My father invented a cure for which there was no disease and unfortunately my mother caught it and died of it.
They say that Nero started the fire himself because he needed a suitable backdrop for his concert.
When an opera star sings her head off? she usually improves her appearance.
...the elephant smoked too much.
Beethoven wrote in three flats a lot. That's because he moved twice.
Mendelssohn never wrote any Water Music. However, he wrote the Scotch Symphony, which is even better, or at least stronger.