Motto: live a fast life, die young and be a beautiful corpse (Irene L. Luce 1920 August 25)

[W Brewer]

<<<"Live fast, die young, have a beautiful corpse," was a favorite saying
of Eternal Teen-ager James Dean.>>>
WB:  Sounds like Thompson?s motif J216.5 (early death with fame preferred);
e.g. Cu Chulainn.

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