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People's last words stick with us for a long time, but memory fades, and stone doesn't. Unless you get cremated, and your ashes end up in an urn, your remains get a grave and a headstone, and together with it - the last opportunity for a funny epitaph to entertain those who drop by for a visit.

The people below were not famous for their lives but rather because of their undying sense of humor engraved into their funny gravestones. From cute puns and dad jokes from the afterlife to warnings about the great beyond, these funny tombstones show that death is not always so serious.

Bored Panda has compiled a list of funny epitaphs on tombstones, proving that a sense of humor can live forever. From a delicious fudge recipe to an unapologetic joke about religion, these people are the nonliving examples of the right attitude. Scroll down to check out the deadly funny gravestones!

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Gay Vietnam Veteran

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If You Can Read This

If You Can Read This

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Lara B.
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Omg, this is hilarious :D I wonder if Janet had the wish to write it on her tombstone or if her relatives are just douche bags :D

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Walking Through A Cemetery When All Of A Sudden...

Walking Through A Cemetery When All Of A Sudden...

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Which Celebrities Have Funny Epitaphs On Their Gravestones?

An epitaph, literally “on the grave” in the Greek language, is usually a text inscribed on a gravestone or a plaque to honor the dead. That said, not everyone wants to be remembered in a grave tone (pun very much intended) and might opt for something a bit more lighthearted and truer to their nature. Quite a few celebrities and famous people prove this point, and here are some funny tombstone sayings inscribed on their gravestones:

  • "He died in bed." — Tombstone of renowned gunfighter Doc Holliday (1851—1887).
  • "I told you I was sick." — Tombstone of Spike Milligan (1918—2002), British actor.
  • "I'm in on a plot." — Tombstone of Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980), British director.
  • "For a good time, dig." — Epitaph of Platy Paul.
  • "He neither drank, smoked, nor rode a bicycle. Living frugally and saving his money, he died early, surrounded by greedy relatives. It was a great lesson to me." — John Barrymore (1882—1942), American actor.
  • "That's All Folks!" — Epitaph of Mel Blanc, The Man of a Thousand Voices.

While for some funny tombstones have no place in a cemetery, for others, it might be the ultimate last chance to show the world who they were and how they’d like to be remembered. And why not?

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I Was Hoping For A Pyramid

I Was Hoping For A Pyramid

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

thats just amazing that people with the sense of homour even the subject was death

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Still There Was Love

Still There Was Love

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Haha.. this triggered some of my childhood memories. I love my sisters!

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Visiting My Grandma's Grave And Found This On A Tombstone Nearby

Visiting My Grandma's Grave And Found This On A Tombstone Nearby

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What Are Some Famous Epitaphs?

Funny headstones or serious ones, some are still better than the rest. And by better, we mean they got famous and were often quoted with the passing of time. If you’ve always wondered who got those tombstone ideas to the point, here are some sayings that became just as well-known as the people behind them:

  • Cursed be he that moves my bones” – tombstone of William Shakespeare (1564-1616), British writer. 
  • O.K...I gotta go now.” – Dee Dee Ramone (1952 - 2002), American musician. 
  • The best is yet to come” – Frank Sinatra (1915 - 1998), American singer.
  •  “Free at last. Free at last. Thank God Almighty I’m free at last.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968), American civil rights activist. 
  • Quoth the raven…Nevermore” – Edgar Allan Poe (1849 - 1875), American writer.
  • "Don't try." – Charles Bukowski (1920 - 1994), American writer.

Unsurprisingly, most of the famous and funny epitaphs can be found on writers’ gravestones; after all, they’re the people who know the exact power of words! 

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Now, are you ready for more funny gravestone names? If so, there’s still a whole list to go through! And if you were wondering where you could use these epitaphs, we have an idea—turn them into Halloween tombstone names when the next All Hallows Eve comes around. 

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All Dressed Up An No Place To Go

All Dressed Up An No Place To Go

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Becca
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Im not a religious person -- in fact, I dont know what I believe... But this is still sad to me.

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Lisa Beatty
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Im an athiest there will be no funeral for me. Just turn my ashes into a tree and call it good

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Tony Lagarto
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why would a gravestone say, "GRAVESTONE IN THURMONT, MD" on it? This is b******t. If there really is such a gravestone, why not show it instead of this photoshopped one?

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Jace
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

True about EVERY corpse done up for a viewing, regardless of what they believed.

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Mrs T Grové
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So sad, with heaven waiting with open gates, if you only believe and confess with your mouth Jesus is Lord, you shall be saved....

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Jo Finney
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But we don't expect to go anywhere, cause there is no where to go. An Atheist did not write that.

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Ginny Boston
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dressed up?? Dressed up you say?? Why wear anything now?? You get a new body, what else could you want??

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Badr Eddin
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's what they thought before death. I hope this person has done something good in his/her life for the judgement day.

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Sad, not funny. Sad that his/her soul is not going to heaven. :(

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And how would you know what her's soul is capable to do?! Your arguments are similar to kid's arguments about Santa - is he real? Sure, honey, of course he's real. Nothing would bother me if you (majority of religious people) are polite and peaceful with your religion. But, nooo. The majority are keyboard warriors, their faithful is very much questionable, but all of them has strong opinions about everything what is "written in Bible". Which comes very convenient for almost every situation in life. So you're not even capable to decide if this is funny or "sad" (yeah, right), because you are one of those types of religious people who aren't showing any respect for non-religious people. You bullying others with your beliefs, and that actually IS sad. :(

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But will go just the same. No one will be left behind.

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True. Imagine if all the atheists' souls just stayed behind. We'd have a real ghost problem...

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Why even get a burial and a grave for an Atheist, though? Religious family?

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Kay's Fudge

Kay's Fudge

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This Man's Tombstone Is A Giant Middle Finger

This Man's Tombstone Is A Giant Middle Finger

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Ouija Grave

Ouija Grave

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I Came Here Without Being Consulted

I Came Here Without Being Consulted

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Found While Out Planting Flags In The Cemetery For Memorial Day

Found While Out Planting Flags In The Cemetery For Memorial Day

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

With so much cats, her life must have been spectacular and full of love!

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She Always Said Her Feet Were Killing Her, But No One Believed Her

She Always Said Her Feet Were Killing Her, But No One Believed Her

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She Answered

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think that pic of Kim is engraved in stone. 100 points to the tombstone creator.

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On The Backside Of Mom's Headstone

On The Backside Of Mom's Headstone

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Found This Gem At The Local Cemetery, When You See It

Found This Gem At The Local Cemetery, When You See It

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Daddy's Own Language On A Headstone

Daddy's Own Language On A Headstone

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