I should know this but have forgotten, who said "Life's a bitch and then you die" or something similar?

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I should know this but have forgotten, who said "Life's a bitch and then you die" or something similar?

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Last updated Aug 21 2016.

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Frank Butcher, a character in Eastenders played by Mike Reid came out with an alternative: -
"Life's a bitch..... and then you marry one".
I think that it and any of the many variations were in existence long before he came out with it.

Jul 17 2003, 6:23 AM

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Siskin
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Siskin

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It's also very popular for song titles.
One by Nas, and another by Michael Johnson - links below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnKUUBKLygE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7nN-80WkG0

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Jul 17 2003, 11:01 AM

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Ilona_Ritter
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I don't know who said that but in "Batman Returns" Catwoman says "Life's a bitch and now so am I"

Jul 17 2003, 11:13 AM

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Tommy Boyd used to play the song on every programme 'Life's gonna suck when you grow up', which ends 'and then you're gonna die'.
This sounds like it was based on your quote as well, but I don't know who said it first, or whether a person was actually recorded as having said it first. But I doubt it was from the bible...

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LadyNym

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According to "The Yale Book of Quotations", this quotation first appeared in the "Washington Post" in 1982.

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/02/19/notable-quotables

Aug 21 2016, 4:19 PM

I should know this but have forgotten, who said "Life's a bitch and then you die" or something similar?

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