Comments on: 10 Celebrity Tombstones Worth a Laugh

By: Sillstaw

Sillstaw — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:58:39 +0000

Leslie Nielsen: “Let ‘er rip.”

By: Angela

Angela — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:46:18 +0000

Ahh I have the kind of morbid sense of humor that I got a book called Final Exits all about the ways people can die (fascinating read). There’s a whole section dedicated to epitaphs and this one has always been my favorite:

Tom Smith is dead, and here he lies,
Nobody laughs and nobody cries;
Where his soul’s gone, or how it fares,
Nobody knows, and nobody cares.

By: James

James — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 21:20:27 +0000

Thank you Stacy, I enjoyed your tombstones, and re-posted this article on my FB wall.
I have a small collection of pictures of non-celebrity stones that are still humorous. One says, “Here lies an Athiest. All dressed up and no place to go.” Another: “Connection reset by peer. He came, he saw, he logged out.” An Arabic stone with: “I am not really dead. Do not believe these American lies.” I also have a pic of a horizontal marker with a large flip top cellphone on top and the flip end is slanted up slightly, and one that simply says: “Bye”. I’d be happy to send them to the Author, as you have my email address on this post. Just include the word Tombstone in the subject line so I don’t delete it.
Some here are correct in that W.C. Field’s marker did not include the verse he wanted very badly. The explanation for that is humorous as well. Fields often said live and in recordings and on radio: “I’d rather be dead in L.A. than alive in Philadelphia.” He said it many times, thus the marker he really wanted read: “On the whole, I’d rather be in Philadelphia.”
Finally, hopefully many years from now, Arnold Schwartsenegger’s perfect stone should certainly read: “I’ll be baaack”

By: Jimmie

Jimmie — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 03:03:19 +0000

Calling all Jack Lemmon fans! Does no one
remember “Days of Wine and Roses”? and the
wonderful “Prisoner of 2nd Avenue”? Here’s to
Mr. Lemmon—a class act!

By: DeeEmm

DeeEmm — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 07:38:43 +0000

What, no one cited George Burns and Gracie Allen’s grave marker? Inside the Freedom Mausoleum at Forest Lawn Glendale is their very deluxe wall crypt, with the words “Say goodnight, Gracie” and “Together Forever.”

Incidently, there are no pranks at all in Westwood. Those are real grave markers, and they are in the newest area of the memorial park. (Who would try to get away with faking the graves of anyone as prominent as Jack Lemmon and Billy WIlder?)

Finally, note that the dates on the Poe headstone are not his date of birth and death, but rather the dates of when he was originally buried in that location. 1849 is when he was buried.

By: Karlee

Karlee — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 20:05:59 +0000

EDGER ALLAN POE DIED IN THE YEAR 1849 THE TOMBSTONE IS WRONG…. WOW THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THE TOMBSTONE ARE STUPID.

By: Hans Hailey

Hans Hailey — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 22:01:58 +0000

So many people loved “Some Like it Hot” that I’m amazed that no one recognized Billy Wilder’s epithet as the last line from that movie. Remember? Jack Lemmon admits to Joe E. Brown that he can’t marry him because he’s a man and Brown says “that’s ok. Nobody’s perfect.”

By: catherine

catherine — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 22:12:56 +0000

Nick Drake’s tombstone for sure. The line is from his song “From the Morning” that people probably recognize from the AT&T commercial that has the orange sheets falling from buildings, et cetera.

“And now we rise, and we are everywhere.”

@Phoebe: I an mildly insulted that you think of zombies…. I don’t think that’s at all what he meant, and I could never assosciate Nick Drake with the undead. But I commend you highly for mentioning him. :)

By: John Murphy

John Murphy — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:53:40 +0000

Hello Bookworm, read Edgar Allen Poe’s headstone again. It is where he was buried from 1849 to 1875.

By: bookworm

bookworm — Sat, 15 May 2010 15:42:38 +0000

the edgar alleen poe one has the wrong dates he was born january 9 1809 and dies october 7 1849