I think this is the first of his stories I've read, and what a treat. I love this part of his autobio at the end: > He still stings from having to provide pro

I think this is the first of his stories I've read, and what a treat. I love this part of his autobio at the end: > He still stings from having to provide proof to the French authorities that he was not a bigamist prior to getting married. Most countries have such a thing as a Wedding Certificate but in France, there is also an official Certificate of Unmarriedness, and it is a right old bugger to find someone to draw one up when you’re not French. In the end, he persuaded a British consul to sign a letter stating that the aforementioned – a person he didn’t know and had never met – was, as far as he could guess, probably not already married, perhaps, maybe, I dunno, I hope not. The French authorities accepted it without further question. Back to the story, sometimes here in California we have the opposite problem, where someone really is dead, deceased, an ex-person, pushing up the daisies, kicked the bucket like Jimmy Durante [1], but no one will let him Rest In Peace. Every week or so I get a piece of mail with an offer for guaranteed issue of a life insurance policy for an acquaintance who died a few years ago. He never actually lived at my address, but through a chain of events his forwarding address was set to here. Since they are so insistent, I am tempted to fill in one of those applications on his behalf and see what happens. Maybe they will bring him back to life? After all, they do call it Life Insurance. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w00Kab17aeI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w00Kab17aeI "Did you see it? He (slap) sailed right out there!"