When asked what he what he wanted written on his gravestone when he passes on, Dustin Hoffman replied he wanted “I Knew This Was Going To Happen.”
It got me thinking of some others & I found a few:
“That’s All Folks” Mel Blanc the Man of a Thousand Voices
“Truth and History; 21 Men; The Boy Bandit King; He Died As He Lived” Billy the Kid
“Mercy Jesus” Al Capone
“The Entertainer. He Did It All” Sammy Davis
“A Gentle Man and a Gentleman” Jack Dempsey
“Called Back” Emily Dickinson
“Born 1828. Going, Going, Gone” Jedediah Goodwin, Auctioneer
“Come blooming youths as you pass by; and on these lines do cast an eye. As you are now, so once was I; as I am now so must you be. Prepare for death and follow me.” Someone scribbled on the tombstone “To follow you I’m not content. How do I know which way you went.” Ellfie Jean Robinson 1892
“Here lies Lester Moore. Four slugs from a fourty- four. No Les No
“Here lies a man named Zeke. Second fastest draw in
“He called Bill Smith a liar” Unknown
“I would rather be here than in
“She drank good ale, good punch & wine and lived to the age of 99.” Rebecca Freeland 1741
“Here lies an atheist John Doe. All dressed and no place to go.”
“On the whole, I’d rather be in
So what is yours going to be?