Random Famous People Who Were Buried With Quirky and Heartwarming Mementos (15 items)

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  (#2) Tony Curtis

  • Died at 85 (1925-2010)

  Tony Curtis's casket was crowded when he passed in 2010. According to his wife, Jill Vandenberg Curtis, an extensive collection of possessions followed him on his journey: his driving gloves, his Navy medals, his grandson's baby shoes, a model of his Trans-Am, a DVD of clips from his favorite film, a single Percocet tablet, his iPhone, seven packets of Splenda, his dog's ashes, paintbrushes and paints, sunglasses, and a yarmulke from a Budapest synagogue he helped renovate. 

  Wearing an Armani scarf, he held a Stetson hat under his arm.
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  (#15) Sandra West

  • Dec. at 38 (1939-1977)

  Texas socialite Sandra West, the widow of oil tycoon Ike West, made an unusual request before she passed away in 1977: she wanted to be buried in her car. Wearing lingerie, West was seated in her powder blue 1964 Ferrari. She specifically asked to be placed in the car with "the seat slanted comfortably."

  West spent most of her time living in Beverly Hills, CA, but was laid to rest at the Alamo Masonic Cemetery in San Antonio. Her grave measured 9 feet deep, 10 feet wide, and 19 feet long. 
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  (#12) Bob Marley

  • Dec. at 36 (1945-1981)

  Jamaican singer Bob Marley wasn't just an international icon in the music world. He was also a spiritual figure known for promoting peace.

  Marley became the face of reggae music worldwide, so it makes sense he was buried with a few of the items that helped define his life: a Bible, his Gibson Les Paul guitar, and cannabis.
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  (#8) Andy Warhol

  • Dec. at 59 (1928-1987)

  Andy Warhol was a man of many accomplishments - and odd collecting habits. For years, he kept partially used bottles of perfume and hygiene products as a smell time capsule: he believed the scents could take him momentarily back in time to the period he wore them.

  Although Warhol wasn't buried with any of the perfumes from his collection, a friend tossed a bottle of Estée Lauder Beautiful into his grave during his burial. The same friend also threw in several copies of Interview magazine, which Warhol founded. 
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  (#11) John F. Kennedy

  • Dec. at 46 (1917-1963)

  President John F. Kennedy's assassination shocked the world in 1963. That November, he was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery along with some of his most treasured mementos. Those included a bronze PT 109 tie pin, letters from his wife and children, a rosary, and a scrimshaw whale tooth.

  The piece was part of Kennedy's extensive collection of scrimshaw - the art of etching on whalebone - which he displayed in the Oval Office during his time as president. Jacqueline Kennedy had commissioned the 9.5-inch whale tooth, which was engraved with the presidential seal; she gave it to him for his last Christmas, in 1962.
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  (#3) Humphrey Bogart

  • Dec. at 58 (1899-1957)

  Hollywood heartthrob Humphrey Bogart met Lauren Bacall when the two filmed To Have and Have Not in 1944; he was 44, she was 19. After a few weeks of filming, they started an affair - even though Bogart was married. Eventually, Bogart divorced his wife and married Bacall in a small, private ceremony. The pair weren't perfect, but they loved each other deeply, and Bacall was always convinced they were meant for each other.

  Bogart passed away from cancer 12 years after marrying Bacall. He was cremated, and a small gold whistle was buried with his ashes. The whistle, which Bogart had given Bacall before they married, was inscribed with Bacall's famous line from To Have and Have Not: "If you want anything, just whistle."

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