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[P. J. Yeates]

the quotation
"live fast, die young and make a good looking corpse"

- is this verbatim?
- is it in fact James Dean?
- and if so from whence?

peter
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[Dan Bailey, Freelance Asshole]

On 29 Dec 1994, P. J. Yeates wrote:

> the quotation
> "live fast, die young and make a good looking corpse"
>
> - is this verbatim?
> - is it in fact James Dean?
> - and if so from whence?
>

To my knowledge, the quote is:

"Live fast, die young, leave a pretty corpse."

I think it was the lead singer of the Sex Pistols that said it, but I'm
not rightly sure.

-- Dan Bailey

[Larry Goldberg]

In article
<Pine.ULT.3.91.950106...@krypton.mankato.msus.edu>, "Dan

As far as my memory serves me, the quote was: "Live fast, die young, and
have a good looking corpse." It was said by Nick Romano, a character in
Willard Motley's novel, Knock on Any Door, published in the late 40's.
Motley wrote a sequel to this book, Let No Man Write My Epitath.

Larry Goldberg

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