The best eulogy ever

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I’ve been thinking about the impermanence of life lately (not in a morbid or suicidal way, just in a that’s-how-it-is kind of way). And it strikes me that eulogies can be pretty important. I think this is the best one ever: John Cleese’s eulogy of his Monty Python cohort Graham Chapman, in 1989:

For the record, when I eventually die, I want my eulogy to be at least this good. If no one’s laughing at my memorial service, something’s REALLY wrong, and I’d be pissed off.

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I agree. That is the best eulogy I have ever heard and I would love for someone to say f–k if only to shock my relatives one last time.

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1. corinne on January 26th, 2008 at 2:53 pm