- Created his "Lord Buckley" persona after buying an oversized cape made for an elephant from a bankrupt circus.
- One of his publicity stunts was to be driven around in a casket in the back of a "flower car" hearse, and when the hearse stopped at a traffic light, Buckey would open the casket and announce his nightclub appearance that night.
- Performed both comic and dramatic vocal works, often based on historical figures, classic literature or flights of fantasy, in what one critic described as "word jazz"; a free-flowing, almost improvisational style somewhere between rap and classical storytelling, peppered with inventive slang and visualizations.
- His ashes were scattered in Red Rock Canyon, outside of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
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