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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What would you want written on your gravestone?
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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.
Elizabeth McGovern
American actress and musician
My daughter and I saw a tombstone the other day. All it had on it was, "She was a real character." We laughed and laughed. That'll be me.
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.'
Brody Dalle
Singer, songwriter and musician
'Brody Dalle-Homme: ASS KICKER.'
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