The Colbert Report has posted its guest list for the final week of the show, and it's solid, but there are no huge surprises: Seth Rogen, Kendrick Lamar, author and Iraq vet Phil Klay, and Grimmy, the Grim Reaper. 
 
 Wait, what? Rewind, selector: "The Report's final guest will be Stephen's colleague and lifelong friend, Grimmy." 
 
 It's well known that Stephen Colbert intends to retire his conservative talk show host persona when the Report ends, but where does that character go when Colbert, who's worn him as lightly as a cap since 2005, takes that cap off for the last time? Looks like we just found out. 
 
 Ask not for whom the bell tolls, Rev. Sir Dr. Stephen T. Colbert, DFA. It tolls for thee. 
 
 Colbert hinted strongly at his own death in October, when he promised the final 32 episodes would be full of "massive foreshadowing," then panned over to Grimmy flipping an hourglass and doing the ol' finger-across-throat gesture. 
 
 Yeah, this dude gon' die. Or, if he doesn't, he'll find some clever way to subvert the trope. 
 
 [h/t Vulture] ||||| Stephen Colbert ends his run on Comedy Central's 'The Colbert Report' on Dec. 18. (Photo: Ben Gabbe, Getty Images) 
 
 Nation, the end is near. 
 
 In that spirit, Grimmy, aka the Grim Reaper, Stephen Colbert's "colleague and lifelong friend," not to mention his travel agent, will be the final guest when Comedy Central's The Colbert Report ends its 9-year run on Dec. 18 (11:30 p.m. ET/PT). 
 
 Guests on Colbert's final four shows also include: Seth Rogen, star of The Interview, the film with the season's buzziest off-screen story (Dec. 15); Kendrick Lamar, who also will present a musical performance (Dec. 16); and author and National Book Award winner Phil Klay (Dec. 17). 
 
 In a statement, Colbert acknowledges the significance of the show's ending: "Our last week of shows are going to be really special, just like every other week." 
 
 On Dec. 18, Comedy Central will run a marathon of classic Colbert episodes from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. ET/PT. 
 
 But don't despair, Colbert fans. He will be back in September as host of CBS' Late Show, succeeding David Letterman. Letterman will finish his run in May. 
 
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– Stephen Colbert signs off from Comedy Central next week, and the guest list is raising some eyebrows because of the one who appears last: It will be Grimmy, as in the Grim Reaper, who is described affectionately as Colbert's "colleague and lifelong friend," reports USA Today. So is the real Colbert killing off the fictional Colbert? It kind of looks that way, observes Gawker. It notes that Colbert joked in October about "massive foreshadowing" and panned over to Grimmy sliding a finger across his throat. The last show is Thursday, and Colbert will take over David Letterman's show in September as the real Colbert.