"Hello Mrs. Lemur... what'd you buy then?"
or...
'E's not pinin'!  'E's passed on!  This lemu is no more!  
   He has ceased to be!  'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker!
   'E's a stiff!  Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace!  If you 
   hadn't nailed 'im to the rope 'e'd be pushing up the daisies!
   'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory!  'E's off the twig!  
   'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run
   down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!!
   THIS IS AN EX-LEMUR!!