LAST MEALS OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS

THEY LIVED INCREDIBLE LIVES. THEY ACCOMPLISHED AMAZING THINGS IN THEIR AMAZING LIFETIMES. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE FINAL MEALS OF SOME OF THE MOST WELL-KNOWN PEOPLE IN HISTORY:

ELVIS PRESLEY

"THE KING" STAYED UP MOST OF THE NIGHT OF AUGUST 15, 1977. HE WAS RESTLESS. BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6:00am , HE WENT TO HIS DENTIST TO HAVE A CAVITY FILLED (HE DID THIS LATE AT NIGHT TO AVOID MOBS), THEN HE RETURNED TO GRACELAND AND PLAYED RAQUETBALL WITH FRIENDS, TALKED OVER MARRIAGE PLANS WITH HIS 20-YEAR-OLD FIANCEE, GINGER ALDEN, AND BELTED OUT SOME GOSPEL SONGS ON THE PIANO. AROUND SUNRISE GINGER WENT TO BED, BUT ELVIS, STILL UNABLE TO SLEEP, ATE ONE OF HIS USUAL EARLY-MORNING SNACKS: FOUR SCOOPS OF ICE CREAM AND SIX CHOCOLATE-CHIP COOKIES. AFTER THAT HE WENT TO BED, THEN GOT UP A FEW HOURS LATER TO GO TO THE BATHROOM, WHERE HE SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK AND DIED.

MAHATMA GHANDI

ON THE EVENING OF JANUARY 30, 1948, GHANDI ENJOYED ONE OF HIS STANDARD HEALTHY DINNERS OF GOAT'S MILK, COOKED VEGETABLES, ORANGES, AND A CONCOCTION OF GINGER, SOUR LEMONS, AND STRAINED BUTTER MIXED WITH ALOE JUICE. HE THEN TOOK HIS NIGHTLY WALK AT BIRLA BHAVAN IN NEW DELHI, WHERE FOLLOWERS OFTEN GREETED HIM. AMONG THE FOLLOWERS WAS AN ASSASSIN, WHO SHOT THE SPIRITUAL LEADER AT POINT-BLANK RANGE.

SADDAM HUSSEIN

THE FORMER IRAQI DICTATOR WAS ALLOWED TO EAT HIS FAVORITE MEAL BEFORE HE WAS EXECUTED - BOILED CHICKEN AND RICE, ALONG WITH SEVERAL CUPS OF HOT WATER LACED WITH HONEY.

JAMES DEAN

THE REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE STAR WAS KNOWN FOR LIVING LIFE ON THE EDGE. IT'S IRONIC, THEN, THAT THE LAST THING HE ATE AT A ROADSIDE DINER ON SEPTEMBER 30, 1955, A FEW HOURS BEFORE HE CRASHED HIS PORSCHE SPIDER, WAS A SLICE OF APPLE PIE AND A GLASS OF MILK.

ADOLF HITLER

THE GERMAN DICTATOR'S LAST MEAL CAME ON APRIL 30, 1945, THE DAY HE FINALLY REALIZED HE HAD LOST THE WAR. HOLED UP IN HIS BUNKER, HITLER, A VEGETARIAN, ATE SPAGHETTI WITH "LIGHT SAUCE" (ALTHOUGH SOME BIOGRAPHERS SAY HE HAD LASAGNA). EITHER WAY, HITLER WANTED A SIMPLE MEAL WITHOUT ANY MENTION OF THE FALL OF BERLIN, SO THE CONVERSATION CONSISTED OF DOG BREEDING METHODS AND "HOW LIPSTICK WAS MADE FROM SEWER GREASE". SHORTLY AFTER THE MEAL, HITLER AND EVA BRAUN, WHOM HE'D MARRIED LESS THAN 40 HOURS EARLIER, WENT INTO A PRIVATE ROOM AND TOOK THEIR OWN LIVES.

JOHN LENNON

SOMETIME DURING THE AFTERNOON OF DECEMBER 8, 1980, LENNON ATE A CORNED-BEEF SANDWICH BEFORE GOING TO A NEW YORK RECORDING STUDIO TO WORK ON ONE OF YOKO ONO'S NEW SINGLES. AT AROUND 10:30 P.M., HAVING JUST RECEIVED THE HAPPY NEWS THAT THEIR ALBUM DOUBLE FANTASY HAD GONE PLATINUM, THEY DECIDED TO QUIT WORKING FOR THE NIGHT. ONO SUGGESTED STOPPING FOR DINNER, BUT LENNON WANTED TO GO STRAIGHT BACK TO THEIR APARTMENT AT THE DAKOTA TO SEE THEIR FIVE-YEAR-OLD SON, SEAN. WHO KNOWS WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF JOHN HAD GONE OUT TO EAT? INSTEAD, HE WENT HOME, WHERE A DERANGED FAN WAS WAITING FOR HIM.

ERNEST HEMINGWAY

BY THE TIME HE REACHED HIS 60'S, HEMINGWAY WAS SUFFERING FROM SEVERE DEPRESSION. SEVERAL ELECTROSHOCK THERAPY TREATMENTS HAD LEFT HIM IN A FRAZZLED CONDITION. AFTER A FAILED SUICIDE ATTEMPT IN THE SPRING OF 1961 AT HIS HOME IN IDAHO, HEMINGWAY TRIED AGAIN ON JULY 2 BY PUTTING A SHOTGUN TO HIS HEAD. BUT FIRST, HE ATE HIS FAVORITE MEAL: NEW YORK STRIP STEAK, BAKED POTATO, CAESAR SALAD, AND A GLASS OF BORDEAUX.

JOHN BELUSHI

THE RAINBOW BAR AND GRILL IN LA. WAS KNOWN FOR IT'S LENTIL SOUP. A VERY DRUNK BELUSHI STOPPED IN THERE ON THE NIGHT OF MARCH 5, 1982, AFTER BEING TOLD BY CONCERNED FRIENDS TO "GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER, OR AT LEAST EAT SOMETHING". BELUSHI SCARFED DOWN A BOWL OF THE LENTIL SOUP IN THE RAINBOW'S KITCHEN, THEN RETURNED TO HIS BUNGALOW AT THE CHATEAU MARMONT (ROBIN WILLIAMS AND ROBERT DENIRO WERE THERE TOO, BUT LEFT BECAUSE OF "EXTREMELY" HEAVY DRUG USE). BELUSHI'S GIRLFRIEND INJECTED THE 33-YEAR-OLD COMEDIAN WITH WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE A LETHAL DOSE OF HEROIN AND COCAINE. WHEN DOCTOR'S EXAMINED THE CONTENTS OF BELUSHI'S STOMACH THE NEXT DAY, THE ONLY FOOD WAS THE LENTIL SOUP.

PRINCESS DIANA

BY THE EVENING OF AUGUST 31, 1997, THE DAY OF HER FATAL CAR CRASH IN PARIS, DIANA AND HER BOYFRIEND, DODI AL FAYED, WERE SO FED UP WITH BEING HOUNDED BY PHOTOGRAPHERS THAT THEY DECIDED TO END THEIR VACATION EARLY AND RETURN TO ENGLAND THE NEXT DAY. THEIR PLAN: EAT DINNER AT ESPADON, A RESTAURANT IN THE RITZ HOTEL, AND THEN TAKE A HALF-HOUR DRIVE TO THE DUKE OF WINDSOR'S FORMER MANSION, WHERE THEY WOULD SPEND THE NIGHT. DIANA ATE A MUSHROOM-AND- ASPARAGUS OMELETTE, DOVER SOLE, AND VEGETABLE TEMPURA. AROUND MIDNIGHT, AFTER SENDING TWO DECOY CARS TO FOOL THE PAPARAZZI, DIANA AND FAYED CLIMBED INTO A BLACK MERCEDES S600, BUT THEY NEVER MADE IT TO THE MANSION.

JOHN F. KENNEDY

ON THE MORNING OF NOVEMBER 22, 1963, JFK ATE BREAKFAST IN HIS ROOM AT THE HOTEL TEXAS IN FORT WORTH. ACCORDING TO THE HOTEL'S EXECUTIVE CHEF, OTTO DRUHE, HE SERVED THE PRESIDENT "COFFEE, ORANGE JUICE, TWO BOILED (FIVE-MINUTE) EGGS, SOME TOAST, AND MARMALADE ON THE SIDE". THE PRESIDENT'S ENTOURAGE THEN LEFT FOR DOWNTOWN DALLAS, WHERE THEY WERE SCHEDULED FOR A 1:00 P.M. LUNCHEON DIRECTLY AFTER KENNEDY'S MOTORCADE MADE ITS WAY THROUGH TOWN. KENNEDY WAS SHOT AT 12:30 P.M.

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Comments

[Aaron]

Copied, blatantly, from Uncle John's

[Lynette]

That's ok. I found it here, and I never would have seen it otherwise.

[C. J.]

Interesting information, sad, but interesting.
http://www.writingasasacredart.com

[C. J.]

There is a sad beauty to this article.

[G. Jimmy Lawrence]

Simple, common foods. Even celebrities/wealthy, afterall, in the COSMOS/UNIVERSE scheme of things, are simple & common and reflect this reality!

[thomas]

is it so hard to believe that celebrities are people? or has the media deified them to the point where you doubt that they eat anything but rainbows and wash it down with childrens tears?

[LBJ]

I've heard that Salvador Dali made lunch for Mia Farrow that consisted of butterfly wings and rose-petal sandwiches.

Maybe the more eccentric celebs eat rainbows? Maybe that's how they stay so thin.

[doug c]

technically,not jfk's last meal.on the plane to dallas he ate fruit with sugar.(the day kennedy was shot by jim bishop)