Surely Leslie Nielsen Isn't Telling Jokes From His Grave???

groveChuck

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He is, and don't call us Shirley.

Pictures show Nielsen's Fort Lauderdale gravesite at Evergreen Cemetery -- which, of course, wouldn't be complete without a couple of one-liners.

"Let 'er rip," a reference to Nielsen's penchant for fart-related humor, is engraved on his gravestone -- something he had declared his epitaph should read a few years before his death.

There's also a bench facing the gravestone reading, "Sit down whenever you can" -- which was the advice he would give aspiring actors looking to make it big.

We went over to the cemetery to check it out, where we ran into a Nielsen fan who says she still can't believe Nielsen is dead.

The woman tells New Times she's friends of an unnamed Nielsen ex-girlfriend who knew plenty of stories about the man that she says she probably shouldn't tell a reporter.

Then her phone went off -- playing the Naked Gun theme song of course.

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I always had mad respect for Leslie Nielsen, as a comedian and an actor.

I love that he had this done. It is so..."him".
 
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