[lbo-talk] re: philly jokes - variations on a theme

[/ dave /]

Carl Remick wrote:

>> From: frank scott <frank at marin.cc.ca.us>
>>
>> ... also, legend has it that w.c.fields' head stone says "i'd rather 
>> be in
>> philadelphia"
> 
> 
> Legend has it wrong, as one web source notes:
> (...)
> His actual tomb at Forest Lawn in Glendale, California, 
> simply reads, 'W. C. Fields 1880 - 1946.'" 
> <http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/W._C._Fields>

Documentary proof:

http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1148&pt=W.%20C.%20Fields

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/  dave  /