On Tue, 8 May 2007 19:52:43 +0200, MJ Walker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Thus Fields's wished for gravestone inscription, "On the whole, I'd
>rather be in Philadelphia" ...
But he didn't get his wish. I've been to his grave, and all it has for
inscription is his name and dates.
There's a story that a friend visited Fields in the hospital where he was
dying, and found him reading a Bible. "Why, Bill," the friend said, "what
are you doing?" Fields replied, "Looking for loopholes."
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