“Hes gone.
Hes just gone.”

“The king is gone
But he's not forgotten.
This is the story
Of a Johnny Rotten
It's better to burn out
Than it is to rust.
The king is gone
But he's not forgotten.”

Neil Young (1945) Canadian singer-songwriter

“The sun's gone dim, and the moon's gone black. For I loved him, and he didn't love back.”

Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist

“He was gone, and she was broken hearted, that was all that mattered.”

Danielle Steel (1947) American author of romance novels

“He's gone around the country stirring up apathy.”

David Lange (1942–2005) New Zealand politician and 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand

“The price of meat has just gone up and your old lady has just gone down.”

Frank Zappa (1940–1993) American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer

“He had gone to church and brought back this little flame and had nowhere to put it on the dark damp walls of the apartment, so it had flickered and gone out. And he realised that he wouldn't always be able to produce this flame.”

John Updike book Rabbit, Run

“The days will always be brighter because he existed.
The nights will always be darker because he's gone.”

Tiffanie DeBartolo (1970) American writer

“He is gone now. His shop is gone. Weld Square is gone.
His life has been wiped clean off the board.
But I wake in the night and I see his face and I hear his voice.”

Charles Reis Felix (1923–2017) American writer

“I spilled spot remover on my dog; now he's gone.”

Steven Wright (1955) American actor and author