If this is a question you've ever asked, even once, then findagrave.com is for you. It allows you to search for the final resting place of the lifeless luminary in question. Once located, you can read their obituary, find out who their neighbours in interment are or leave flowers and a note.

You can also search the records of 23 million regular folk, perhaps with the aim to find an ancestor. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

The opening of his obituary "was a louche German aristocrat with a multi-faceted history as a pleasure-seeking heroin addict, hell-raising alcoholic, flamboyant waster and a reckless and extravagant host of homosexual orgies."
It goes downhill from there! picked by suebe 2 years ago

All major news outlets have notable persons' obituaries prepared in advance, especially when someone has been very ill, but it takes a MAJOR oops to send it out early. picked by tigertony 1 year ago

In his obituary, his family decided the 'lifelong jokester' should get one last laugh. They put a photo of him taken from the back in his obituary. picked by musicgirldani 3 years ago

Obituary of Tammy Faye who died today. Sad. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

This guy just had no luck throughout his life. picked by musicgirldani 3 years ago

He wanted to "take her home and have fun." picked by Bornbad 3 years ago

Sure, you've never heard of him. But he was denied his final wish, which was to be run over by a beer truck on the way to the liquor store to buy booze for a date. Sounds like he would have been fun to know. picked by arsphidius 1 year ago

Get this, he filed an obituary for his girlfriends son, who was very much alive. Why? To get out of work of course! :-D picked by mrnelson 3 years ago

Retired Marine Corps Col. Kenneth L. Reusser, called the most decorated Marine aviator in history and was shot down in three wars, has died at age 89. picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago

The author JG Ballard, famed for novels such as Crash and Empire of the Sun, has died aged 78 after a long illness. picked by genericusername 7 months ago

Dan Seals, brother of Jim Seals of Seals & Croft blessed us with a lot of great music. As England Dan and John Ford Coley he gave us the classic ""I'd Really Love to See You Tonight". He was also extremely successful as a solo country artist. picked by bernardblack 8 months ago

Patrick McGoohan, best known for starring in cult 1960s TV show The Prisoner, has died at the age of 80. picked by 2manyusernames 10 months ago

Oscar winner, Karl Malden, one of Hollywood's strongest and most versatile supporting actors, has passed away at 97 years old. picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago

At 11 years old she was fascinated with mythology and immediately thought that Pluto, the ruler of Hades, that dark underworld place for the dead was the perfect name for the newly discovered planet. picked by 2manyusernames 7 months ago

While we were whistling the Andy Griffith theme, bemoaning the loss of d**k Martin, Sydney Pollack and Harvey Korman, we lost a really big Hollywood composer. Alexander Courage, the composer of Star Trek fame, also passed.

May he rest in space. picked by bevissimo 1 year ago

Andy Hallett, the actor who played the happy, green-skinned demon Lorne on the television series, "Angel," died of heart disease on March 29 at the young age of 33. picked by 2manyusernames 8 months ago

Ricardo Montalban, the Mexican-born actor who became a star in MGM musicals and later as the wish-fulfilling Mr. Roarke in TV's "Fantasy Island," died Wednesday morning at his home. He was 88. picked by 2manyusernames 10 months ago

Last year we lost Gary Gygax. Now the man who created D&D along with Gygax has passed away as well. The influence of that game can not be understated. He was only 61 years old. picked by 2manyusernames 8 months ago

One of the many men who could lay claim to the title The Fifth Beatle has died in New York after a short illness.

Further details about his life can be found here. picked by Pocksucket 2 years ago