Occupy OKC mourns loss

Friends and family of a deceased Occupy OKC protester mourned their loss at a memorial service Saturday.

Mourners shared tears, laughter and stories about the deceased at the service, and vow to keep him in their thoughts and actions always.

18-year-old Louis Cameron Rodriguez, who went by "The Poet" was found dead in his tent at the Occupy OKC protest in Kerr Park Monday, friend Mark Faulk said.

Members of the Occupy OKC movement banded together to bring Rodriguez's mother and two sisters in for the service and the burial, friend Beth Isbell said.

A friend of the deceased, who did not wish to be named, paid to fly his mother in for the memorial service.

"I feel kind of blessed that I was able to meet him, so when I found out the family couldn't afford to get here I just wanted to do what I could," Rodriguez's friend said.

Rodriguez came to the camp about two weeks before his death, Isbell said. The homeless Florida-native traveled the country and joined the Occupy movement when he came to Oklahoma City.

At the service, mourners spoke animatedly about Rodriguez and read one of his poems, called "Occupy." Mourners then placed flowers around Rodriguez's tent and shared anecdotes about the man over a community dinner.

"It's not easy to fall in love with someone in a couple of weeks," Faulk said.

The cause of death has yet to be determined.

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