Poll: Strangest final wishes of famous people.

Results of 938 votes:

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   Marlon Brando in "Desiree" 1954 20th Century Fox

    

   Napoleon Bonaparte - requested his head be shaved and his hair be divided among his friends.
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   "Grim Game, The" Harry Houdini 1919 Paramount

    

   Harry Houdini - requested his wife conduct a seance every year so he could appear and talk to her. He also left a secret 10-digit code so she'd actually know it was his spirit and not a hoax.
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   Hunter S. Thompson in Gonzo (2008)

    

   Hunter S. Thompson - had his ashes fired from a 150-foot tower shaped like a two-thumbed fist holding onto a piece of peyote.
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   Frank Sinatra circa 1962

    

   Frank Sinatra - requested he be buried with a bottle of whiskey, a lighter and a dollar in change.
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   Ciro's Nightclub Jack Benny, Mary Livingston, Sammy Davis Jr. c. 1953

    

   Jack Benny - arranged to have a single red rose sent to his wife Mary Livingstone every day after he was gone.
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   Justin Gross in Ultimate Avengers: The Movie (2006)

    

   Mark Gruenwald - requested that his ashes be mixed in with some ink and used to print the trade paperback version of Squadron Supreme.
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   William Shakespeare

    

   William Shakespeare - stated that his wife Anne receive his "second best bed."
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   Philip Seymour Hoffman at an event for The Ides of March (2011)

    

   Philip Seymour Hoffman - asked for his then-only child Cooper to be raised in New York City so he would be surrounded by the city's rich culture, arts and architecture. If it was not possible for Coop…
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   Elizabeth Taylor "Rhapsody" publicity shot

    

   Elizabeth Taylor - requested her coffin should arrive 15 minutes late to her funeral.
10. 10.
    

    The Best of Friends (1991)

     

    George Bernard Shaw - left some of his wealth to fund the creation of a new alphabet, called the Shavian alphabet, and stipulated that one of his plays be translated using it.
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    "Daniel Boone" Roosevelt Grier, Fess Parker 1969 NBC

     

    Jimmy Dean - asked that his remains be placed inside a $350,000 piano-shaped mausoleum with the words "Here lies one hell of a man" inscribed on it.
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    Gene Roddenberry

     

    Gene Roddenberry - demanded that his ashes be scattered in space.
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    Adam Yauch at an event for Alpha Dog (2006)

     

    Adam Yauch aka MCA - banned any use of Beastie Boys' music from being used in commercials or advertisement.
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    Janis Joplin in Festival Express (2003)

     

    Janis Joplin - set aside $2,500 to pay for a posthumous party, "so my friends can get blasted after I'm gone."
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    The Stevensons (2006)

     

    Robert Louis Stevenson - left his own birthday, November 13, to his friend, Annie H. Ide. Her real birthday fell on Christmas Day and she confided to Stevenson that she has always felt cheated out of …
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    Tom Wilkinson in John Adams (2008)

     

    Benjamin Franklin - noted that his daughter should not engage in "the expensive, vain and useless pastime of wearing jewels."
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    Sarah Jessica Parker and Alexander McQueen

     

    Alexander McQueen - left $81,000 to care for his three English bull terriers.
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    1952 ©1978 Bob Willoughby

     

    Marilyn Monroe - left all her belongings to her acting coach, Lee Strasberg.
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    Ralph Fiennes in The Invisible Woman (2013)

     

    Charles Dickens - stipulated that when he died there should be no memorial to his life, save his writings.
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    A TV Dante (1989)

     

    Publius Vergilius Maro aka Virgil - wanted The Aeneid burned because he felt he was unable to "fix what was wrong" with it.