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Title: What a Way to Go: Fabulous Funerals of the Famous and Infamous by Adele Q. Brown ISBN: 0-8118-2750-X Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: February, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.83 (6 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Chaos in the Cemetery!
Comment: There was chaos in the cemetery of Elvis internment. Riots at Rudy's mortuary! And then there was that nasty business of Eva Peron's globe-trotting body.
This is the perfect Halloween Coffee Table (or Coffin Top - if that's how one decorates for the Holiday) Book. The author tells tales of two dozen dearly departed and how they got there. At The Beginning of each End, she gives "Vital Statistics" varyingly including age at and cause of death, survivors, previous "close calls," and "Last Words" ("I'm so bored with it all" Sir Winston Churchill, "I'm going into the bathroom to read" Elvis Presley) There are other headlines at the time of death, concise and interesting bios, and, of course, details of funerals and send-offs. It includes many glossy black and white photos.
The book notes questionable cause (or perpetrator) of death for Marilyn Monroe and Martin Luther King, Jr. but then ascribes JFK's death to the lone gunman, Lee Harvey Oswald. When Pigs fly! And, speaking of pigs, Muppets sang at Jim Henson's memorail service, at which no one wore black. Reviewed by TundraVision
Rating: 4
Summary: Great stories and tales
Comment: Great book on funerals of some legendary people. In particular I remember the one about the funeral of Jim Henson. I wish it had a tad more photos (there were a lot but I like tons) but it's great for anyone into funerals and wants something on their cofee table..
Rating: 4
Summary: Death Revisited
Comment: Call this 'Death and Burial Rites of the Celebrated'. This is an interesting take on the funeral rites of many famous people. I won't go into detail because this has already been done more than adequately in the first customer review. I was particularly fond of the manner in which the material was presented. I felt that the written accounts of the funeral rites discussed within presented a verbally visual sense of being there.
The subjects discussed were from quite diverse levels of celebrity. The information presented was in some cases as much reflective of the historical time frame during which they occurred as well as the individuals being honored.
This was a very interesting exhumation of information long buried and forgotten.
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Title: The Hollywood Book of Death : The Bizarre, Often Sordid, Passings of More than 125 American Movie and TV Idols by James Robert Parish ISBN: 0809222272 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 29 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Hollywood Remains to Be Seen: A Guide to the Movie Stars' Final Homes by Mark J. Masek ISBN: 1581822456 Publisher: Cumberland House Pub. Date: 05 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Cemetery Stories : Haunted Graveyards, Embalming Secrets, and the Life of a Corpse After Death by Katherine Ramsland ISBN: 006018518X Publisher: HarperEntertainment Pub. Date: 02 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Where Are They Buried? How Did They Die? Fitting Ends and Final Resting Places of the Famous, Infamous, and Noteworthy by Tod Benoit ISBN: 1579122876 Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Pub Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Where the Bodies Are: Final Visits to the Rich, Famous, & Interesting by Patricia Brooks ISBN: 0762723378 Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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