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Judging by Jack Lemmon’s tombstone at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in L.A., the actor was anything but a Grumpy Old Man.
- The last laugh. Everyone is born. Everyone dies. It’s only the stuff that happens in the middle that makes us unique. Most tombstones either skip over that part entirely or offer mere platitudes about the person buried below.
- That’s all, folks. The great voiceover artist Mel Blanc, who voiced Bugs Bunny, Woody Woodpecker, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety Pie, Sylvester, and many other popular cartoon characters, was also the voice of Looney Tunes’ ubiquitous sign-off, “The-the-the-that’s all folks.”
- The final commercial break. Are you obsessed with trying to answer the Jeopardy! questions that stump everyone? You have Merv Griffin to thank for that. The host of the eponymously titled talk show, which aired from 1962 to 1986, also created Wheel of Fortune.
- I told you so. In Princeton, New Jersey, you’ll find the gravestone of one William H. Hahn Jr, who ordered his tombstone himself a week or two before his demise.
Jun 27, 2001 · Grave of Jack Lemmon. Jack Lemmon was born on February 8, 1925 and died in USC Kenneth Norris Jr. Cancer Center and Hospital, Los Angeles, California due to Bladder cancer on June 27, 2001.
- Mel Blanc
- Robert Frost
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Ed Wynn
The Man of a Thousand Voices knew how to leave his audience wanting more. On the off-chance that you're not familiar, Mel was the voice of Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, Sylvester the cat, Tweety Bird, Yosemite Sam and Foghorn Leghorn (among others). How fitting, then, that he chose to have this engraved on his headstone:
You might expect one of Frost's famous quotes to be inscribed on his tombstone: "In three words I can sum up everything I have learned about life: it goes on." Instead, he went with something equally thought-provoking: ("I had a lover's quarrel with the world," in case you can't read it.)
Such a dark and macabre writer such as Edgar Allan Poe would surely have something similarly creepy on his headstone, and he does not disappoint. "Quoth the raven, 'Nevermore'," is what the text on the arch over the raven says.
You may not know Ed Wynn by name, but Disney fans will recognize him as the voice of the Mad Hatter fromAlice in Wonderland. Later, he played crazy Uncle Albert in Mary Poppins. Prior to Alice, he was a headliner on Broadway who found his way under W.C. Fields' tutelage. Wynn remembered who was responsible for all of his success and made sure to no...
- Man Ray. The tomb of Man Ray and his wife of 36-years Juliet Browner is a moving symbol of eternal love. Ray’s epitaph reads, “Unconcerned, but not indifferent,” and is signed, “Love Juliet,” a final gift from his spouse who would outlive him by 15 years.
- Audrey Hepburn. Audrey Hepburn died of appendiceal cancer, aged 63, at her home in Tolochenaz, Switzerland. Four days later her funeral was held in the village church, led by the pastor who had wed Hepburn and Mel Ferrer, and with a eulogy by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan of UNICEF.
- Helmut Newton. Lauded fashion photographer Helmut Newton was killed in an accident on 23 January 2004, when his car sped out of control and hit a wall in the driveway of the Chateau Marmont which had for several years served as his residence in Southern California.
- Jim Morrison. Jim Morrison’s grave, in Paris' Père Lachaise Cemetery, has been a place of pilgrimage for fans since the singer’s untimely death in 1971.
Jack Lemmon died of bladder cancer on June 27, 2001 in Los Angeles, California; he was 76 years old. The remains of Jack Lemmon are buried in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.
What does Jack Lemmon’s tombstone say? Jack Lemmon chose a uniquely fitting epitaph for his tombstone. At his request, the inscription reads simply, “Jack Lemmon in,” evoking the opening titles of a movie and capturing the essence of his illustrious career on the silver screen.
