Amiri Baraka
Poet and playwright
We don't know if he ever died.
What would you want written on your gravestone?
Yeah, well, he died of too much of all the right things.
A Martínez, Morning Edition, NPR, 24 March 2026 source ↗
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George Clinton
Bandleader and songwriter
His mother thought she had to go to the bathroom when he was born. He was destined to be funky.
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