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The Bucket List and Easy Rider star Jack Nicholson say he would
like to be consumed by vultures when he dies.
The 72-year-old actor has become fascinated with the traditional
sky burials carried out by some Native Americans which involve the
deceased's body being hung from a tree or wooden scaffold and being
left for scavengers.
He told German TV channel Tele 5: "I've had several ideas. Once I
thought it would be nice to be buried under a large statue that is
at least ten metres high. Then I liked the nature of the Indians
who haul their bodies up into the trees so that they are eaten by
the birds."
Although Nicholson is undecided about the fate of his remains, one
thing he is certain about is he does not want to be laid to rest in
a coffin.
He said: "I will probably end up in a crematorium as I'm too
claustrophobic for a coffin."
Even though he's been thinking about his funeral, Nicholson insists
he isn't scared of death and feels as though he has achieved
everything he wanted to in his life.
The Oscar winner - who starred in The Bucket List with Morgan
Freeman, about two terminally ill patients who escape from a cancer
ward to fulfil their remaining life ambitions - said: "I remember a
wonderful conversation I once had with my fellow actor John
Gielgud. He said he had made a schedule with things he would like
to do before he dies& travel the entire world, learn how to
cook, but he found that nothing was as appealing as acting. I
agreed with him."
Native Americans would have sky burials because they believe after
death the souls of the dead lingered in the air and watched over
the tribe until it was time for their soul to move on to the
afterlife.
By raising the bodies up high the belief was the soul could exit
its mortal constraints faster.
