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Belle Starr

  • [Epitaph:] Shed not for her the bitter tear / Nor give the heart to vain regret. / 'Tis but the casket that lies here. / The gem that fills it sparkles yet.

    • Belle Starr,
    • 1889, in Laura Ward, ed., Famous Last Words: The Ultimate Collection of Finales and Farewells ()

Belle Starr, U.S. outlaw

(1848 - 1889)

Full name: Myra Maybelle Shirley Reed Starr.