Kurt Vonnegut
Novelist and essayist
Everything was beautiful, nothing hurt.
Death & what remains
What would you want written on your gravestone?
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Amiri Baraka
Poet and playwright
We don't know if he ever died.
Terry Gilliam
American-born British filmmaker
On my tombstone I want the words, "He giggled in awe."
Billy Idol
Singer and songwriter
Yeah, well, he died of too much of all the right things.
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