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There are some things in British literature that will just never make sense, even with the aid of Cliff's Notes -- like what element of Jane Austen's writing inspires people to have their ashes strewn all over her estate.

That's right -- museum staff at the Jane Austen Cottage in Chawton, England, have complained about little gray piles of cremated remains left discreetly next to the rose bushes, presumably by tourists whose relatives were nerdy enough to want to rest eternally there.

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Rock N' Roll Spirits

    Rick James The Superfreak's Buffalo, NY headstone bears his own image in tight pants clutching a guitar.

    GG Allin The punk rocker is as subversive in death as he was in life -- his tombstone reads "Live Fast Die" and "Rock N Roll Terrorist."

    Charles Bukowski. The manliest poet to ever live has the epitaph "Don't Try."

    "Dimebag" Darrell Abbot Dimebag's death was tragic and untimely, but his Texas headstone awesomely reads "He came to rock/ And rocked like no other."

    Bob Marley The reggae master was buried with in his own mausoleum in Jamaica with his favorite guitar, a red Fender Stratocaster.

    Bette Davis She wasn't exactly rock n roll, but Bette Davis' epitaph -- "She did it the hard way" -- is pretty badass.

    Billy Wilder The Academy-Award winning motion picture writer, director and producer ("Some Like it Hot," "The Apartment") exited with a joke.

    Karl Marx The founder of modern socialism watches over his final resting place like a stern grandpa, over the inscription "Workers of all lands unite."

    Dee Dee Ramone A founding member of The Ramones, Dee Dee's epitaph -- "O.K. ... I gotta go now" -- is as short and sweet as one of his songs.

    Edgar Allan Poe The headstone at the poet's original burial place reads, "Quoth the Raven, Nevermore."



It's happened often enough that the keepers of Austen's former home have issued an edict asking people to please stop depositing their loved ones' remains all over the place. This kind of disposal of ashes is not just dorky and gross, it's illegal.

Look, guys ... "Pride and Prejudice" is a great book, and Alan Rickman was pretty hot in "Sense and Sensibility." But if everybody chooses their final resting place based on their favorite books and movies, they'd have to make a special "Eat, Pray, Love" Cemetery and "Harry Potter" Mausoleum.


Also on Lemondrop... Austen wrote some of our favorite unrequited love stories -- click through below to see some of our favorite 10-Kleenex sap-fests.

Ten Super Sappy Hollywood Romances

    The Bridges of Madison County
    There isn't a camera on the market with enough soft-focus for these love scenes.

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    The Notebook
    All right! Jesus. You're a bird.

    New Line

    Ghost
    Just a few notes of "Unchained Melody" and we unchain our lunches all over our laps.

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    City of Angels
    An angel falls in love with a woman, gives up his immortality for her... and then she dies.

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    Up Close and Personal
    An older, wiser journalist shows a cub reporter the ropes in love and network news... and then he dies.

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    Sweet November A sprightly, devil-may-care young woman teaches an uptight guy to live again... and then she dies.

    Warner Bros

    A Walk to Remember
    Oh!.. She dies, too.

    Warner Bros.

    Love Story
    So does she!

    Everett Collection

    The Way We Were
    We WISH one of them died.

    Everett Collection

    Titanic Celine Dion! Celtic flutes! Awful dialogue! A tragedy of historic proportions indeed.

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