->"We gonna drop this next bomb for a money-makin' playa that ain't with us no mo'."\\
"Yeah, [[Music/TheNotoriousBIG Notorious BIG]]."\\
"Hell no! We gonna do this for a gangbanging thug that never seen it comin'."\\
"Yeah, Music/TupacShakur!"\\
"Nah bitch! I'm talkin' 'bout motherfuckin' ''[[RockMeAmadeus Falco]]'' and shit."\\
"What? Music/{{Falco}}!?"
-->-- '''Music/BloodhoundGang''', intro to "Mope"

->'''Diane:''' This happens to be a great artist!\\
'''Sam:''' If he's a great artist, what's he doing alive?
-->-- ''Series/{{Cheers}}''

->Never age. Never die. Live forever in that one last white-hot moment, when the crowd screamed.
->When every note was a heartbeat. Burn across the sky.
->You will never grow old. They will never say you died.
->That’s the deal. You will be the greatest musician in the world.
->Live fast. Die young.
-->-- ''Literature/SoulMusic''

->'''David Morgan-Mar''': ''So... in order to maintain my popularity, I have to stay dead?''
->'''Head Death''': ''LOOK AT HOW IT WORKS FOR OTHER ARTISTS. EMILY DICKINSON. VAN GOGH. ELVIS.''
-->-- Shown in Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic in this [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/1890.html strip]]

->''Envy feeds upon the living, after death it is silent.''
-->-- '''Creator/{{Ovid}}'''

->''We all know dead rappers get better promotion.''
-->-- '''Jadakiss'''

->''“Men are never convinced of your reasons, of your sincerity, of the seriousness of your sufferings, except by your death.”''
-->-- '''Albert Camus''', ''The Fall ''

-> ''"Genius is never understood in its own time."''
-->-- '''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'''

-> ''Some are born posthumously.''
-->--'''Creator/FriedrichNietzsche''', ''The Antichrist'', Foreword

->''"A poet in history is divine, but a poet in the next room is a joke."''
-->-- '''Max Eastman'''

->''"That was a good career move."''
-->--'''Creator/GoreVidal''' on Truman Capote's death

->''"Everybody loves you when you're six foot in the ground."''
-->-- '''Music/JohnLennon'''

->''"Music/ElvisPresley should've been murdered in 1957; someone should've walked up to Elvis in 1957 with a .44 magnum, put the barrel of the gun right at his brainstem and pulled the trigger...so you could remember Elvis in a good way. Wouldn't it be nice to remember Elvis thin, with a big head of hair? Maybe that gold lame suit; wouldn't that be nice? Because how do you remember Elvis? You ''don't'' remember Elvis. He was found on the toilet, with his pants around his ankles and his big, fat, hairy, sweaty, king-of-rock-and-roll ass exposed to the world, and his final piece of kingly evidence floating in the toilet behind him."''
-->--'''Creator/DenisLeary'''

->''"Certainly, when somebody takes their own life, it's always a tragedy, especially when it's a guy who was 27 and obviously had a lot of things going for him. Having said all that, [Jonathan] Brandis' death has unfortunately triggered yet another case of that phenomenon known as '''Dying Young Retroactively Makes You More Talented'''. From the way his fans talk about him on message boards to this day, you'd think the world had lost the next [[Creator/LaurenceOlivier Olivier]]. This is a bit much, given that his primary claim to fame was as the most annoying character on a mediocre show that only lasted three seasons. (Seriously, prior to his death, reviewers mostly described Brandis' ''Series/{{SeaQuest|DSV}}'' character as a dopier version of [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Wesley Crusher]].)"''
-->-- '''Website/TheAgonyBooth''''s [[http://www.agonybooth.com/agonizer/The_NeverEnding_Story_II__The_Next_Chapter_1990.aspx recap]] of ''Film/TheNeverendingStoryIITheNextChapter''

->''"You see a painter has so much more talent when he's dead. Indeed the deader he is, the better he is."''
-->--'''Basil Thorpe''', ''Is He Dead?''

->'''Wife:''' Hey, did you get {{Creator/Gary Coleman}}'s autograph? I can get a small fortune for it on eBay.\\
'''The Dude:''' Right, a ''small'' fortune. Say, aren't those things more valuable after the person is, um... deceased?\\
'''Wife:''' Yes. Why?\\
'''The Dude:''' [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial No reason. Can I borrow your computer?]]
-->--VideoGame/Postal2

->'''Lisa:''' $250?! But I need that album to honor the memory of Bleeding Gums Murphy!
->'''Comic Book Guy:''' He's dead? Well, why didn't you say so? ''[[NiceJobBreakingItHero [makes it $500 instead]]]''
-->--''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E22RoundSpringfield 'Round Springfield]]"

->"When I die, you'll love me."
-->--'''Lil Peep''', moments before his death from drug overdose.

->'''Millionare''': Are your paintings worth anything?\\
'''Painter''': No.\\
'''Millionare''': ''[stabs the painter and takes the painting]'' They are now!\\
'''Painter''': Finally.
-->--''WebVideo/FiveSecondFilms'', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKKpkiV7E4c Art Lover]]"

->Great, so you made an artistic film. What are we supposed to do, kill you? Only a dead artist makes money. We'll only make money on this picture if you die.
-->--Universal executive to Creator/DennisHopper on ''Film/TheLastMovie''.

->At the record company meeting
->On their hands - a dead star
->And oh, the plans they weave
->And oh, the sickening greed
-->--'''Music/TheSmiths''', "Paint A Vulgar Picture"

->''L'unica certezza è che finisco male[[note]]The only certainty is that I'll have a terrible end[[/note]]\\
Muore Caparezza, tutti al funerale[[note]]Caparezza dies, everybody goes to the funeral[[/note]]\\
È paradossale ma io non vengo, non ci tengo[[note]]It's paradoxical but I'm not coming, I don't care about it[[/note]]\\
Mamma, quanti dischi venderanno se mi spengo!''[[note]]My God, just how many records I'll sell if I die?[[/note]]
-->--'''Music/{{Caparezza}}''', "Jodellavitanonhocapitouncazzo"

->''And my problem?''
->''We glorify those, even more, when they...''
->''My opinion, our culture can treat a loss like it's a win''
->''and right before we turn on them''
->''We give them the highest of praise, and hang their banner from a ceiling''
->''Communicating, further engraving''
->''An earlier grave is an optional way''
->''No''
-->--''Music/TwentyOnePilots'', "Neon Gravestones"

->''Dead artists' work shoots up in price\\
So am I then wrong to surmise\\
That the value of our flat will increase\\
If our painter and decorator dies?''
-->-- A poem by '''Creator/KarlPilkington'''

->''Everyone now says he was a genius and brilliant and the greatest of all time. Whatever. I was there. Back in 2001, Music/MichaelJackson was treated as a ridiculous, pathetic freak of nature who hadn't done anything worthwhile in like twenty years. [[NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead Yet now he's dead [and] everyone's like: "Oh he was the greatest ever, meant so much to me"]]. I bet you most to all of them were crapping on the guy just as much as anyone.''
-->-- '''WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows'''

->''"Does someone have to DIE to trend? Geez!"''
-->-- '''Creator/WayneKnight''', [[https://twitter.com/iwayneknight/status/445243474539839488 responding]] to [[ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated erroneous stories of his death in 2014]].

-> '''[[Music/JohnDenver John]]''': I fear that, as a recording artist, [[Music/TheNotoriousBIG Biggie]] has finally realized what being dead really means.
-> '''[[Music/JohnLennon Lennon]] and [[Music/KurtCobain Kurt]]''': An increase in sales?
-> '''John''': Yep, that's as satirical as we're gonna get here, folks.
-->-- '''WesternAnimation/HouseOfRock'''

->''"Greatness is never appreciated in youth, called pride in midlife, dismissed in old age and reconsidered in death."''
-->-- '''Lady Morella''', ''Series/Babylon5'', "Point of No Return"

->''Beryl was on another level\\
When she got her Booker medal, she was dead in her grave\\
After all she gave''
-->-- '''[[Music/DireStraits Mark Knopfler]]''', "Beryl"
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