Larry King - Remember Me When Im Gone: The Rich and Famous Write Their Own Epitaphs and Obituaries

CONTENTS When my good friend and book agent, Bill Adler, called me with the idea for this book, I was a little skeptical. I have known Bill for more than thirty years, and we have published at least half a dozen books togethermany of which were very successfulbut this was his wildest idea to date. Why would anyone want to write their own obituary or epitaph? I asked Bill. And his reply was, as he usually is, very direct. It is an opportunity for well-known people from all walks of life to let the world know how they would like to be remembered. Very few people have that opportunity.

Bill convinced me, and obviously convinced over three hundred celebrities who contributed to the book. I think you will find this entertaining to read, certainly interesting, and very revelatory. Larry King
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Call ACTORS AND ACTRESSESALAN ALDA Here Lies AnonymousOur Greatest Author. ALAN ALDA is a multi-award-winning actor, writer, and director. He first appeared on film in 1962 in Gone Are the Days. JAYNE MEADOWS ALLENNo, no, my dear ones, do not weep!There is no cause to grieve.For I am by his side again,My dear beloved, Steve. JAYNE MEADOWS ALLEN is an Emmy Awardwinning actress. JAYNE MEADOWS ALLENNo, no, my dear ones, do not weep!There is no cause to grieve.For I am by his side again,My dear beloved, Steve. JAYNE MEADOWS ALLEN is an Emmy Awardwinning actress.

She and her late husband, Steve Allen, were married for nearly fifty years and starred in numerous television programs together, including Steve Allens memorable PBS miniseries, Meeting of Minds. JUNE ALLYSON When I was a young girl I loved to watch Ginger Rogers dance. I would watch her over and over and eventually learned many of her dance steps. When I went to my first audition, the steps I learned from Ginger were the ones I used. They hired me on the spot. My advice to anyone who has a desire to be a dancer or be in the movies is to find someone they really admire, watch them and learn from them.

Success will be yours. JUNE ALLYSON is an award-winning actress, singer, and dancer. She has appeared in numerous movies including The Stratton Story and The Glenn Miller Story, co-starring James Stewart, as well as The Girl in White and They Only Kill Their Masters. She has recently appeared in various television commercials. ED ASNER The possible conversations heard at the passing of Ed Asner: I had no idea that in his later years he wore a bald cap! He wrote every word that ever came out of his mouth. He spoke of having learned his cavalry technique under Jeb Stuart sans the cavalier peccadillos of that gentlemanand later applying them to the Red Army Cavalry.

Though he spoke twenty-seven languages, he seldom had occasion to use them, perhaps because ten of them were obscure Chinese dialects. As a child he knew Etruscan but he forgot it. From those savants he trusted and occasionally entrusted certain confidences, it might be gathered that his rather lengthy sojourn on earth (if his figures are to be believed) was short in terms of his life and that even more astounding, his life did not commence and will not be terminated on earth. In other words we have what would be called an ET here. Opening the storage locker next to Walt Disneys may reveal that Ed Asner has left the planet. ED ASNER is a multiple Emmy Awardwinning actor. ED ASNER is a multiple Emmy Awardwinning actor.

His portrayal of Lou Grant, head of the WJM newsroom on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, earned him three Emmys during the shows seven-season run. He also received an Emmy for his villainous appearance on the miniseries Roots. MAX BAER JR.Birth, Life, Death... WhateverThe shell of life is broken and the air of death is breathed,A cry of being is uttered by the hand of an expertise.The warmth and quiet gone forever, the fight and toil here.How much better it would have been for all if he had stayed in there.For the future holds a tiny fist that grasps and strikes the air,But never ever wins the war, just slowly loses hair.We enter naked, whole & pure and forever is our wish,But we exit thus not quite the same for life is but a swish.So come ye all to eat my fruit and share with me my lusts,For it wont be long my brothers, before we turn to dust. 2002 Max Baer, Jr. MAX BAER JR. starred as Jethro in the CBS television series The Beverly Hillbillies.

He has gone on to write, direct, produce, and star in a wide variety of films, including The Asphalt Cowboy and Hometown USA. BOB BALABAN Bobs top-ten list of things he would like to be remembered by: 10. He was always late for the party, but when he got there he was a lot of fun. 9. Balding people who wear glasses make the best pets. 8.

Never underestimate the power of the well read. 7. You can accomplish a lot by being annoying. 6. He was short, but his personality was tall. 5.

Check his cell phone, hes probably got it with him. 4. He played a lot of nasty smart people, but he wasnt that nasty and he wasnt that smart. 3. He would like to posthumously thank Christopher Guest for the best time he ever had while filming anything. 2.

Contrary to popular belief, Close Encounters of the Third Kind was not loosely based on Bobs life. 1. And the number one thing Bob would like you to remember about him: You can take the boy out of Chicago, but you cant take the Chicago out of the boy.