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Some headstones read like a closing line, a screen credit, or one last joke. Look closely at these real markers to see what was carved, painted, or written, and why the words fit the person they remember.

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Mel Blanc
Mel Blanc: “That’s All Folks” appears above Mel Blanc’s name at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles. The voice…
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Spike Milligan
Spike Milligan’s cross stands at St. Thomas’ Church in Winchelsea, England. His line “I told you I was ill” appears in…
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The Mother-in-Law Cross at Săpânța
The Mother-in-Law Cross at Săpânța: The Romanian verse starts “Sub această cruce grea,” or “Under this heavy cross.” The…
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Billy Wilder
Billy Wilder: “I’m a writer but then nobody’s perfect” reads the marker at Westwood Village Memorial Park in Los Angeles…
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Leslie Nielsen
Leslie Nielsen: “Let ’er rip” is engraved beneath the actor’s dates at Evergreen Cemetery in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The…
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Rodney Dangerfield
Rodney Dangerfield: “There goes the neighborhood” appears near the base of the comedian’s marker at Westwood Village…
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Dee Dee Ramone
Dee Dee Ramone: “O.K...I gotta go now.” appears near the base of Dee Dee Ramone’s marker at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. The…
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Jack Lemmon
Jack Lemmon: One word beneath the actor’s name makes the marker look like an opening credit. At Westwood Village Memorial…
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Frank Sinatra’s Original Grave Marker
Frank Sinatra’s Original Grave Marker: “The best is yet to come” led off Sinatra’s original marker at Desert Memorial Park…
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Merv Griffin
Merv Griffin: “I will not be right back after this message” is engraved on the talk show host’s marker at Westwood Village…
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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare: At Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, the stone asks readers to leave the dust…
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Lester Moore’s Boothill Marker
Lester Moore’s Boothill Marker: The white marker at Boothill Graveyard in Tombstone, Arizona, ends with “No Les / No More,”…
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Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker’s marker at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx quotes her poem “Epitaph for a Darling Lady.” It asks for a red…
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Joan Hackett
Joan Hackett’s marker at Hollywood Forever Cemetery tells visitors to go away because she’s asleep. The actor’s epitaph…
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Ed Wynn
Ed Wynn’s plaque at Forest Lawn in Glendale, California, begins “Dear God” and follows it with a single word, “Thanks.” It…
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Ruth Bell Graham
Ruth Bell Graham: “End of construction / Thank you for your patience” closes the inscription on Ruth Bell Graham’s marker…
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Bette Davis
Bette Davis: “She did it the hard way” is engraved below the actor’s name at Forest Lawn in the Hollywood Hills. The short…
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Robert Frost
Robert Frost: “I had a lover’s quarrel with the world” appears on the poet’s family marker in Bennington, Vermont. It’s the…
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John Belushi’s Memorial at Abel’s Hill
John Belushi’s Memorial at Abel’s Hill: A skull and crossed bones sit above the words “I may be gone, but Rock and Roll…

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