'Criminal Minds' star Mandy Patinkin shares unconventional plan for after his death
Mandy Patinkin decided that when he dies, he wants his body to be composted.The 73-year-old said on his "Don't Listen to Us" podcast that he remembered memorizing a speech from "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, "and it was about being in a box … But the idea — I'm very claustrophobic, very claustrophobic, and the idea of being put in a box, knowing that I'm going to be in a box when whatever I'm familiar with is drastically changed is just unacceptable to me. Full stop."The "Criminal Minds" star continued, "Don't give me any business about, 'Well, you're not you, you're not here, it's a whole different thing.' Excuse me.
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Mandy Patinkin decided that when he dies, he wants his body to be composted.The 73-year-old said on his "Don't Listen to Us" podcast that he remembered memorizing a speech from "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, "and it was about being in a box … But the idea — I'm very claustrophobic, very claustrophobic, and the idea of being put in a box, knowing that I'm going to be in a box when whatever I'm familiar with is drastically changed is just unacceptable to me. Full stop."The "Criminal Minds" star continued, "Don't give me any business about, 'Well, you're not you, you're not here, it's a whole different thing.' Excuse me. Not OK."NICOLE KIDMAN PLANS ON BECOMING A DEATH DOULA AS SHE ADMITS IT 'MAY SOUND A LITTLE WEIRD'And because of his Jewish heritage, he explained, "The other idea of being put in an oven is seared into my heritage genetics of the crematorium in Auschwitz, which I've visited. I can't bear the idea of being burned."He said that while he considers himself a "conservative Chicago Jew," Orthodox Judaism dictates that "you must not do anything.
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- Mandy Patinkin decided that when he dies, he wants his body to be composted.The 73-year-old said on his "Don't Listen to Us" podcast that he remembered memorizing a speech from "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, "and it was about being in a box … But the idea — I'm very claustrophobic, very claustrophobic, and the idea of being put in a box, knowing that I'm going to be in a box when whatever I'm familiar with is drastically changed is just unacceptable to me. Full stop."The "Criminal Minds" star continued, "Don't give me any business about, 'Well, you're not you, you're not here, it's a whole different thing.' Excuse me.
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