{"product_id":"9780061231667","title":"The Portable Obituary : How the Famous, Rich, and Powerful Really Died","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Portable Obituary\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Michael Largo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780061231667\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"William Morrow Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41057001046222,"sku":"9780061231667","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780061231667_0ac20816-3699-411d-be0c-c0f0b1c42fe0.jpg?v=1652156899","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780061231667","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}