A
luridly compelling and hilariously macabre look at how the
famous took their final bows—from Socrates to Anna Nicole.
The final hours
of heroes and icons, politicians and celebrities, inventors and
explorers, business leaders and sports figures, as well as the unlikely
endings of beauty queens, lottery winners, daredevils and many more
makes The Portable Obituary the
definititve sourcebook on the true
causes of death of public figures.