> All this yadda-yadda about beautiful death by hanging reminds me of
> the memorable eulogy for the suicide-by-hanging character Francis
> Hinsely, a Hollywood has-been, in Evelyn Waugh's "The Loved One":
Yes, one of the best black comedies ever: a send off of American-style life, death, and self improvement: Milton Berle, Anjeanette Comer, Rod Steiger, Jonathan Winters, and Robert Morse.
Joanna