GamblersGrin Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/story/355929p-303377c.html A bloody tattoo death Eerie inking foretold fate By KERRY BURKE and CARRIE MELAGO DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS Joaquin Laguer (above) fainted and fell through glass, killing himself, after getting the tattoo (below) entitled 'Last Rites.' A Brooklyn father getting a tattoo called "Last Rites" inked into his flesh passed out and crashed headfirst into a glass counter yesterday, killing himself, police and witnesses said. Joaquin Laguer, 27, nearly was decapitated during the horrific accident inside Buzz Tattoo, an unlicensed parlor in East Williamsburg. "There was nothing I could do," said shaken tattoo artist Julio Ramos, 36. "I was kneeling next to him, praying to God. My assistant said, 'He's gone.'" Laguer, an aspiring model and rapper, felt faint soon after Ramos finished inking the outline of an abstract, wizardlike tattoo onto his right forearm. Saying he was hungry, Laguer walked over to a glass counter where he'd placed a Spanish takeout meal of half a chicken, fried plantains and rice. But before he could reach the food, he passed out and slammed into the front of the counter at 2 p.m. The shattering glass sliced deeply into his neck, Ramos said. "There was no saving him," said Ramos' assistant, Wilson Fernandez, 24. Laguer, who had a 2-year-old daughter, was rushed to Woodhull Hospital, where he was declared dead at 2:22 p.m. His grieving girlfriend, Shanequa Neal, said Laguer had eight tattoos and wanted another featuring a picture of their daughter, J'lynn. When he couldn't afford it, he chose another tattoo out of a catalog. Neal was stunned by the irony of the name of the "Last Rites" image he had selected. "It was like it was his time," she said. Laguer's mother, Ruthie Stewart, said her son had been plagued with frequent fainting spells throughout his life. The cause of the fainting was never diagnosed, largely because he did not have health insurance and couldn't afford to go to a specialist, his mother said. "If he had fallen anywhere else, he would be here now," said Stewart, who has two teardrops tattooed under her left eye. Laguer worked as a security guard to pay bills but had done professional modeling and dreamed of a music career. While at Paul Robeson High School in Brooklyn, he amassed a roomful of trophies for baseball, basketball and football. His heartbroken girlfriend could not bring herself to tell J'lynn of her dad's death last night. She said she wished she had answered his phone call from the parlor shortly before the deadly accident. "Maybe he wasn't feeling good, and I could have got him to go home," she said. "I just wish I could hear his voice." Ramos, who said he has done tattoos for Knicks star Stephon Marbury and Los Angeles Laker Lamar Odom, was slapped with three violations for failing to have or post a license and for not maintaining proper records. "I just wish it had never happened," he said, while mopping up blood last night. "I wish he'd gone home to his kid." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villain Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 wow that's fucked up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Priest Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neskoner Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 thats horrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tough Love Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 its a sweet tattoo design. im totally ripping it off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alcohol swab Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 crazy wierd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mauler5150 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Very bizzare! I love how they say he is an 'aspiring model and rapper'. As if there isn't enough of them around in today's society. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnomeToys Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Originally posted by Tough Love@Oct 15 2005, 10:54 PM its a sweet tattoo design. im totally ripping it off Quoted post :haha: Bad art does kill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Quickwood Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 what an ironic death Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnomeToys Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 New york hipsters are going to start getting this article tattooed on their foreheads because the shit is so ironic. If they die doing that, it'll be super ironic and they'll start getting the previous hipsters face with the article on it's forehead tattooed on their foreheads. If that one dies doing it it'll be even more ironic, ad infinitum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfffffffffft Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Originally posted by Biggus Dickus@Oct 16 2005, 03:21 AM New york hipsters are going to start getting this article tattooed on their foreheads because the shit is so ironic. If they die doing that, it'll be super ironic and they'll start getting the previous hipsters face with the article on it's forehead tattooed on their foreheads. If that one dies doing it it'll be even more ironic, ad infinitum. Quoted post bwhahahah....funny shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DISTRACT Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 Originally posted by Tough Love@Oct 16 2005, 02:54 PM its a sweet tattoo design. im totally ripping it off Quoted post What does the design look like someone post it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty_habiT Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 That's what happens when Jesus hates you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TURBOCAPSLOK Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteOx Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 thats pretty gruesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ODS-1 Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 I'ts a sign from god! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someone Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 werd i was reading this shit yesterday in the paper..fucking crazy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bruno Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 Shanequa!!! ahahahahahaha!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CACashRefund Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 i feel bad for the kid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THANKYOU Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 what a dumb mother fucker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElectricitySucks Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 For a second, i thought his girlfriend was Shaqueil O'Neal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Quickwood Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 J'lynn. hahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRAMPS Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 Originally posted by ElectricitySucks@Oct 16 2005, 11:02 PM For a second, i thought his girlfriend was Shaqueil O'Neal. Quoted post BING!!! There is a difference between modle rappers and him......they dont Die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarcasm Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 what a way to fucking go. sheezes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teen_014.jpg Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 Originally posted by DISTRACT+Oct 16 2005, 02:08 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (DISTRACT - Oct 16 2005, 02:08 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-Tough Love@Oct 16 2005, 02:54 PM its a sweet tattoo design. im totally ripping it off Quoted post What does the design look like someone post it. Quoted post [/b] It's a flash by Paul Booth, founder of Last Rites Tattoo. The tattoo itself didn't say last rites, they probably got it confused with his studios name (which was probably written on the flash sheet). The actual flash is on the fifth sheet, in the lower right corner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty_habiT Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 Well thank you mr. helpful thread replier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Durden Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 Originally posted by ElectricitySucks@Oct 17 2005, 01:02 AM For a second, i thought his girlfriend was Shaqueil O'Neal. Quoted post I too, my friend. I too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2 blaazed Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 The shaken Brooklyn tattoo artist who watched a man collapse and die in front of him Friday found comfort yesterday from an unexpected source - the dead man's family. Julio Ramos could only kneel and pray at his East Williamsburg shop Friday when Joaquin Laguer, 27, passed out and fell headfirst into a glass counter, opening a neck wound that took his life. Yesterday, he closed his store and was reading an article about the tragedy at a Bushwick Ave. bodega when the man next to him said, "That's my brother," Ramos said. "I was scared to death," said Ramos, 36. "It felt like a bolt of lightning hit me. I feel so guilty about what happened." But Ramos' worries were quickly put to rest by Laguer's brother, who invited him to meet with his family, including Shanequa Neal, the mother of the victim's daughter. "I just want to say God bless that whole family," said Ramos. "After meeting with them, it's like I'm family." Joaquin Laguer, an aspiring rapper and father of a 2-year-old girl, had felt faint after getting a wizard design called "Last Rites" inked on his arm at Buzz Tattoo. He collapsed when reaching for his food. Ramos had initially begged off doing the work, recommending that Laguer go to a parlor across the street. But he relented when Laguer spotted photos of celebrities sporting tattoos done at Buzz Tattoo. "[Laguer's] wife was very reassuring," said Ramos. "She just explained that Joaquin was very insistent that way." "A good guy is gone," said Chris Brown, 22, Laguer's stepbrother. "There is no bringing him back, he was one in a million. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunm Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 oh the irony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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