{"product_id":"the-portable-obituary-how-the-famous-rich-and-powerful-really-died-paperback","title":"The Portable Obituary: How the Famous, Rich, and Powerful Really Died - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Largo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo matter what your station in society, everybody has to go sometime. Even the wealthy, powerful, and world-renowned must ultimately meet their Maker--though some have departed this life more ignobly than they might have wished. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Mozart to rock and roll, which performers ended their lives on the wrong note?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat famous U.S. bridge is named after an explorer who was eaten by cannibals?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEveryone wants to hit the lottery, but does Lady Luck visit winners with deadly fangs?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlus: Learn the real fate of \u003cem\u003eGilligan's Island\u003c\/em\u003e castaways and all your favorite TV actors as well as famous writers, senators, saints, dictators, and philosophers, among many others.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Largo, the man who illuminated readers on the myriad ways of death in \u003cem\u003eFinal Exits\u003c\/em\u003e, has compiled a fascinating, off-beat, and darkly humorous necrology that provides the grim, often outrageous details about the passing of influential persons. Meticulously researched--employing archaeological records, published obituaries, official documents, and forensic evidence--this authoritative, one-of-a-kind reference presents the unabashed truth about a multitude of celebrity deaths, while examining the various deeds, misdeeds, and lifestyle quirks that hastened the demise and determined the departed's role in history and popular myth. \u003cem\u003eThe Portable Obituary\u003c\/em\u003e has the skinny on what made our late icons--whether through overindulgence or neglect: on the john, in the sack, or in some spectacular accident--what they are today: dead \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9.14 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 04, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bram Stoker Awards (2007)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52915295125820,"sku":"9780061231667","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/7265\/1324\/files\/VVNQeTZYRnFvU1FaMi8zOWpCbkFrUT09.webp?v=1774361332","url":"https:\/\/barginbooks.co\/products\/the-portable-obituary-how-the-famous-rich-and-powerful-really-died-paperback","provider":"Books Fare ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}