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Eddie Murphy, 63, reveals he is ‘never having a funeral’ and wants his loved ones to ‘just let me go out quietly’ when he dies.
Eddie Murphy revealed he does not want a funeral and hopes his loved ones will allow him to ‘just go out quietly’ when he dies.
The 63-year-old, who has 10 children by five women, made the remarks while promoting his new film Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F.
At first, he quipped that the Beverly Hills Cop theme from the original 1984 movie should be played at his memorial service to raise a ‘smile’ from the mourners.
He burst into laughter at the thought of the movie music blaring out at his funeral, while the attendees looked at each other in confusion.
‘That’s just a joke, ’cause I’m never having a funeral,’ he told film journalist Kevin McCarthy in an Instagram interview.
‘I mean I’m gonna die like everyone else but, they have – they know not to, no funeral, no, just let me just go out quietly,’ he added.
‘They,’ meaning Eddie’s loved ones, include his 10 children as well as his longtime love Paige Butcher, 44, an Australian model he has been with since 2012.
Eddie had five of his children through his 13-year marriage to Nicole Murphy – Bria, 34, Myles, 31, Shayne, 29, Zola, 24, and Bella, 21.
Between meeting and marrying Nicole, Eddie also welcomed a now 34-year-old son called Christian with a woman named Tamara Hood