He blurred the boundaries between Fiction and Reality. He made only one single Hollywood film and yet he revolutionised the action-film genre. A martial artist whose principle asset was his body. He braved prejudice and racism, and made it from Chinese underdog to the first Asiatic world star. When he died in 1973 at the age of 32, millions of people around the world mourned the passing of Bruce Lee, the star and the man. Too Young to Die s1e9: Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee and his legacy are now part of our culture. ibid.
All of these people credit Karen as a pioneer … They would describe her are looking like the winner of a baking contest. Too Young to Die: Karen Carpenter, biographer, Sky Arts 2022
Karen Carpenter was born in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1950, three years after her brother Richard. ibid.
1970: The Carpenters had made it right to the top. ibid.
It’s lonely at the top: Karen struggled with her eating disorder and Richard had problems too: he went into rehab for his prescription drug addiction. ibid.
Karen had therapy sessions five days a week for months on end. ibid.
Just the idea that I would ever lose this man is too much to bear. He’s my dad. He’s such an open accepting person. That’s who you want for a father. And that’s who I have. Who I’ve always had my entire life. But now it’s upon us – the beginning of his disappearance, and we’re not accepting it. He’s a psychiatrist, I’m a camera person. I suggested we make a movie about him dying – he said yes. Dick Johnson is Dead, Kirsten Johnson director, Netflix 2020
The nearer people approach old age the closer they return to a semblance of childhood, until the time comes for them to depart this life, again like children, neither tired of living nor aware of death. Desiderius Erasmus
It is not because other people are dead that our affection for them grows faint, it is because we ourselves are dying. Marcel Proust
I’ve always loathed the necessity of sleep. It’s like death: it puts even the most powerful men on their backs. House of Cards US s2e10: Chapter 23, Frank, Netflix 2014
No matter how hard living is, you can’t die. Breathless 2008 starring Yang Ik-June & Kim Khot-Bi & Jung Man-Shik & Lee Hwan & Yun Seung-Hun & Kim Hee-Su & Park Jung-Sun & Oh Ji-Hye, director Yang Ik-June, Sang Hoon
I’m just sick of it all. ibid.
Pharaoh’s tomb with a deadly curse. A dictator who gets younger with time. And lifesize dolls made from human remains. For thousands of years people around the world have practised mummification in the belief that one day the dead will rise again. The UnXplained with William Shatner s2e1: Mysterious Mummies, History 2022
So the idea is I’m sort of immersed into this world, this funeral directors, right, in Nottingham. Stacey Dooley: Inside the Undertakers, BBC 2023
I just want to live for ever which I appreciate is not on the cards. ibid.
A W Lymn: At the heart of the community for five generations. The family-run business has 21 branches and undertakes 3,500 funerals every year. ibid.
I’ve got an irrational fear of the inevitable. ibid.
Imagine falling to sleep in your armchair one peaceful evening and then suddenly bursting into flames. Or being crushed to death by a falling poodle. How about leaping off the Eiffel Tower in a flying suit and plummeting eighteen stories to the ground? These are the deaths so surprising they are truly unbelievable. The UnBelievable with Dan Aykroyd s1e2: Bizarre Deaths, History 2024
Shockingly, there have been roughly 200 reported cases of Spontaneous Combustion in history. ibid.