History Main / CelebritiesHangOutInHeaven

Obviously, the people here are DeadToBeginWith. See also TogetherInDeath, AfterlifeWelcome, and GhostReunionEnding. If this is portrayed in a poem or song, it is likely a CelebrityElegy. If it turns out they're not really dead, then it could be a case of ElvisLives. See also JuryOfTheDamned, in which infamous celebrities and historical figures gather together to serve on a jury. Compare InThePastEveryoneWillBeFamous, where well-known figures are similarly congregate during their lifetimes.

* The Creator/StephenKing short story "You Know They Got a Hell Of a Band" (named after the Righteous Brothers tune) features a lost couple who find themselves in a town named "Rock and Roll Heaven" populated by dead musicians. [[spoiler:Unfortunately It turns out that [[HellOfAHeaven it's only heaven for the musicians themselves]], as anybody who passes through the town can never leave and is forced to watch the rock stars' nightly concerts -- and because [[YearInsideHourOutside time flows differently there]], they can go on for ''years''. Oh, and the rock stars are all grotesque, zombie-esque horrors.]]

* The Creator/StephenKing short story "You Know They Got a Hell Of a Band" (named after the Righteous Brothers tune) features a lost couple who find themselves in a town named "Rock and Roll Heaven" populated by dead musicians...[[spoiler:who turn out to be grotesque, zombieish horrors. Oh, and you can never leave.]]

Obviously, the people here are DeadToBeginWith. See also TogetherInDeath, AfterlifeWelcome, and GhostReunionEnding. If this is portrayed in a poem or song, it is likely a CelebrityElegy. If it turns out they're not really dead, then it could be a case of ElvisLives. See also JuryOfTheDamned, in which infamous celebrities and historical figures gather together to serve on a jury. Compare InThePastEveryoneWillBeFamous, where well-known figures are similarly attracted to the narrative during their lifetimes.

* In "Fire Water Burn" by the ''Music/BloodhoundGang'', they sing that if they goe to Hell they'll spend their days with [[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy J.F.K.]], Music/MarvinGaye, Martha Raye, Music/LawrenceWelk and [[Series/{{Webster}} Emmanuel Lewis]] (because he's the AntiChrist).

* This Website/YouTube [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNEnCVs8PiU video]] portrays former spouses Creator/GildaRadner and Creator/GeneWilder reuniting in Heaven. But when Wilder sees Radner, she is on a date with Garry Shandling. Radner also reveals that in the twenty-five years between Radner's death and Wilder's, she also dated Creator/JimmyStewart, Creator/CaryGrant, Music/JohnLennon, Music/TupacShakur, Creator/JackLemmon, Creator/MarleneDietrich ([[SituationalSexuality for a phase]]), and Music/DavidBowie.

* Music/TypeONegative's "[[DeadAgain2007 Halloween in Heaven]]", a tribute to [[Music/{{Pantera}} Dimebag Darrell]], mentions a rock band formed in heaven.

Obviously, the people here are DeadToBeginWith. See also TogetherInDeath, AfterlifeWelcome, and GhostReunionEnding. If this is portrayed in a poem or song, it is likely a CelebrityElegy. If it turns out they're not really dead, then it could be a case of ElvisLives. See also JuryOfTheDamned, in which infamous celebrities and historical figures gather together to serve on a jury.

* ''WesternAnimation/GrandmaGotRunOverByAReindeer'': When Grandpa doesn't yet know that Grandma [[MistakenDeathConfirmation survived the reindeer attack]], he sings (to [[BigBad Cousin Mel]]'s annoyance) about how he's convinced that "Grandma's spending Christmas with the superstars", being consoled by Music/ElvisPresley.

* ''WesternAnimation/GrandmaGotRunOverByAReindeer'': Grandpa doesn't yet know that Grandma survived the reindeer attack, and (to [[BigBad Cousin Mel]]'s annoyance) sings about how he's convinced that "Grandma's spending Christmas with the superstars", including Music/FrankSinatra.

* {{Defied|Trope}} in Creator/MarkTwain's short story ''Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven''. Stormfront is told that well-known figures -- and figures that would have been well-known had they lived long enough to reach their potential -- are said to sometimes appear and be celebrated, but this is relatively rare occurrence. [[HellOfAHeaven What kind of Heaven would it be for them if they didn't get any time away from the paparazzi]], after all?

[[caption-width-right:350:Creator/JoanRivers, [[Literature/BooksOfSamuel King David]], [[Characters/TheSimpsonsOtherRecurringCharacters Rabbi Hyman Krustofsky]], [[IronLady Golda Meir]], Creator/GalGadot[[note]]Not dead but they like her so much, she gets to visit[[/note]], UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein, and [[BadassIsraeli Moshe Dayan]]]]

** The antagonist, Ernesto de la Cruz is a dead actor and singer who WordOfGod says is based on based on well-known Mexican musicians such as Pedro Infante, Jorge Negrete and Vicente Fernández.

* ''Film/HappyGilmore'' shows Chubbs in heaven with UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln and the alligator.

* ''Film/ThisIsTheEnd'' is a justified example, as the main protagonists are celebrities, who are friends in real life[[note]]It's pretty much Creator/JuddApatow's ProductionPosse without Judd Apatow[[/note]], [[AdamWesting playing themselves]] as as they try to survive through [[Literature/BookOfRevelation the apocalypse]]. [[spoiler:Those who make it into Heaven naturally hang out with each other and enjoy a DancePartyEnding with the Music/BackstreetBoys performing "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)".]]

* A Brazilian satire magazine put a cruel twist on this trope when they implied Music/{{SHINEE}} singer Jonghyun wasn't cared about by his fans and only killed himself at age 27 to get into the "Club", resulting in them kicking him out. Needless to say, K-poppers [[DudeNotFunny were NOT amused.]]

* Creator/LennyHenry has a routine where he imagines all the big rock stars jamming in heaven ... and Music/GeorgeFormby is joining in on his little ukelele.

* [[https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/sgt-peppers-style-homage-to-celebrity-deaths-of-2016-runs-out-of-space/ This parody]] of the ''[[Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand Sgt. Pepper]]'' cover includes most, if not all, of the celebrities who died in the infamous year of 2016. It totaled up to 82.
** And he’s (reluctantly) done one for every year since.

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* Inverted in ''VideoGame/SuperColumbineMassacreRPG''. The second half of the game [[PlanetHeck takes place in Hell]], and while you're there, you get to visit an Island of Lost Souls, where you meet historical figures like Creator/FriedrichNietzsche (who you have to speak with to progress further), Music/JohnLennon, UsefulNotes/RichardNixon, UsefulNotes/MalcolmX, Creator/{{Confucius}}, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_JonBenet_Ramsey JonBenét Ramsey,]] UsefulNotes/RobertOppenheimer (who tells the player that "if [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone inventing the atomic bomb doesn't land you down here]], what possibly could?"), and a victim of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster Challenger explosion]] (who thinks that his lustful thoughts about Christa [=McAuliffe=] got him sent to Hell). You also encounter a [[RoswellThatEndsWell Roswell alien]], SantaClaus, and fictional characters like [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]], [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Bart Simpson]], Franchise/MegaMan, and [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]]. And of course, there's the game's {{Villain Protagonist}}s, the UsefulNotes/{{Columbine}} shooters Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, who were both sent to Hell for their killing spree.

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