explicit calls from beyond the grave telling voters in November to oppose the presumptive GOP nominee.

Jeffrey Cohen of Pittsburgh, who died at the age of 70, used his obituary to plead with voters. While Cohen did not phrase the request, he did implore family members to include it.

“Jeffrey would ask that in lieu of flowers, please do not vote for Donald Trump,” read the final line of the obituary, published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

A successful chiropractor and self-described “Jewish cowboy”, Cohen earned a modicum of fame prior to his noteworthy obituary for his treatment of celebrity patients including Liza Minelli, Weird Al Yankovic, as well as Olympian athletes and professional sports stars, earning him the monikers “Chiropractor to the Stars”.

But Cohen was not alone in using his final message to voice his strident opposition to the Manhattan real estate mogul. Just days before his passing, an 86-year old grandmother issued an even sharper posthumous rebuke of not only Trump but his voters as well.

While her family included a loving portrait of Ruth, noting her love of horse-riding, “crocheting pillows for her grandchildren, and cooking her signature pasta casserole”, they also respected her final wishes – which were even recorded in her last will and testament – to include the following profanity-laced rant against supporters of  Donald. Trump.

“As stipulated in her will, Ruth wanted to make sure her obituary included this final line: ‘If you vote for Donald Trump, you seriously must be a f****** dumb a**’”.