"Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" is a song published in 1930.
It was written by Sam H. Stept with lyrics by Sidney Clare.
The original publication also credited singer Bee Palmer as co-composer.
[1] The lyrics are an admonishment between parting lovers, where the singer asks the other to either speak nicely of her, or not at all.
[2] Early hit versions in 1931 were by Gene Austin and Bert Lown.