It may not be an original jab, but the last line of Lee Merkel's obituary should make Buffalo Bills fans smile.

Merkel, 83, passed away on Sunday in North Carolina. Originally from Rochester, New York, Merkel's obituary notes he was a diehard fan of the Syracuse Orange and the Bills.

Lee was an avid fisherman and sports enthusiast who had a religious-like devotion to the Syracuse Orange and his beloved Buffalo Bills.

Shortly after mentioning his love for the Bills, Merkel's obituary ends with a request for Bills players to attend his funeral for a specific reason.

Lee has requested six Buffalo Bills players as pall bearers so they can let him down one last time.

WKBW-TV reached out to Merkel's son, Mark, after his father's obituary was published. According to Mark Merkel, his father wanted the line in his obituary after seeing a Cleveland Browns fan named Scott Entsminger use the line in his 2013 obituary.

WKBW's article also noted that Lee Merkel attended all four of the Bills' Super Bowl losses and will be buried wearing a "Just One Before I Die" t-shirt.

Although Merkel did not see the Bills win a Super Bowl, he was alive during Buffalo's back-to-back AFL Championships in 1964 and 1965.