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By Kimberly Powell, About.com Guide to Genealogy since 2000

Remember Me When I'm Gone...

Monday April 12, 2004
Larry King, world-famous radio and television personality, often asks celebrities questions all of us have pondered: How would you like to be remembered after your death? What would you like your epitaph to say? The responses are collected in a new book, "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.

Excerpts from "Remember Me When I'm Gone":

I won't be back after this message - Jean Shallot, movie critic

It may be said that she really tried. Ask anyone and they will tell you she was a most trying person. - Betty White, "The Golden Girls"

I guess my 15 minutes are finally up - Kato Kaelin

Here lies Stacy Keach, a Georgia Peach, lived at the beach, now out of reach - Stacy Keach, actor

No, no, my dear ones, do not weep! There is no cause to grieve. For I am by his side again, My dear beloved, Steve." - Jayne Meadows Allen, actress and wife to late-husband, Steve Allen.

It's over - Yogi Bear

He did his best to be a thoughtful, grateful neighbor. He cared most about the deep, the simple, the quiet, and the kind. He loved his family, his friends, his music and his God, and he always said the best words in any language were "thank you, thank you, thank you. - Fred Rogers

How would you like to be remembered by your friends and family? What would you like your epitaph to read? Join the discussion in the forum!

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