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- As the South Florida Sun Sentinel noted of the unusual epitaph: Leslie Nielsen couldn't resist one last joke. His tombstone in the city's historic Evergreen Cemetery reads "Let 'er rip." Nielsen, the star of such comic movies as "Airplane!" and "Naked Gun," had a low-key retirement in Fort Lauderdale before his death last fall at 84.
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Jun 9, 2011 · Origins: This image is indeed a photograph of the marker at the burial site of actor Leslie Nielsen, who was interred at Fort Lauderdale's Evergreen Cemetery after passing away at the age of 84 in...
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Nov 7, 2022 · As reported by the Daily Mail, Nielsen announced in a 1996 interview that he planned to have the epitaph "Let 'er rip" on his gravestone. Visitors to the Evergreen Cemetery in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., can stop by Nielsen's grave site and enjoy one last fart joke from him.
Dec 9, 2022 · As his epitaph reads: “Let ‘er rip.”. And if that’s not enough, he also had a memorial bench placed in the Fort Lauderdale cemetery which comically comes with the plaque: “Sit down whenever you can.”. From rather serious beginnings, Nielsen found his groove with perfect timing.
Jun 3, 2011 · Neilsen loved gags about gas and whoopee cushions and promised in a 1996 interview that the line would be his epitaph. Flatulence jokes from movie stars is something new for Evergreen. It’s...
Leslie Nielsen's gravestone bearing his epitaph, a final reference to his favorite practical joke, a fart machine. In November 2010, Nielsen was admitted to Holy Cross Hospital, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with pneumonia.
Nov 28, 2010 · Leslie Nielsen. Actor, Comedian. Born Leslie William Nielsen, he was a World War II-era Royal Canadian Air Force veteran. He attended the Lorne Greene Academy of Radio Arts and Neighborhood Playhouse (New York City actor's training school) before beginning steady television work in the late 1940s.
TIL that Leslie Nielsen's epitaph reads: "Let 'er rip", a final reference to his favorite practical joke.He was a practical joker, and known for pranking people with a portable hand-controlled fart machine: "he always had that fart machine with him".
