Pomp and circumstance. Celebratory send-offs: corpse in a clock ; Underground art ; Farewell by Ferrari ; Practice makes perfect ; Fallen idols ; Taps for Satchmo ; The dance of death ; Homes for the dead -- Curious corpses. Rest for the weary: resurrectionists and murderers ; Traveling tramp ; Evita's power ; Billy the Kid ; Memento mori ; Haydn's head ; Aerial burial -- Odd exits. Portals to eternity: James Dean's race with life ; Sweet disasters ; Casey Jones ; Murder will out ; Suicide in the cards ; Siamese twins ; Laughing to death -- The last word. Final phrase, acts of will: the glorious Fourth of July ; Oscar Wilde ; Bell's silent farewell ; Tallulah, dahling ; Gary Gilmore's fight to die ; Snuffed out ; Howard Hughes intestate ; Up and away.
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