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Remember Me When I'm Gone: The Rich and Famous Write Their Own Epitaphs and Obituaries
by Larry King
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Hardcover:
215
pages; Dimensions (in inches): 0.75 x 7.90 x 5.28 |
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Publisher:
Doubleday & Company, Inc. (March 2004) |
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ISBN:
0385501757 |
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Larry
King, world-famous radio and television personality, asked celebrities a question all of us have pondered: How would you like to be remembered after your death? The result is
Remember Me When I'm Gone, an entertaining and eloquent collection of famous last words from people still alive in the arts, in politics, in sports, and in business. In candid summaries, often leavened by self-deprecating humor, the celebrities reflect on their lives, their ambitions, their mistakes, and their accomplishments.
The contributors include such well-known figures as Alan Alda, Bob Dole, Denis Leary, Hugh Hefner, Stephen King, Beverly Sills, and Donald Trump. Here’s just a sampling:
"Some of the ways I think I want to be remembered can be dismissed almost immediately because they are self-serving, unrealistic, ludicrous, or all of the above.…The actual wording should be
'A lucky and grateful human, who hopes he is remembered as a man of some
integrity.'" – Hugh Downs
"Show me Heaven! I have seen
hell." – Patricia Neal
"If I am remembered first and foremost as a dad and a husband, then I think you could say I kept my priorities
straight." – Jeb Bush
"He Really Was in
Charge." – Alexander Haig, Jr.
"Get a hot roasted chicken, a good loaf of French bread and a cold bottle of chardonnay, eat it all and enjoy and remember me when
I'm gone." – Maya Angelou
Larry
King is the host of Larry King Live, one of CNN’s most highly rated programs, and also hosts the radio talk show,
Larry King Weekend. He has received several Cable Ace Awards for Best Interview/Talk Show Host and Talk Show Series, and his shows have also won the George F. Peabody Award for Excellence in Broadcasting. The author of seven bestselling books about his experiences in broadcasting, he lives in Washington, D.C.
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Publishers Weekly, March 2004
Leave it to King to take a decidedly morbid subject and turn it into something enjoyable. For this volume, the famous news and talk show host asked over 300 celebrities how they would like to be remembered after their deaths. The results range from the slapstick to the revelatory. Some of the contributions are spiritual, such as Mariel Hemingway's statement that after death she would exist "in the ever-new joy of God's love" and Kristin Chenoweth's plan to be "rejoicing with her Lord in heaven." Other parting lines are quite funny, among them Phil Donahue's ("Is the caller there?") and Dave Barry's ("Dave's not here"). Some of the contributions ring with pride and self-congratulation, such as Calvin Klein's "Calvin Klein by Eternity" and Tommy Hilfiger's "An all-American classic designer who brought class to the masses." Last but not least is King's own commentary: "I hope that fifty years from now when people talk about Larry King, they will say, "He did a hell of an interview!" A slight, eclectic book offering dashes of charm and more than a smidgen of self-congratulation, this volume will probably do best when displayed next to cash register with other impulse items.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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