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Will Oldham

Singer-songwriter and actor; records as Bonnie 'Prince' Billy

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Biographical information for the curious cemetery stroller and future genealogy buffs. Then maybe something like: "For a little love, you pay with all your life." Or, "Hoping and waiting makes fools out of clever people." Or, "Where people love you, go rarely; where you are hated, go not at all." Stone-cutting is costly.

Clash, Swan Song, 11 May 2012 source ↗

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David Vélez Co-founder and chief executive of Nubank
The simplicity and yet profoundness of the above logic leads us to conclude that for us the most natural and truthful path is to invest this wealth until "our last check bounces", as one of our personal heroes, Chuck Feeney, likes to say.
Recorded pledge letter, The Giving Pledge, 11 August 2021 source ↗
Mr Scruff Record producer and DJ
Probably a bit of an explanation that's also a warning: "Enjoyed prawns, but didn't cook them thoroughly." The gravestone would be made of pink polystyrene and would be made in the shape of a seafood platter.
Recorded Clash, Swan Song, 19 May 2014 source ↗
Tricky Musician, record producer and rapper
Billie Holiday said on her tombstone she'd like to have written 'This drink's on me.' You know how people go to Jim Morrison's grave and sit there and have drinks? So it's literally that drink is on you. I think that's a good one. Or I'd say, 'Just sleeping. I'll be back.'
Recorded Clash, Last Day On Earth, 29 September 2010 source ↗

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Question If you had only one day left, how would you spend it — and what would you deliberately avoid? Death & what remains
It will be a challenge to convince the pilot to make the trip, but certainly not impossible. We can make it from Kentucky to Washington state easily, and gain three hours in the time change. I’ll bring a few people, like my woman for loving, my friends for other companionships, my poor ma, and some kids for the learning experience along on the flight, and then tuck them all in safely in a motel once we have landed.
Recorded Clash, Swan Song, 11 May 2012 source ↗

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