I watched an episode of Mrs Brown's Boys, where they had a living funeral for GrandDad. Of course only the immediate family knew he had not passed.
I thought of these after watching it, add your own
Imagine hearing stuff like:
'And he never did find out the children were not his'
'We are all amazed and astounded at what he actually made of his life, considering his disability"
'Mary told me just the week before Jack's accident she had found true love, just didn't know how to tell Jack, and then the truck blew up mysteriously'
'we wanted to tell him about the 11 million dollars hidden in the basement, but were waiting until his next birthday'