Glenn Close, 78, reveals elaborate plan for her death

Glenn Close has her death all planned out.The “All’s Fair” actress, 78, appeared on Wednesday’s episode of Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ “Wiser Than Me” podcast and revealed that she’s currently building a replica of her grandparents’ stone cottage, and wants to die there.“They had this wonderful stone cottage on their farm, on their property that I think originally had been a slaughterhouse,” Close, who lives in Bozeman, Montana, recalled.“But it was made into this really cozy cottage.
And that was my first memory, in that little cottage.”“Stone, it had ivy on the front.It had literally a white picket fence around it, in the middle of a hay field and woods,” the Oscar nominee continued.
“So I decided when I was building this house, because I’m living my life backward, that behind the house I was gonna build a cottage, a stone cottage.Because the happiest and most inspiring years of my life was in that place.”Close added, “I have decided that I am going to end my days in that cottage.”The “Fatal Attraction” star explained that the cottage is going to have two bedrooms, one for her and one for her eventual caretaker.
“And that’s where I’m gonna die,” she said.“Happily.”Louis-Dreyfus, 64, told Close her death plans are “extraordinary,” as Close confirmed that renovations on the cottage are already underway.“I think the stone part is built.
And I think this week they’re starting the porch,” Close shared.“There’s a little porch that goes down onto a terrace that’s between the cottage and the bigger house.
It makes me so happy to think that.”The “Veep” star continued to praise Close, saying, “I think that’s such an incredible thing to really, you call it living your life backwards, but you’re really sort of in control of things in a way that most people don’t get the opportunity to do.And I think that’s extraordinary that you’ve been able to pull that off.
And I’m just now thinking, ...