Titus Tolliver

Titus Tolliver, known simply as Grandpa to his family, was a character who appeared in the Tales from the Darkside episode "A Case of the Stubborns."

Description
At first seemingly no more than a well-dressed old man, as the episode went on, Titus's condition deteriorated to the point that his body started to decompose and his extremities began to drop off. Even after he died, Grandpa Tolliver showed a real affection for his still-living family.

History
After Titus died of a heart attack, his family were shocked to see him arrive at the breakfast table to eat the next morning. His daughter surmised that the old man was simply too stubborn to realise that he was dead.

Despite all of their efforts to make Titus believe that it was his time to pass on, he remained convinced that he was still alive, constantly demanding proof that he was dead, even when the town doctor showed him that his heart had stopped beating and that he was no longer breathing.

Eventually, his grandson Jody approached the local voodoo practitioner to ask for help, and the old woman gave him pepper to slip into Grandpa Tolliver's napkin. When he got a whiff of the pepper, Titus let out an almighty sneeze, causing his nose to drop off into the napkin. This proved to be all the evidence that he needed to show that he was dead, and Titus retired to his bed one last time.