Talk, Talk, Talk
“We just had a great talk,” she added. “I felt like he kind of knew that it was coming to an end. When I left, he said, ‘I hope you come up and see me more often.’” Benton adds that Hugh wasn’t thinking about dying, that he was looking forward to what was coming ’round the bend. Heck, he was even humorous about death, he wasn’t scared at all.
Live Life To The Fullest
In her interview with People magazine, she said, “He wasn’t looking forward to death, but knowing he was going to die — he has the best resting place.” Moreover, she adds, “He has a plot next to Marilyn Monroe, so he was looking forward to lying next to the gal who kicked off Playboy. That’s kind of the way he looked at death — nothing could be better than his life. And even though his health had deteriorated, he was still living a good life.”