Summary: It’s been said nothing is certain but death and taxes. Taxes, though, have loopholes, and nobody escapes death. Unprejudiced in its selection, death pays a visit to all in the end: rich or poor, good or bad, and religious or agnostic.
According to a hilarious new novel, even fictional characters “deserve” this date with death. The book, “Mr. Ed: Dead: And Other Obituaries of the Most Famous People Who Never Lived,” humorously explains the deaths of hundreds of fictional characters that range from Snow White to Forrest Gump. The book’s premise is advertising mascots and fictional TV characters have fictional lives; therefore, they deserve creative deaths.
Presented in scrapbook form with clippings of news stories, ads, and police reports, “Mr. Ed: Dead” covers these characters’ rise and ultimate fall.