FAST CHAT: FAREWELLS TO THE FAMOUS

Absolutely. You can smell a snow job coming from a mile away. That's better than a hatchet job, but honesty is always better.

Is there one line that stands out?

James Woods on Bette Davis: "Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy eternity."

What's the unlikeliest pairing in your book?

Winona Ryder eulogizing Timothy Leary. Not two figures you would put together. But her dad was good friends with Leary, and he was her godfather.

Did this effort make you consider what you'd like your own eulogy to say? It's made me think about the necessity of living my own life with greater abandon.