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Man to be executed gets Myspace page

Patrick Knight - Plans to laugh before his lethal injection tonight in Texas
Patrick Knight - Plans to laugh before his lethal injection tonight in Texas

Patrick Knight, a death row inmate scheduled for execution tonight by the US state of Texas, has turned to Myspace for help.

The 39-year-old wants to literally die laughing, so he solicited jokes through the internet and will tell one of them before receiving a lethal injection.

Knight's friend helped set up his Myspace page and 'hundreds' of suggestions have arrived in the mail.

His page also features a rap song called 'Dead Man Laughing' and a link to his interview on CNN. 

Knight was sentenced to die for the August 1991 murder of his two elderly neighbors in Amarillo, Texas.