Subject: Death

Tomorrow, I shall no longer be here.

(1503 – 1566) French apothecary & reputed seer who published his prophecies

As a family we couldn't decide whether to have grandma buried or cremated… in the end, we let her live.

(1973 – ) English writer & stand-up comedian

He’s the type of man who will end up dying in his own arms.

(1931 – ) American actress & singer

Tenant Failed To Give Notice Before Dying

A melancholy-looking man, he had the appearance of someone who had searched for the leak in life’s gas pipe with a lighted candle.

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist

Was Uncle Oscar’s death very untimely, you ask? Well, it was near lunch.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

A critic is a bunch of biases held loosely together by a sense of taste.

(1926 – 2007) American jazz critic & book reviewer

Okay, I won’t.

(1935 – 1977) American singer

With the newspaper strike on, I wouldn't consider dying.

(1908 – 1989) American actress of film, television & theater

Curtain! Fast music! Light! Ready for the last finale! Great! The show looks good, the show looks good!

(1867 – 1932) American Broadway impresario

Lady, you shot me.

(1931 – 1964) American singer, songwriter & entrepreneur

Maybe they only had one rocket.

British WWII soldier

Death takes no bribes.

(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor

Reality is the leading cause of stress for those in touch with it.

(1939 – ) comedian, actress, writer & producer

I didn't know he was dead; I thought he was British.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

Go on, get out! Last words are for fools who haven't said enough!

(1818 – 1883) German philosopher, economist, sociologist & socialist

It is hovering and it's not an aircraft.

(c.1958 – presumed dead in 1978 ) Australian pilot

My uncle was crushed by a piano; his funeral was very low key.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

Our sympathy is extended to Samuel Austin, whose mother pasted away.

Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

No! I didn't come here to make a speech. I came here to die.

Cherokee Bill (1876 – 1896) American convicted murderer & outlaw