BEIJING, May 6 (Xinhuanet) -- He doesn't plan on using it anytime soon, but beer lover Bill Bramanti has a custom-made casket in the shape of a beer can that is decked out in the colors -- red, white and blue -- and logo of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer.

    "I actually fit, because I got in here," said the 67-year-old South Chicago Heights resident.

    He threw a party Saturday for friends and filled his silver coffin with ice and his favorite brew.

    "Why put such a great novelty piece up on a shelf in storage when you could use it only the way Bill Bramanti would use it?" said Bramanti's daughter, Cathy Bramanti, 42.

    Bramanti ordered the casket from Panozzo Bros. Funeral Home in Chicago Heights, and Scott Sign Co. of Chicago Heights designed the beer can.

    (Agencies)