| Fields,
W.C. (last words) |
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Here lies W.C. Fields. I would rather be living
in Philadelphia. |
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Although this epitaph does not appear on Fields' gravestone,
which contains name and dates only, Fields' did write and submit it to
Vanity
Fair in 1925. U.S. President Ronald Reagan gave the phrase renewed
popularity while hospitalized following an assassination attempt when he
told the press, "All in all, I'd rather be in Philadelphia." |
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For more information:
The Larcenous
Life and Work of W.C. Fields |
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Recommended reading:
Man
on the Flying Trapeze: the Life and Times of W.C. Fields |
| Gustavus
III, King of Sweden |
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TANDEM FELIX
(Happy at last) |
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For more information:
Gustavus
III |
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| Hickok,
J. B. "Wild Bill" |
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Wild Bill
J. B. Hickok
Killed by the assassin
Jack M'Call
In Deadwood, Black Hills
Aug. 2d 1876
Pard, we will meet
again in the Happy
Hunting Ground
To part no more,
Goodbye |
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Recommended reading:
Aces
and Eights by Loren Estelman |
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Recommended viewing:
Wild
Bill Hickok, an A&E Biography |
| Hood,
Robin |
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Here underneath dis laitl stean
Laiz Robert Earl of Huntingdon.
Near arcir ver az hie sae geud,
An pipl kauld im Robin Heud:
Sic an utlawz as hi an is men
Vil England niver si agen.
Obiit 24 Kal, dekembris, 1247
(Here underneath this little stone
Lies Robert, Earl of Huntingdon.
No archer was as he so dood,
And people called him Robin Hood.
Such an outlaw as he, and his men,
Will England never see again.) |
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For more information:
The Robin
Hood Project |
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Recommended reading:
Merry
Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle |
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Recommended viewing:
The
Adventures of Robin Hood starring Errol Flynn
Robin
Hood: Prince of Thieves starring Kevin Costner
Robin
Hood: Men in Tights, a Mel Brooks comedy |
| Keats,
John |
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This Grave
contains all that was Mortal
of a
Young English Poet
Who
on his Death Bed
in the Bitterness of his Heart
at the Malicious Power of his Enemies
Desired
these words to be engraven on his Tomb Stone
"Here lies One Whose Name was writ in Water." |
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For more information:
The British Library Keats
Exhibition |
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