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As he wished, a quote from The Undertones' "Teenage Kicks" will grace the late BBC DJ John Peel's tombstone.

He was quoted as saying he would like the song's line "our teenage dreams so hard to beat" on his tombstone.

The DJ is buried in St Andrew's Church, in the village of Great Finborough, Suffolk, where he lived for 33 years.

Peel's widow, Sheila Ravenscroft, said: "We have put the words on the stone that he would've wanted. I wouldn't dare do anything else!"


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Deal alert: Amazon is offering 50 percent off lots of DVD box sets, including the "James Bond Ultimate Collectors Set," "Planet of the Apes Legacy Collection," and more.

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There will be a new "Star Wars" film in theaters this summer.

"Star Wars: The Clone Wars" opens Aug. 15, and it's a feature length animated prologue to the all-CGI series coming this fall on Cartoon Network and TNT.


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Jon's Random Acts of Geekery rounds up a bunch of Marvel Comics Slurpee cups.

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Journalista reports on the death of comics scribe Steve Gerber and Gerber's recent difficulties with Marvel Comics over rights to his creations.

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Via Occasional Superheroine, here's the coolest tribute to Steve Gerber I've seen today.

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On a more serious note, the Comics Reporter has a very nice and detailed overview of Gerber's life and career.

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