A Posthumous Dundie: Bittersweet "Office" Tribute

Bostonist couldn't help but get misty-eyed when we read on Boston.com of how Newton teen Nathan Alden Robinson was posthumously honored during NBC's mini-marathon of "The Office" on Thursday night.

Robinson, 15, died in March of of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, pneumonia, and influenza; the youth was a budding piano talent and a huge fan of the NBC television show. As the Globe noted in its obituary, Robinson learned the show's theme song a few weeks prior to his death and was filmed for what became a YouTube clip.

As Matthew Gilbert noted today, "The Office" honored Robinson on Thursday night: "Over the credits, the show ran a clip of Nathan Alden Robinson from Newton playing the "Office" theme song on the the piano."

Boston can boast of our metro area's many ties to the show (when in doubt, just assume that any cast member is from around this area), but for the moment, this just might be our favorite. Well played, Dunder Mifflin.