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Douglas Adams’s grave in Highgate Cemetery

Wed Feb 18 2009, 02:22pm | 6 comments

More pix from my London trip.

Author Douglas Adams [Amazon U.S.] [Amazon U.K.] is buried in the new section of Highgate Cemetery, in North London (that’s the section you don’t need to take a tour to visit, though you do need to pay a fee). His grave is simple and tucked unobtrusively into one corner:


It is marked on the maps you can buy when you enter, though, and it’s not hard to find. Surprisingly, however, fan tributes are as simple as the headstone:

Someone did leave a towel, which would have been my first choice for a tribute to leave, too. It’s a bit hard to see because the colors blend in with the foliage, and it’s obviously been there quite a while — it’s started to rot away:



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  • I love the towel. How beautiful.

  • JoshDM

    Jewish tradition warrants leaving a pebble on top of the tombstone or plaque to signify someone has honored the deceased person’s memory with a visit.

  • I have to admit to a teary eye at seeing that green die on the headstone. How perfect! Random and geeky at the same time.

    The towel was a nice touch.

  • Mark

    The Jewish tradition — leaving an offering for the dead — is the same as in many other religions; most Anglo gentiles would leave flowers. The Judaic preference for stones or pebbles stems from an aversion from bringing more death — a dead plant — to the grave.

    But I really, really like that someone left a D6. Adams wasn’t himself a direct influence on gamers (certainly not to the extent that Gygax was), but he was still a formative influence on many of us.

    Maybe a stone Scrabble tile would be appropriate, too.

  • the rook

    we leave pebbles because we’re a desert people. there are no flowers in the desert.

  • Pat Mustard

    Missing, presumed fed.

    RIP

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