Mark Twain New York. The Langdon family plot is marked by a 12-foot monument (two fathoms, or "mark twain") placed there by his surviving daughter Clara. There is also a smaller headstone. He expressed a preference for cremation (for example, in "Life on the Mississippi"), but he acknowledged that his surviving family would have the last word. Officials in Connecticut and New York estimated the value of Twain's estate at $471,000 ($ today). Twain began his career writing light, humorous verse, but he became a chronicler of the vanities, hypocrisies, and murderous acts of mankind. At mid-career, he combined rich humor, sturdy
Word Is Out (song) Australian 12" vinyl single Word Is Out (song) "Word Is Out" is a song written by English duo Stock and Waterman for Kylie Minogue's fourth album "Let's Get to It" (1991). Produced by Mike Stock and Pete Waterman, it was released as the first single from Minogue's album "Let's Get to It". The artwork for the cover was photographed by Ellen Von Unwerth in 1991 for the British edition of "Esquire". On Michael Wilton's review of the second night of her Anti Tour in Sydney, Australia—where she performed an a cappella rendition of the song—for musicOMH, he stated "Word is