America's saddest granddad: Heartbreaking photos of lonely 'Papaw' sweep Twitter after he was snubbed by FIVE of his grandkids having made them a special family dinner

Papaw prompted an outpouring of emotion after his granddaughter Kelsey Harmon, from Washington, Oklahoma, posted a snap of him eating burger

The Northeastern State University student said Papaw had made 12 burgers for his six grandchildren but claims that only she turned up

The tweet - retweeted 84,000 times and favorited by 140,000, prompted a huge response from across the world

Many people said that the image, and the story behind it, left them in tears 

Kelsey was forced to ask people to leave her cousins alone after they were sent 'death threats' by Twitter users left appalled by their behavior

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