--- title: Mickey Easterling New Orleans Socialite Attends Wake description: Being dead doesn't mean you don't get to be the life of the party canonical: https://time.com/79368/new-orleans-socialite-body-attends-wake/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-28T16:25:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:09:10.969Z og:title: Socialite Attends Her Own Wake With a Cigarette In One Hand And Champagne Flute In The Other og:description: Being dead doesn't mean you don't get to be the life of the party og:url: https://time.com/79368/new-orleans-socialite-body-attends-wake/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Socialite Attends Her Own Wake With a Cigarette In One Hand And Champagne Flute In The Other twitter:description: Being dead doesn't mean you don't get to be the life of the party twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Socialite Attends Her Own Wake With a Cigarette In One Hand and a Champagne Flute In The Other by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Apr 28, 2014 4:25 PM UTC by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Apr 28, 2014 4:25 PM UTC A new standard has been set for funeral swagger. Socialite Mickey Easterling passed away at 83 last week, but that didn’t stop her from attending her wake as she would have attended any other party on her roster: with a glass of champagne in one hand and a cigarette in the other. > [](https://twitter.com/Interiorator/status/460325601174626304) According to [New Orleans ABC affiliate WGNO](http://wgno.com/2014/04/22/fitting-goodbye-for-new-orleans-philanthropist-ms-mickey-easterling/#axzz2ztwdlceW), Easterling had a strict set of rules for her funeral arrangements, including stipulations that her body be propped up on an iron bench. Easterling looked over the proceedings while wearing a bright pink boa and rhinestone pin that read “Bitch.” Tom Sawyer, you are no longer impressive. ([ABC](http://wgno.com/2014/04/22/fitting-goodbye-for-new-orleans-philanthropist-ms-mickey-easterling/#axzz2ztwdlceW)) Mickey Easterling New Orleans Socialite Attends Wake ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/79368/new-orleans-socialite-body-attends-wake/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/79368/new-orleans-socialite-body-attends-wake/"},"headline":"Socialite Attends Her Own Wake With a Cigarette In One Hand and a Champagne Flute In The Other","datePublished":"2014-04-28T16:25:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:09:10.969Z","description":"Being dead doesn't mean you don't get to be the life of the party","url":"https://time.com/79368/new-orleans-socialite-body-attends-wake/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Living","society","new orleans"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/79368/new-orleans-socialite-body-attends-wake/","name":"Socialite Attends Her Own Wake With a Cigarette In One Hand and a Champagne Flute In The Other"}}]}] ```