Making funerals fun again
I attended my wife’s aunts wake this past week. It was a very nice affair, with all the usual things you would expect, an open casket with her aunt Kathy looking very nice and serene, almost as though she was simply taking a nice nap. There was a beautiful array of flowers and a tv screen that showed a nice collage of pictures of her and her family through the years. All was very classy and what you would expect a wake to be.
Nothing wrong with that, but there are people who have very unusual funerals and wakes. These people want to go out in style and have made sure that their “final wishes” are followed to a tee.
Have you thought about your funeral?
If you want to do something different with your wake or funeral now is the time to start getting your planning in order. It’s never too soon to start jotting down what you want yours to look like and what little things would you like.
Maybe you have songs that you want played at your funeral, if so you should thinking about your playlist set and write down the songs and the order you want them played. You can be the dj or the music coordinator for your final show.
What to wear?
If you are open to the idea of an open casket, you should start thinking about what you want to wear from here to eternity. For the ladies, is there a favorite dress or comfy sweater? For the men, do you really want to be buried in a suit and tie? Maybe you want to sport your favorites teams jersey? Perhaps you want to wear your favorite sweatshirt or a hoodie. How about a baseball cap with your hometown teams logo?
These are all sensible final wishes that would be very easy to adhere to, but there are famous people that chose very different ideas on what their funeral would be. We have compiled a list of 11 of the most unusual funerals from people with the fame and money to pull it off.
The Unusual 11
Tupac
Inducted in 2017.
His ashes were smoked by members of his former group, Outlawz.
Hunter S. Thompson
(Photo by Rachel Murray/Getty Images for Madame Tussauds Hollywood)
The author of “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas”: Johnny Depp honored his request to have his ashes fired from a cannon.
Fred Baur
MIAMI, FL – FEBRUARY 15: Packages of Pringles chips are seen on desplay at a convience store on February 15, 2012 in Miami, Florida. Procter & Gamble announced it will sell its Pringles product line to cereal-maker Kellogg for $2.7 billion after a deal with Diamond Foods fell through. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
The inventor of Pringles: He had his ashes buried in a Pringles can . . . the original flavor.
Carrie Fisher
Carrie Fisher poses for a portrait during her “Wishful Drinking” tour, October 11, 2010. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)
Her ashes are held in an urn shaped like a Prozac pill.
Bruce Lee
Footage from his actual funeral was used in his last film, “Game of Death”. There’s a scene where you can see his face in his casket.
Luke Perry
. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
He wanted to be eco-friendly, so he was buried in a mushroom burial suit.
Arch West
The inventor of Doritos: His urn was buried in a box surrounded by Doritos chips.
James Doohan
Scotty from “Star Trek”: Some of his ashes were smuggled onto the International Space Station.
Aretha Franklin
ATLANTA, GA – MARCH 05: The Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin performs at The Fox Theatre on March 5, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for The Fox Theatre)
The Queen of Soul had four outfit changes for her three viewings and funeral.
Roald Dahl
(Photo by David Westing/Getty Images)
He had a viking-inspired funeral where he was buried with some of his possessions like HB pencils, a power saw, and chocolates
Elizabeth Taylor
(Photo By Getty Images)
She wanted to be fashionably late to her service, so it began 15 minutes after its announced start time.
