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Actress Kim Novak's Plan for Life After Death
25 Oct
Summary
- Kim Novak, 93, plans to be composted after death.
- She wants her remains to become soil to foster new growth.
- Her compost will be used to plant trees and shrubs.
Actress Kim Novak, now 93, has detailed her unconventional and deeply personal plans for her passing, opting for natural composting over traditional burial or cremation.
Novak explained her desire to "keep living" after her death, finding peace in the idea of becoming one with the soil. This process allows her to contribute to new life, a concept she finds more appealing than being turned into ashes or buried.
Her plan involves her remains being sent to a facility in Washington for natural composting, a practice legal in Oregon where she is based. She has arranged for her friends and family to receive the compost, with specific instructions to plant trees or shrubs, thus enabling her to "keep growing."
Having withdrawn from Hollywood by 1965 and officially retired after 1991's Liebestraum, Novak found solace and expression in painting and a closer connection to nature. This love for the natural world heavily influenced her unique post-mortem wishes, which she views as a beautiful expression of life's continuation.
