Andrew Garfield lost his mother to pancreatic cancer in 2019 and has spoken a lot on the subject of death since taking on the role of the late Jonathan Larson in Lin-Manuel Miranda's movie 'Tick, Tick... Boom!' In an interview with Stephen Colbert, he shared how he embraces his grief: "This is all the unexpressed love, the grief that will remain with us until we pass because we never get enough time with each other, no matter if someone lives until 60, 15, or 99. So I hope this grief stays with me because it's all the unexpressed love that I didn't get to tell her. And I told her every day. We all told her every day she was the best of us."

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John Travolta is no stranger to loss, as his first son, Jett, died in 2009 after having a seizure on a family vacation, and then his wife Kelly Preston tragically died of breast cancer in July 2020. The actor opened up about a conversation he had with his youngest child about life and death. "You always love the truth and I'm going to tell you the truth about life. Nobody knows when they're going to go or when they're going to stay..." He then gave his son some advice: "So let's look at life that, it's part of life, you see? You don't know exactly. You just do your best at trying to live the longest you can."

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Jim Carrey - "I don't need life after death. This wonderful life I'm having is more than enough for me," the actor tweeted. "Asking for more would feel ungrateful." Leave it to Jim Carrey to flip your entire perception about the other side in less than 140 characters.

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Lady Gaga - Immediately following a mundane update about where she's going, Gaga dropped huge wisdom: "Ignore all hatred and criticism. Live for what you create, and die protecting it."

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Jennifer Aniston - The actress certainly knows how to seize the day, and she's summed up a motivational quote that is surely hanging in a frame by now: "Life is about making mistakes. Death is about wishing you made more."

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Amy Winehouse - Winehouse famously said, "My greatest fear is dying with no one knowing of any contribution I'd ever made to creative music." At the very least, though she was gone too soon, her greatest fear will never materialize.

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Halsey - The singer has one request should she die too young, and that is: "bury me in Cheerios." What a way to start death off right.

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Macaulay Culkin - A peculiar guy with peculiar ideas, the actor tweeted, "When I die please abandon me out in Joshua Tree National Park so I may be reborn in the stomachs of 1000 birds."

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David Bowie - For Bowie, the other side wasn't something he pondered over arduously. He famously explained, "As you get older, the questions come down to about two or three. How long? And what do I do with the time I've got left?" He did, however, call death a "drag."

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Angelina Jolie - The actress chooses to see the bright side of an inevitable, eternal nothingness: "There's something about death that is comforting. The thought that you could die tomorrow frees you to appreciate your life now." That's why, she says, she thinks about death more than other people, since she probably loves her life more than they do.

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George Clooney - Clooney is a pragmatic man who likes to weigh his options: "I'm kind of comfortable with getting older because it's better than the other option, which is being dead. So I'll take getting older."

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Heath Ledger - In one of the most heartbreaking and tragic quotes from a star who never got to see his own old age, Ledger is famously quoted as saying, "It's like anything in life, visualizing the old man you're going to become: as long as you have a clear picture of that—the life you want to lead—eventually you'll probably get there."

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Ryan Reynolds - The actor loves to incorporate mortality into his family's daily life. He tweeted, "Love writing nursery rhymes for my daughter. Her favorites are, 'Sunshine-Cuddle-Time!' and 'Everyone You Know Will Eventually Die.'"

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Sylvester Stallone - Stallone tweeted quite a grand statement that heaven and hell are in reality just other people, and that we're all just here to play the game of life "to WIN or DIE trying." So, no one has yet to win?

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Aubrey Plaza - Always a ray of sarcastic sunshine, Plaza tweeted, "DEATH UNITESSS the corpses of HeLL will RISE." Good to know!

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Zach Braff - The actor complained that life is moving too fast for his liking, so he revealed his plan for permanence: "Gonna have my head frozen like Walt Disney. (Not now... when I die.)" Phew!

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Jimi Hendrix -

You can tell the late musician really lived out his philosophy when he said, "I'm the one that's got to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to."

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Topher Grace - The 'That '70s Show' star took a picture of an unfortunate graveyard location and tweeted, "When I go, please don't bury me in the cemetery next to the Dollarama."

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Lil Wayne - The rapper's genius is often overlooked, especially in moments when he contemplates the end of everything. He wrote, "Born to love, so I'll die without."

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Lena Dunham - The actress is not quite comfortable with the idea of dying, but she has a plan: "Judging by how much she's helped me thus far, Taylor Swift is going to write the song that finally gets me comfortable with death."

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Philip Seymour Hoffman - The late actor's words are only amplified with his all-too-soon passing: "I think you should be serious about what you do because this is it. This is the only life you've got."

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JoJo - Sure, some people want to be buried with their most precious belongings, but JoJo said she'd like to be buried "beside a piece of toast." In a separate lot, or are we talking coffin buddies?

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Bethenny Frankel - The TV personality proved her relatability when she posted a mouthwatering photo of avocado toast with tomatoes and a lot of burrata, specifically requesting to be buried in the soft, creamy cheese.

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Steve Howey - The actor tweeted, "When I die, I hope I'm remembered for never wearing flip flops to the airport." If only we could be remembered for all the bad things we didn't do, instead of the few good things we did.

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Vanilla Ice - It seems like Ice was reading an array of decorative throw pillows when he tweeted, "Life is short! Live it up! Try to smile as much as possible and help others! When you die, game over! Enjoy!" He's not wrong.

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Jim Gaffigan - The comedian is a man of simple dreams: "When I die, bury me with an everything bagel. Lots of cream cheese please. Thanks." Never underestimate the pure transcendent joy of an everything bagel.

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Josh Peck - "If I die," the actor began a tweet, apparently unsure if he really is mortal, "I'd like to be resurrected as Stevie Wonder lyrics." Now that would be a great second life!

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Amber Rose -

Cheeky in more ways than one, Rose asked, "What happens if you get scared half to death twice?" Gambling with the Grim Reaper...

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Lady Gaga - Immediately following a mundane update about where she's going, Gaga dropped huge wisdom: "Ignore all hatred and criticism. Live for what you create, and die protecting it."

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Halsey - The singer has one request should she die too young, and that is: "bury me in Cheerios." What a way to start death off right.

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Macaulay Culkin - A peculiar guy with peculiar ideas, the actor tweeted, "When I die please abandon me out in Joshua Tree National Park so I may be reborn in the stomachs of 1000 birds."

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Aubrey Plaza - Always a ray of sarcastic sunshine, Plaza tweeted, "DEATH UNITESSS the corpses of HeLL will RISE." Good to know!

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Zach Braff - The actor complained that life is moving too fast for his liking, so he revealed his plan for permanence: "Gonna have my head frozen like Walt Disney. (Not now... when I die.)" Phew!

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Jimi Hendrix -

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Topher Grace - The 'That '70s Show' star took a picture of an unfortunate graveyard location and tweeted, "When I go, please don't bury me in the cemetery next to the Dollarama."

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Lil Wayne - The rapper's genius is often overlooked, especially in moments when he contemplates the end of everything. He wrote, "Born to love, so I'll die without."

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JoJo - Sure, some people want to be buried with their most precious belongings, but JoJo said she'd like to be buried "beside a piece of toast." In a separate lot, or are we talking coffin buddies?

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Josh Peck - "If I die," the actor began a tweet, apparently unsure if he really is mortal, "I'd like to be resurrected as Stevie Wonder lyrics." Now that would be a great second life!

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Amber Rose -

Cheeky in more ways than one, Rose asked, "What happens if you get scared half to death twice?" Gambling with the Grim Reaper...

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Mortal stars: Celebrities on death

From the hilarious to the grim

08/08/23 | StarsInsider

CELEBRITY Quotes

It might seem like celebrities have a longer life than normal people but however long their legacy survives, everyone must die. Sometimes, even for celebrities, that tragically comes before their time. Many stars have confronted the reality about their impending demise while they're still very much alive, and some have shared their thoughts with the rest of the world.

From profound insight to hilarious burial requests, all can be found in this gallery on celebrities’ takes on death.