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.

Recorded Farai Chideya, News & Notes, NPR, 9 January 2007 source ↗

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.

Recorded Tony Cox, News & Notes, NPR, 13 February 2009 source ↗

Billy Idol Singer and songwriter

Yeah, well, he died of too much of all the right things.

Recorded A Martínez, Morning Edition, NPR, 24 March 2026 source ↗

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