{"product_id":"the-portable-obituary-michael-largo-9780061231667","title":"The Portable Obituary: How the Famous, Rich, and Powerful Really Died","description":"\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\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Largo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0061231665\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061231667\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William Morrow \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/04\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.14h x 5.60w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Bram Stoker Awards - Nominee","brand":"Michael Largo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987236159743,"sku":"9780061231667","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_460a0fbc-c347-4d04-866e-46d8915fb7f9.jpg?v=1683287774","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-portable-obituary-michael-largo-9780061231667","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}