Custom Gravestones Reflect Personality ; Photos, Lighting, Custom Shapes Leave Lasting Impression

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Call it the ultimate in underground humor. For a book published earlier this year, television personality Larry King posed an unusual question to well-known public figures and celebrities: "How would you like to be remembered after your death?" More than 300 people responded to his query, providing King with the material for "Remember Me When I'm Gone: the Rich and Famous Write Their Own Epitaphs and Obituaries."

Last words range from actor Stacy Keach's lighthearted verse, "Here lies Stacy Keach / A Georgia peach / Lived at the beach / Now out of reach," and comedian Howie Mandell's last laugh, "Is It Me or Is it Dark In Here?," to former secretary of State Alexander Haig Jr.'s parting shot, "He Really Was In Charge." The book encouraged well-known figures in the arts, politics and entertainment to reflect on their lives and leave a closing thought for posterity.

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Custom Gravestones Reflect Personality ; Photos, Lighting, Custom Shapes Leave Lasting Impression

But without a call from Larry King, most of the rest of us aren't writing our postscripts. Of the more than 2 millio...

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