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The diary was titled "Last Day – Ricardo López", the tape features 21-year-old Ricardo López (utterly naked with his head shaved and his face painted red and green) returned his apartment in Hollywood, Florida. He then explained his actions by stating that he was "a little nervous now" and "definitely not drunk and depressed" while [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykaj8oZkIeM I Remember You] - Björk plays in the background. As soon as the song finishes playing, he turns the revolver on his head and shouted: "This is for you!" triggering it after one second. Ricardo's corpse collapses | The diary was titled "Last Day – Ricardo López", the tape features 21-year-old Ricardo López (utterly naked with his head shaved and his face painted red and green) returned his apartment in Hollywood, Florida. He then explained his actions by stating that he was "a little nervous now" and "definitely not drunk and depressed" while [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykaj8oZkIeM I Remember You] - Björk plays in the background. As soon as the song finishes playing, he turns the revolver on his head and shouted: "This is for you!" triggering it after one second. Ricardo's corpse collapses and bleeding profusely on the floor until the camera stops filming. | ||
== In Popular Culture == | == In Popular Culture == | ||
In 2019, an 87-minute erotic horror film titled ''The Obsessed'' (''Last Day: The Best of Me'').<ref>imdb.com/title/tt7677542</ref> López's final video diary was adapted as the subject material in what Domiziano Cristopharo described the movie as "Albania's first horror film" and "a body horror freely inspired to the real story of Ricardo López, Bjork’s stalker." The film included body horror such as the mouthed penis. | |||
In the [[Wikipedia:Adult Swim|Adult Swim]] animated series ''[[wikipedia:Smiling Friends|Smiling Friends]]'', López's letter bomb plot was referenced by the episode "Enchanted Forest". Pim and Charlie planned to help Mip deliver a handmade gift (with the bomb inside it) to the Princess of the Enchanted Forest, she opened it to reveal the bomb, which nearly killed her, Pim, and Charlie before she threw it out of the window. | In the [[Wikipedia:Adult Swim|Adult Swim]] animated series ''[[wikipedia:Smiling Friends|Smiling Friends]]'', López's letter bomb plot was referenced by the episode "Enchanted Forest". Pim and Charlie planned to help Mip deliver a handmade gift (with the bomb inside it) to the Princess of the Enchanted Forest, she opened it to reveal the bomb, which nearly killed her, Pim, and Charlie before she threw it out of the window. | ||
Previously in 2015, the Björk stalker was a topic of discussion on ''Sleepycast'', a podcast involving ''Smiling Friends'' co-creator and voice actor [[wikipedia:Zach Hadel|Zach Hadel]]. | Previously in 2015, the Björk stalker was a topic of discussion on ''Sleepycast'', a podcast involving ''Smiling Friends'' co-creator and voice actor [[wikipedia:Zach Hadel|Zach Hadel]]. | ||
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==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
