None of us really know when our last moment on this planet will come or what we’ll say when it does—that is, if we manage to say anything at all. But some people have left behind final words so unforgettable that they’ve stayed with us long after they’re gone.
A few of these parting lines, from funny to touching, have even made their way into this popular Reddit thread. Scroll down to read them and upvote the ones you’d want to be remembered by!
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Gramma's Last Words
I like my Gramma's last words.
"My, what a LOVELY party!!"
She was 102 and a half, at home, and the end was very near. Family and friends (including her cardiologist, a close friend of ours) were over for Christmas, and after dinner mom put Gramma to bed. Then everyone gathered in Gramma's room with bottles of wine and champagne, played Big Band music, sang, chatted, passed Gramma wine and bubbly. Eventually everyone retired, and as mom tucked her in, Gramma said "My, what a LOVELY party!" She never woke up. It was a good passing.
I can't think of a better way to go, even for her relatives
Load More Replies...This is why I'm pro euthanasia. Everyone in declining health could have the option to throw a party, say goodbye to their loved ones, and die in their own home.
Agree. Death with Dignity is so so needed everywhere, for all those with non survivable diseases, which will only get worse and worse. People should be allowed to have the kind of Last Party with their loved ones just like this woman and her loved ones did. No matter the patients' age. Why could and would (and SHOULD - if you think on it) anyone feel okay to let their ill loved one suffer brutally worse and worse while waiting for xyz days, months, years to finally die? To me, that's the opposite of love."Ah mom/dad/child/spouse is suffering harder and harder, pain meds barely work any more. But they'll die when it's the right time. We can't just let them go." Selfish. Just selfish. Death w Dignity: the selfless most living, final gift one gives themselves to be able to have their final choice by their terms, able to choose when, where, with who... Can say 'I love you and thank you for loving me'/'I'm sorry'/'I forgive you', etc to anyone they wish. Then pass where they're comfy, surrounded by whatever loved ones they want, and pass gently, listening to said loved ones sending them off with touch, kiss, soft words of love. It's that or a cold hospital room with visiting hours, noises, bright lights strangers in and out, prodding and poking, meds on hosp time, never ever knowing if today will finally be the end... etc. There is no dignity in that.
Load More Replies...Willem Arondeus
Willem Arondeus. “Tell people that homosexuals are not cowards”. He was a Dutch anti-N*zi resistance fighter. Bad a*s.
BP, N a z i is a word that defines a context for God’s sake, we all know what it is and who the as5holes were.
It used to bother me as well, but not so much anymore as it was explained (many times) since. BP is out of Lithuania; they aren't going through posts and censoring things personally, I believe it is whatever bot/program thingy that they use. There are also some language and cultural barriers & laws in different countries they must observe. While a word or image may be allowed to view on the internet in one country, it may be forbidden in another. While, yes, a lot of the censorship is ridiculous, it's not intentionally ridiculous.
Load More Replies...I'm gay and the bravery of the average queer person astonishes me every day. I know a lot of guys who are very obviously gay and campy, and trans people who did not have access to puberty blockers so could not prevent their features from changing during puberty. My f*****g peeps are braver than any homophobe will ever know. We get targeted every day just going about our lives! I get made fun of at work occasionally and just deal with it. These iconic heroes from history are an astonishing example of what it's taken for us to get even this far.
Yes! I know so many amazing people who don't deserve to be walked all over for being who they are. Also outspoken allies have a special place in my heart.
Load More Replies...In my experience, homosexuals are some of the most courageous people on earth.
I wonder when the stereotype started? Bisexuality/homosexuality was 'manly' in Roman times. Where do these silly stigmas come from?
There’s a brilliant documentary about him and another person, forgot her name (sorry) by Stephen Fry.
In that time the courage to say that knowing you’re going out is something that should be on a plaque somewhere if it’s not. That’s amazing.
There's no place for censorship in a free society. Going to post this same comment on every censored post until you guys ban me again.
My Grandfather Last Words
My grandfather wasn't famous but I was with him when he passed. His last words were "Mary, I've missed you" and i tear up and am comforted every time i think of it. Mary was my grandmother's name, she passed about 15 years before him.
I was the only with my dad when died from a rheumatic heart in a Seattle hospital in 1972 in the middle of the night. He suddenly woke up and looked at me and said "Why don't we get out of here and go fishing?" and went back to sleep and passed. Needless to say, fishing was his biggest hobby.
My late friend (83) was very active and close to her kids who saw her every day at her home. She passed in her sleep one night after having dinner with her daughters. When they called me, the daughter said her mother told them that she really missed her husband who had passed over 20 years before. Mom said she felt that John (husband) was around. He obviously was waiting for her.
Marquis De Favras
Just before hanging, French aristocrat Marquis de Favras read his death warrant and commented “I see that you have made 3 spelling errors.”
That wood be meh. Grandma Nasty to the better inns. Sorry couldn't resist.
Load More Replies...Pre internet grammar troll extraordinaire. I bet everyone involved was enraged.
That's me!! I told an anesthesiologist before surgery there were misspelled words in his practice's before surgery directions! Bet he couldn't wait to put me to sleep! I also kept asking for my surgeon because I wanted to see him before I went under because, as I said out loud: "He's soooo HOT!".
Oleksandr Matsievskiy
Oleksandr Matsievskiy was a Ukrainian sniper who was captured and executed by the russian invaders in late December of 2022. He was standing in what would be his grave. He said "Slava Ukraini" (Glory to Ukraine) and the russians m*rdered him.
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We (meaning those who live in my (European) country, were just told that even though we are not at war, we are in the so-called 'grey zone', where war is not obvious but still being waged in the form of espionage, sabotage, the sending over of immigrants to cross our borders illegally and putting a strain on our society and that we need to be vigilant. Oh yes, and please join our armed forces otherwise conscription is on the horizon. This is the result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
I love ( sarcastic) how refugees fleeing war situation is presented as " the sending over of immigrants to cross our border illegally and putting a strain on our society".
Load More Replies...So brave and so sad. Russia needs to get out of Ukraine and leave those people alone.
Reminds me of the famous last communication from snake island https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_warship,_go_f**k_yourself
There's no place for censorship in a free society. Repeating this on every censored post until you guys either stop or ban me again.
There also is no requirement to publish whatever anyone writes, and it's not censorship.
Load More Replies...I know most people will disagree, but none of the existing nations, is worth dying for. Nations are the reason why we are killing each other, not the solution to maintain peace. I m yself am even so stupid to believe, that more guns in school, will not lead to better safety, but making guns unreachable for kids will.
They arrested the father of the Apalachee shooter. I think this will help too.
Load More Replies...BP censors a lot of things because kids might be on here. So, some things I understand being censored. The rest is because they are afraid something might offend someone. Explain why the word Nazi has to censored? Suicide? OK, I can get that one. But die/dies/dies? I wrote about my garden dying from the heat in the Texas' summer. And BP censored dying. SERIOUSLY!?!
Voliatire
As Voliatire was on his deathbed, a priest performed the last rites and asked him if he "rejects Satan and all his deed?" Voltaire said: “MY goodman, now is not the time for making new enemies.”
A few years ago an elderly neighbour of ours was getting more and more sickly. Out of the blue the local priest visited him (small town). The priest, who had always tried to "convince" our very independent and pragmatic neighbour to go to church more etc, kept going on and on about the great things that would be waiting in the afterlife. Our neighbour got annoyed at one point and interrupted the priest: "Or, you know, the lights just go out." Which were also his last words, he died during the following night. Legend.
French guy did alot of Philosophy stuff, quite deep. And tbh beyond me...
Load More Replies...What irritates me to know end is the way that Voltaire is presented as a faithful Catholic and respectably impartial observer of history.
*no end. He also said something to the effect that if god did not exist, it would be necessary to invest him; given the content of Candide (which I read for A level French Lit), I have a feeling that that was as close as he could get to atheism without offending the ruling Catholic church and risking heresy charges (and execution). Real name was François-Marie Arouet by the way.
Load More Replies...I have always loved Voltaire. He drank up to 50 cups of coffee a day (do not do that nowadays you will die of caffeine intoxication) so he must have been the character history says he was.
Lepa Radic
A 17 year old Yugoslavian girl, Lepa Radic, was caught fighting the N*zis. As they hung a noose around her neck they offered her a reprieve if she were to give up her co conspirators.
She responded by telling them she was not a traitor, and that they would reveal themselves when they avenged her death.
"I am not a traitor of my people. Those whom you are asking about will reveal themselves when they have succeeded in wiping out all you evildoers, to the last man."
Why nazi is censored? I know in my country is illegal to spread nazi or comi ideology, but censoring a word? Or it's just because AI is checking all messages and this is to avoid a ban?
There's no place for censorship in a free society. Repeating this on every censored post until you guys either stop, or ban me again.
I'd be doing well to have even a hundredth of her courage.. (and there would have been no reprieve. They were Na.zis)
Opportunity
My battery is low and it’s getting dark. - Mars rover.
I'm so disappointed no-one programmed it to ask, "Will I dream?" just to f**k with people. (Reference to HAL from 2001.)
Load More Replies...Meant for 90 days. Lasted 15 years. Science is awesome. ... if it makes anyone feel any better, Opportunity couldn't compose full sentences; this sad last sentence was actually just raw data indicating low power and light levels.
I wonder if NASA made the error message so sad on purpose, or if a random coder put it in
Load More Replies...This sounds so sad, even if it's a machine on a planet millions of kilometers away. It must have felt very lonely.
You are absolutely right. Don't pay attention to the other replies.
Load More Replies...He was an epic good bot. Hope we can one day retriever him and his kin and put them in a muséum if we ever settle Mars.
I wonder, if when we get there, Opportunity could be revived, and if she would remember.
It would be grand if we could put her in a muséum on Mars.
Load More Replies...So sad...the poor thing had to sing "Happy Birthday" to itself every year.
Is this the one that used to sing Happy Birthday to itself every year?
Sophie Scholl
“How can we expect righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone willing to give himself up individually to a righteous cause? Such a fine, sunny day, and I have to go, but what does my death matter, if through us, thousands of people are awakened and stirred to action?” - Sophie Scholl
Sophie Scholl was an anti-n*zi political activist who was executed for treason at the age of 21. I highly recommend looking into her story.
The white Rose! I live next to the university where she dumped those Flyers decades ago.
And I a as m regularly in the Justizpalast where they were tried, today the courtroom is a museum and it is made sure that there are always a bouquet of white roses in a vase every day.
Load More Replies...There's a movie from 2005 if you're interested. Sophie Scholl – The Final Days
I respect all the anti-n@zi resistance fighters in every European country during WW2, but I must say that the German people who resisted against their own fascist regime deserve a lot of merit for their efforts when they were surrounded by N@zi sympathisers everywhere who were hyper keen to turn them in in to the authorities (just like all the others they deemed undesirable and worthy only to be erradicated).
millions who want to 'survive.' The honest men who just want to be left in peace. Those who don’t want their little lives disturbed by anything bigger than themselves. Those with no sides and no causes. Those who won’t take measure of their own strength, for fear of antagonizing their own weakness. Those who don’t like to make waves—or enemies. Those for whom freedom, honour, truth, and principles are only literature. Those who live small, mate small, die small. It’s the reductionist approach to life: if you keep it small, you’ll keep it under control. If you don’t make any noise, the bogeyman won’t find you. But it’s all an illusion, because they die too, those people who roll up their spirits into tiny little balls so as to be safe. Safe?! From what? Life is always on the edge of death; narrow streets lead to the same place as wide avenues, and a little candle burns itself out just like a flaming torch does. I choose my own way to burn. Sophie Scholl
The judge who sentenced her to death, Roland Freisler, was an absolute a******le and the most feared justice of the Nazi regime. He then was killed in an air raid, when he refused to evacuate the building after hearing the sirens. He was found crushed under a column, still holding the briefings of the accusation. Allegedly, a witness declared "another judge has passed His judgement".
Didn't she also say they'd know who her accomplices were "when they come for you"? I might be thinking of someone else. EDIT: Turns out I was thinking of Lepa Radic! Two badass girls. Be cool if they met at some point.
The only good Názi, is one that has been made judiciously, and with extreme prejudice, permanently "unalived". And that goes for Neo-Názis, White Supremacist, White Nationalist, KKK, or ony other titles these wastes of human space choose as their "identity".
I am so glad I stopped to read about what sounds like the most astounding and fearless person that I had not heard of to date. Thank you all for the information, greatly appreciated.
Roald Dahl
The almost final words of writer Roald Dahl, were "You know, I'm not frightened. It's just that I will miss you all so much" to his family. After appearing to fall unconscious the nurse then injected him with morphine to ease his passing and he said his actual last words:
“Ow, f**k!”.
Ironic, as it was for morphine. I would be most miffed. Thank you for the warning, Roald.
Load More Replies...The family of Roald Dahl has apologized for his anti-semitism in a statement buried deep in the author's official website.
He was not only an anti-semitic, he was actually supporting the Nazi regime (which are two different things). As a kid I adored his books, I was a huge fan. Until I learned this. He fell of his pedestal so deep.
Load More Replies...How did the nurse inject him with morphine after appearing to fall unconscious? Take your flawed noun-verb agreement and f**k off
They would inject morphine to a dying person because they become "air hungry." Though by this time, the person is usually unaware of much, seeing them struggling to breathe may cause unnecessary stress on family members.
Load More Replies...My pseudo-uncle's dad's last words were "I just wanted to see how it all turned out..." Baller!
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde: “My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us must go.”
Actually, he said this a week or so before he died, but it makes a nice story and gets repeated a lot.
Bob Hope
“Surprise me” - Bob Hope
His wife asked him where he wanted to be buried.
Leonardo Da Vinci
"I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have." - Leonardo da Vinci.
That's sad that even Da Vinci suffered from the voice of his inner critic.
Like most artistic polymaths nothing is ever good enough. It was good enough Leo, it was good enough.
Don't we all feel that we could have done more and could have done it better.
Todd Beamer
“Let’s Roll” Todd Beamer, on board UA flight 93(9/11).
A bit of backstory. Beamer's wife and a friend tried to profit off this, founding a charity and applying for copyright of the phrase "let's roll". The charity was supposed to "counsel kids who lost a parent from terrorist attacks". They started out with about 4 millions in assets, burned cash at the rate of over 1M/yr without many tangible results, rebranded to a new name and ultimately folded just 8 years later, with the new president (herself the wife of another victim of Flight93) complaining about lack of revenue and asking where the rest of the money have gone under the previous tenure. Their track record for the three years of full activity was abysmal, with less than 1/4th of the money going to programs, and 3/4th into fundraising and business expenses, with the "fundraising" costing far more than the actual funds recovered. Their actual programs expenses -from their fiscal documents- amounted to about 250k$/yr, in the form of group retreats with 50 kids at a time.
From 2003 to 2005 the 3 managers were awarded a combined about half a million USD, half of that for the CEO. Part of the profits of the Foundation came from the licensing of the phrase -despite being generic and pre-existing- to a Florida university football team, a fireworks manufacturer, several apparel resellers etc.
Load More Replies...I really admire that. To be able to rise above yourself at such a crucial moment.
He wasn't alone. A dozen or so passengers, along with the flight attendants, worked together. He was the one who got through to the outside on the phone.
Load More Replies...Lavinia Fisher
“If anyone has a message for the Devil, tell me now, for I shall be seeing him shortly.” -Lavinia Fisher, the first female serial k*ller in the US.
*serial unaliver (Is it just me or is this censorship getting more and more ridiculous? 😄)
Yes! Why is the word nazi censored in the above lost. We shouldn't be hiding from history. We should be taught how Terrible nazis were/are. Censoring the word begins to erase it. Hitler and his ilk will burn for eternity. Some younger people may. Ot jave an understanding of the history of ww2
Load More Replies...Yes, runaway wokery, trickling down from the corporate virtue signalers.
Urban legend that she was involved in any of the killings. She was the wife of a killer no more.
Giles Corey
"More weight." - Giles Corey, as he was pressed to death for refusing to confess to witchcraft.
A hero! And stubborn. He refused to enter a plea pf guilt because he didn't want the a holes torturing him to get his property and land as per the law regarding the distribution of a guilty persons property at the time Because he didn't plea to anything, h8s children got his land and wealth, not the 'officials ".
I was Martha in our production of The Crucible and I've always loved Giles. What a character.
I've never understood the witch hunts. If I were actually a witch, do you honestly think I could be easily killed by hanging or burning? (or in this case pressing). No, I'd turn you into a toad and merrily skip away.
Groucho Marx
"Die, my dear? Why, that's the last thing I'll do!" - Groucho Marx.
It's on my Not-To-Do list actually. And so far it's going well *fingers crossed*
Load More Replies...Benjamin Guggenheim
During the sinking of the Titanic, a person named Benjamin Guggenheim was offered a life jacket. He refused, saying:
"No thank you, we are dressed in our best and are prepared to go down like gentlemen... But we would like a brandy".
He did not survive the sinking.
not just "a person" - he was one of the richest men in America. It would be like Jeff Bezos giving up his seat on the lifeboat.
He should have taken both the brandy and a life jacket, it would have given him a slim chance at surviving.
Unlikely, given the freezing cold water. Something like more than 4 minutes in the water, and its too late to be saved.
Load More Replies...Pancho Villa
"Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something." - Pancho Villa.
Historian here, and also Mexican: this is a legend popularized by William Randolph Hearst in United States. It is not even commonly known in Mexico. Villa was ambushed while traveling in an open car by a platoon of soldiers and was hit 16 times with .44 and .50 caliber expanding rounds, two of them ripped his chest open. Even if he had miracously survived long enough to say something, there was no one left to record them, as everyone in the car was also killed immediately. Hearst also had Villa's body unburied and his head removed to show it in USA.
Truth is that's a famous joke, and a very good one. The circumstances of Vila's death (ambushed with machine gun fire) make it pretty certain that he had no time for last words.
Marie Antoinette
I find Marie Antoinette’s last words to be very tragic - on her way to the block she accidentally trod on the executioner’s foot and said “pardon me, sir, I did not mean to do it”.
It may not just be simple manners. Everyone tended to be quite nice to executioners, including tipping them. There are many horror stories of botched executions, where the executioner had to make repeated attempts.
Naturally, you want to do anything you can to encourage your executioner to do a fast job. So politeness, tipping, etc. all make sense.
Load More Replies...Adding Danton's one (Original Revolutionary bloke who was guillotined one year after Marie-Antoinette) to the Executioner : 'Don't forget, oh please don't forget to show my head to the crowd ! It's worth it !" And with that L'Oréal was invented.
"You're Worth It", was the brand's tag line. Now, L'Oreal is considered a "d**g store" cosmetic.
Load More Replies...Union General John Sedgewick
"They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance."
Union General John Sedgewick.
Unfortunately for the General, they weren't aiming at an elephant.
They didn't, they hit him. "On May 9th, 1864 Sedgwick was killed by Confederate artillery fire at Spotsylvania Courthouse shortly after commenting that his position was out of range of the Confederate gunners."
Reminds me of the last words of Amado Carillo, a Mexican druglord. He was going under plastic surgery to change his appearance, and before the anesthetic said: "Tomorrow I'll be f****h great!". He died in surgery of an anesthetic overdose.
Russian admiral Nakhimov before being shot during the siege of Sevastopol in 1855: "They are shooting rather precizely today"
St. Lawrence
“I’m well done on this side. Turn me over.”
-St. Lawrence (while being burned to death on a gridiron).
And Jesus said, welcoming him into eternity, "Well done good and faithful servant..."
San Lorenzo Cathedral in Genoa, Italy has a bas relief of him on a grill over the main entrance.
That’s the kind of faith of which I pray to have more as I get closer to God every day. It is also true that St. Lawrence was known for being a bit of a smart Alec and had no problem criticizing the Roman government for their persecution of Christians, Jews, women, and those in poverty.
This one literally gives you the context right there in the post, you'll be okay. Deep breaths.
Load More Replies...Karl Marx
Last words are for fools who haven't said enough in life.
-Karl Marx.
Karl made a few category errors, like believing in a noble human nature.
He planned more but the teleprompter failed.
Load More Replies...That's a foolish comment - everyone has last words, they're not always memorable (or remembered).
George Appel
Cop k*ller George Appel at the time of his execution in the electric chair, August 9th, 1928.
"Well, gentlemen, you are about to see a baked Appel."
Katherine Howard
" I die a queen, but I would rather die the wife of Culpepper." Katherine Howard, King Henry VIII teenage bride, who was beheaded for adultery.
Thomas Culpeper was her probable lover with whom she committed the alleged adultery she was executed for.
After Boleyn, none of Mary's stepparents were more than eight years older than her, and Howard was a few years YOUNGER. Henry was, in addition to being a murderer and horrible excuse of a human being, a creep.
NO. WE DO NOT TALK ABOUT THE WIVES. (me being devastated after reading a pjo fanfiction where Anne Boleyn was brought back to life)
Lawrence Oates
I'm going out now. I may be some time.
-Lawrence Oates, on an Antarctic expedition, just before leaving the tent during a blizzard to sacrifice himself and give the other explorers a better chance at survival.
That was Scott's Terra Nova Expedition. They reached the South Pole only to discover that Amundsen beat them there. They all died one by one on the way back. Their diaries were preserved though.
"Scoffed him along with the last packet of instant mash", thank you
Load More Replies...Sam Cooke
“Lady, you shot me.” - Sam Cooke upon having been shot. By some lady.
I guess many don't know who Sam Cooke was. His chart-topping hits included “You Send Me” (1957), “Chain Gang” (1960), and “Cupid” (1961), all of which transformed him into a star. But Cooke wasn’t just a performer — he also wrote all of his hit songs. More about him and his death: https://allthatsinteresting.com/sam-cooke-death
I don't buy the self defense claims the lady made. Sam Cooke seemed like such a gentle and kind soul from his music
Sadly, we'll never know for sure as we only got her side and the side of the girl he supposedly was trying to sexually assault. (again, this is the giant rabbit hole I fell down trying to find out why he was shot to begin with)
Load More Replies..." Lady, you shot me; The life and death of Sam Cooke " was an interesting documentary about the very shady circumstances under which Cooke died.
It wasn't just "Some lady". It was a motel manager named Bertha Franklin who shot him in self-defense. It's a very sad and controversial story that has defenders and offenders of what actually happened. Went down a long rabbit hole when looking his death up once on Wikipedia.
Or she was a participant in an attempt to rob him, along with the "lady" he was with in the motel, and she shot him when he wouldn't cooperate.
Load More Replies...Mom
My mom woke up for a moment toward the end, saw the people gathered to say goodbye and her last words were, "Holy s**t!".
In 2015 I found my mother unresponsive. I called for the EMTs and when they were taking her to the hospital, she woke up briefly and said, "what are you doing to me?" Then she faded out again. She died two days later without waking up. She had been talking to my dad for a week before this. (he died in 2013.). so I guess she was ready to go. Her last words still haunt me because I had to make the decision not to put her on life support.
My mom told me one week before she passed that she was going to die soon. I didn't want to believe her. She told me she had been seeing my deceased dad (her husband of over 50 years) visiting her and she knew he was there to see her off. I wish I didn't say things like, "no mom, you'll be ok." Because now I wish I knew more. But I DO know that she already knew. I'm sure your mom already knew, too. I had to make the same decision for my dad about life support and I questioned every decision I made for years. But I have - 10 years later - come to accept that I did fine and also, I did the best at the time with what was available to me at the time.
Load More Replies...I don’t remember my dad’s last words. should I be sad about that? He died from a rare fast acting brain degeneration, so we didn’t know to think about his last words until well after he stopped speaking. I prefer to remember his favorite words: “I love you”, “carpe diem”, and “yeah, honey, what’s up?” Ok, that last one might just be one of my favorites.
Bruce
Not really last words last words, but last words to someone. And definitely a funny story imo.
So there used to be this supergroup called cream, consisting of jack Bruce, ginger Baker and Eric Clapton. Bruce and Baker famously hated each other. With a burning passion.
So when Bruce was a few hours from death in 2014, he phoned up close friends to say goodbye. When he called his ex-cream band mate Baker, he told him, “I’m dying, Ginger, f**k you!" and proceeded to then slam down the phone. Baker tried to call back several times, but obv Bruce wouldn’t pick up.
As Bruce always felt baker just had to have the last word in any conversation. So by doing this he knew baker would resent him even more because he could never get baker back.
Cream, Deep Purple, King Crimson, maybe others I've forgotten, many "colourful" band names in the late '60's.
+Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, later Rainbow, Whitesnake; a roll-call of the development of British Prog Rock into what became Hard Rock and later Heavy Metal.
Load More Replies..."Baker was a curmudgeon who was difficult to get along with" is the understatement of the year. Bruce was a Scot with a fiery temper. A volatile mix of personalities. Poor Eric was caught in the crossfire. Was lucky enough to have seen them play, incredible musicianship.
Have you heard Clapton's views on vaccines? It' equivalent to " Get off my lawn".
Load More Replies..."There used to be this supergroup called Cream..." You could have just said Cream and been done with it. Ninety percent of us would have known who you meant. LOL *goes off to play 'I Feel Free' on the computer*
"So there used to be this supergroup called cream..." This is a knife right through my heart.
Better than "Cream? Never heard of them. I don't listen to that 90s oldies stuff."
Load More Replies...Ginger Baker was an amazing musician, but considered by many to be not just a bit of an A**Hole
Ginger Baker is the reason I wanted to be a drummer. Turns out, you need to be a bit more coordinated than I am :)
I know Cream, is the name of the band, but all I can think of is a song with the same name, aka cash rules everything around me. Anyone else?
Winwood was indeed in Traffic, he formed Blind Faith together with Baker and Clapton after Traffic and Cream had split.
Load More Replies...George Sanders
Oscar-winning actor George Sanders committed s*icide at the age of 65. His suicide note read:
“Dear World, I am leaving because I am bored. I feel I have lived long enough. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool. Good luck.”
Is self-determination on the list yet? If we censor enough, will life never end?
I can see where he's coming from. I do understand people who are very elderly, who don't have significant medical problems but who feel their life has run its course and now want to please leave this world.
Methinks you must be very young to thing that 65 is very elderly!!
Load More Replies...Please don't. I can't tell if this is a joke or not but there are so many good things in this world!!! "Dуing is easy, young man, living is harder"
Load More Replies...Warren Zevon
When Warren Zevon, who knew he was dying, was asked by David Letterman if he had any advice for the rest of us, he said “Enjoy every sandwich”.
written by his ex-wife, that book is fascinating. Warren has written several memorable songs, the least of which is Werewolves of London. After that last show, Dave said that Warren gifted him the gray strat that he had been using frequently on the Letterman show, causing Dave to cry like a baby.
Load More Replies...Ramón María Narváez
On his deathbed, Spanish Prime Minister Ramón María Narváez was asked to forgive his enemies, to which he replied:
"I don't need to forgive my enemies — I have had them all shot."
Buddy Rich
There is an apocryphal story about the last words of jazz drummer Buddy Rich. As he was being prepped for surgery the nurse asked him if there was anything he was allergic to, he replied "Yeah, country music." He never recovered from the surgery and died a couple weeks later.
Buddy having a slight difference of opinion with his band -> http://trackdrummer.com/other-services/buddy-rich-audio-page/
He had a reputation for being, shall we put it this way, difficult.
Load More Replies...Not exactly true; the exact statement was "country and western music. he made the statement to a nurse who asked him about d**g allergies. On March 16th, he had surgery to remove a brain tumor, but didn't die until May 2nd.
Spike Milligan
Spike Milligan upon his death bed
“ I told you I was ill”.
Was definitely the epitaph on his gravestone, but not sure they were his last spoken words.
He was denied those words on his gravestone by the church, so his family had the same phrase written in Irish.
Load More Replies...He wasn't allowed this on his stone, so he had it written in Irish.
The father of The Goon Show, which was the inspiration for Monty Python (he actually has a cameo in Life Of Brian). The Goon Show was also the source of The Funniest Joke (look it up), and Milligan's war memoirs are worth a read. He was in the Royal Artillery in WWII, fought in North Africa and Italy, and suffered from PTSD. In his memory: Little Pippa by Spike Milligan - "Pip pip pippety pip, slid on the lino, slippety slip, fell down stairs, trippety trip, tore her knickers, rippety rip, started to cry, drippety drip, poor little Pippa, pippety pip."
It was written in Latin, because the council wouldn’t let him put it on his gravestone. Fitting, because Latin is a dead language.
Tormod Kolbrunarskald
"Eg er kvit or hjarterota, kongen har fødd oss vel", or in English: "There is fat around my heart, the king has fed us well”, said by Tormod Kolbrunarskald as he pulled an arrow out of his heart and saw fat on the arrowhead.
Galois
Galois’ last words “Dry your eyes brother I need all the courage I can have to die at 20”.
He was an extraordinary mathematician who, nonetheless was foolish in love and died in a duel.
Dylan Thomas
"I've had 18 straight whiskies...... I think that's the record." - Dylan Thomas.
the blood alcohol levels must have been INSANE. ( also sounds like a fun way to go)
As someone who almost drunk herself to d***h, no, it's not
Load More Replies...Breaker Morant
"Shoot straight, you bastards! Don't make a mess of it!”
-Breaker Morant.
Cicero
There is nothing proper about what you are doing, soldier, but do try to k*ll me properly.
Cicero.
Yes, the decapitating blade would have been very sharp
Load More Replies...James French
“How about this for a headline for tomorrow’s paper? French fries.”
James French convicted m*rderer before his execution by electric chair. ( not likely to be after it).
What the actual f kind of torture device is in this picture?
Steve Jobs
I have always been intrigued by Steve Jobs’ last words “OH WOW. OH WOW.” I wonder what he was seeing.
So... competency is the cure for cancer? No wonder medicine hasn't been successful.
Load More Replies...He was probably delirious from low calories. He insisted on a very strict vegan diet thinking his body would need less energy to digest it which is not proven. He looked like he cachexia (wasting syndrome) he needed more calories he may have lived a little longer.
The sudden revelation that his fructivorous diet had done f**k-all to keep him alive
Wow, my assumption that a billionaire, d*ugged up on his deathbed and hallucinating, clearly upset some people who want to believe he was a messenger from heaven for a few seconds 😇
Load More Replies...Franklin Delano Roosevelt
“I have a terrific headache.”- Franklin Delano Roosevelt seconds before dying of a hemorrhagic stroke.
Greatest President ever. The guy saved the USA more times than Superman.
I'm told that it feels like being kicked in the head by a horse. But it's over quickly.
Dominique Bouhours
”I am about to - or I am going to - die: either expression is acceptable.”
Dominique Bouhours (1628-1702) - Priest, essayist, critic and grammarian.
Probably an urban myth, popularised by Bill Bryson's 1990 book on the English language. All else apart, the original would have been in French, or possibly Latin, either of which would have used different grammatical constructs.
Probably Latin, he would have far more choices.
Load More Replies...Julius Caesar
I like Julius Caesar's last words. In the Shakespeare play he says "Et tu, Brute? Then fall, Caesar." The "et tu, Brute" part is based on what we historically think Caesar said, but he was thought to have said it in Greek, "kai su, teknon" which translates to "and thou, child."
However, kai su teknon at that time was used like slang or colloquially to mean "you too, *kid*" in an insulting or condescending manner.
So, it is possible that on being stabbed by his friend and ally and betrayed by his colleagues, Caesar was not lamenting and questioning this betrayal with a melancholy "even *you*, Brutus?" but more giving Brutus the middle finger.
I suspect, being Roman and speaking Latin, the "et tu Brute" is Caesar's likely phrase rather than anything in Greek.
No, not really. The upper class romans were all very fluent in greek - it was a required part of their education.
Load More Replies...Caesar's last words are a contested subject among scholars and historians. Both Cassius Dio and Suetonius state that he said nothing,[53] nevertheless, both mention that others have written that Caesar's last words were the Greek phrase "καὶ σύ, τέκνον;"[60][61] (transliterated as "Kai su, teknon?": "You too, child?" in English).[62] “Et tu, Brute?” is an invention of William Shakespeare’s.
Constantine Xi Palaiologos
"The city is fallen, and I am still alive." - Constantine XI Palaiologos before charging into battle against the Ottoman Empire.
I take that to mean he charged into battle intending to be killed, since he didn't want to be alive after the city had fallen.
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**Archimedes** was doing some maths in the sand during the Battle of Syracuse in 212 BC, when a Roman soldier messed up his drawings. Archimedes' last words were "**Do not disturb my circles**" before he was stabbed to death by the soldier.
Btw, the soldiers were specifically instructed *not* to kill Archimedes
Also, the army had STRICT orders NOT to kill Archimedes, because Rome wanted to capture him to work for them. But the soldiers didn't know what he looked like, so they just thought they were killing a weird old man who was drawing in the dirt.
Before the stabbing, the Roman soldier was heard shouting "NERRRRRRD!"
archimedes's weapons were bonkers and could totally be supervillain style weapons. death mirrors, death levers...
weirdoldhobo1978 reply
Allegedly the last words of poet John Keats were "My chest of books divide among my friends" which is perfect iambic pentameter.
PerInception reply
Confederate general Stonewall Jackson said: “Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of those trees.”
Only rivaled by other confederate general JEB Stuart (after getting shot in the head): “Honey bun, how do I look in the face”.
I guess I just like hearing about the last words of traitors.
Traitors they were and traitors they died. Jackson was shot by his own men and the world was a better place without him.
I visited the cabin where Stonewall Jackson died after his arm was amputated. One of the more interesting visits during my trip to the USA.
Academic-Chapter-59 reply
"I only regret, that I have but one life to lose for my country."
axonbrun:
Nathan Hale, a spy in the American Revolution who was hanged by the British after his capture. Hanging was "common practice" for spies as they were considered illegal combatants since they did not wear a uniform.
Ahhh! I was hoping this was on here. He was engaged to some distance relative on my mom's side. Hanged before they got married. I think it's so much better than "give me liberty or give me death" by Patrick Henry.
fwiw, Henry (a) owned slaves (b) added to his slaves over the course of the Revolutionary war (c) advocated against church/state barriers (not related but worth mentioning) (d) decried slavery as evil (e) said he only had slaves because he was "drawn along by the general inconvenience of living without them" [his words, not mine, quoted in https://www.nytimes.com/1860/07/09/archives/the-slavetrade-an-original-letter-from-patrick-henry.html%5D (f) DID NOT FREE THEM WHEN HE DIED. Patrick Henry was horrible and 'POS' doesn't describe it properly, he's more of a fatberg (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/fatberg).
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“I’m going to the bathroom to read”
Elvis.
"I'm going to the bathroom to read, uh-huh" just sounds more authentic.
As for what book Elvis was reading the moment that he died, it was A Scientific Search for the Face of Jesus by Frank O Adams.
kenna98 reply
"Damn it! Don't you dare ask God to help me!" - Joan Crawford
"Why do you weep? Did you think I was immortal?" - Louis XIV
Anne Boleyn's whole speech: "Good Christian people, I am come hither to die, for according to the law, and by the law I am judged to die, and therefore I will speak nothing against it. I am come hither to accuse no man, nor to speak anything of that, whereof I am accused and condemned to die, but I pray God save the king and send him long to reign over you, for a gentler nor a more merciful prince was there never: and to me he was ever a good, a gentle and sovereign lord. And if any person will meddle of my cause, I require them to judge the best. And thus I take my leave of the world and of you all, and I heartily desire you all to pray for me. O Lord have mercy on me, to God I commend my soul. To Jesus Christ I commend my soul; Lord Jesu receive my soul.’" (It's classy but also very biting which is indicative of her personality.).
Maybe because she had her daughter Elizabeth to think about.
Load More Replies...Noblewomen, especially queens, made a strict point of speaking this way in order to avoid any possible retribution or punishment inflicted by the king as revenge on their families.
Anne Boleyn was also the first person whose final words were met with "tl;dr"
Funnily enough, when Louis XIV great grandson's Louis XVI was about to be guillotined, he also tried to bid farewell. However, we do not what his exact words were, as the chief of the guards ordered a drumroll to drown his words.
Divorced, beheaded, died, Divorced, beheaded, survived. From the musical Six
Commonly know, but not true. The actual order is "divorced, beheaded, died, ANNULLED, beheaded, survived"
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"The war is at its height – wear my armor and beat my war drums. Do not announce my death."-Admiral Yi Sun Sin, arguably one of the best military leaders in history. He died during a battle and asked his son to make sure his fleet doesn’t know he died so they won’t lose moral.
Yi was badass. Summary of his career in the navy: outnumbered --> attacks, repeatedly has huge success --> refuses to follow a stupid order, is tortured, king wants to kill him and is talked out of it, and then sent back to lowest ranks --> successor attacks Japanese with all of his ships, 150+, loses all but 13 (not a typo, 13) --> Yi gets reinstated, emperor then wants Yi to give up, Yi says nope --> Yi's 13 ships take on 333 Japanese ships, 31 of the Japanese ones are destroyed/damaged --> final battle, Yi allies with the Chinese (Japanese invaded Korea to get to China) and beats them up and dies. Even a book published in 1921 by a British guy says he "never knew defeat...and it seems, in truth, no exaggeration to assert that from first to last he never made a mistake" and calls him an equal of Horatio Nelson, high praise (as he notes: 'It is always difficult for Englishmen to admit that Nelson ever had an equal in his profession'). To repeat: badass.
hubbawut reply
"well, if it must be so." Manuel de falla, Spanish 19th century composer. Battled what we now call asthma his whole life & it finally got him in his early sixties. Always thought those were pretty bad*ss last words.
Siftinghistory reply
“Dear me, i think im becoming a god” - Roman Emperor Vespasian
And his son Titus, who left a intriguing mystery with: “i have but one regret” and then died without saying it.
Nah, his regret was he didn't have time to tell us his regret.
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“I am leaving life to enter history” - Getúlio Vargas, 14th and 17th Brazilian president in his s*icide note.
fg234532 reply
Some f****r on Youtube ran at someone with a chainsaw for a prank and got shot, his last words being "It's just a prank bro".
If you beg for a Darwin award, it's only right that you be given one.
eleventy5thRejection reply
"Thank god I have done my duty" - Horatio Nelson.
“Take care of my dear Lady Hamilton, Hardy, take care of poor Lady Hamilton”. He paused then said very faintly, “Kiss me, Hardy”. This, Hardy did, on the cheek. Nelson then said, “Now I am satisfied. Thank God I have done my duty”. (taken from https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/kiss-me-hardy.html )
Load More Replies...According to QI, Nelson said a few things after list, the last of which were actually "fan, fan, rub, rub". There is also debate over Kiss Me or "Kismet".
elperroborrachotoo reply
"More Light"
*— Goethe*.
sunfacer reply
Henrik Ibsen, When his nurse assured a visitor that he was a little better, Ibsen spluttered his last words "On the contrary" ("Tvertimod!"). He died the following day at 2:30 pm.
natethegreek reply
"No friend ever served me, and no enemy ever wronged me, whom i have not repaid in full"
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix.
MrPlatonicPanda reply
Carl Panzram
When asked for any last words, he responded: "Yes. Hurry it up, you Hoosier bastard; I could k*ll a dozen men while you're screwing around!"
Serial killer, spree killer, rapist, mass murderer, child molester, arsonist, robber, thief, burglar. And those were his good points.
That guy was pure evil but if you know his backstory he definitely had plenty of excuse to hate the world and everyone in it.
Quiet_Stranger_5622 reply
"What are you gonna do, stab me?" - Guy who got stabbed.
toadjones79 reply
My aunt's last words:
>I swear, I could die right now and nobody would even care.
She spit that at her husband while sitting on the couch, then her head dropped to her chest...dead. They guy adored her. She was...very sweet to many, and very unpleasant to many others. I learned to love her after growing up though.
Siskoda reply
“Just a little off the top, please.” - King Louis XVI.
ChronoLegion2:
The irony was that he was the one to suggest the use of a diagonal blade for the guillotine for a better and more reliable cut. On his own head, as it were
This is wrong. Nobody knows what his exact words were, as the chief of the guards ordered a drumroll to drown them. The story comes from the family tradition of Charles-Henri Sanson, the chief executioner, who was a well known for embelishing things.
How many times did they behead people before they added the basket to catch the head? And what was the reason they added it? Were the heads rolling away? Were people stealing them?
After checking a few sources (None of which give an answer) I believe it to be just so that it doesn't roll away. There was some funny vandalism on the Wikipedia page for it before though
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July 4th, 1826….
“Jefferson lives” -John Adams
“Adams lives” -Thomas Jefferson
Imagine hating your longtime colleague so much, your last words are about them still breathing 😂.
They fell out for a while but they were friends at the end. Jefferson died five hours before Adams.
Good a place as any for my contribution. Five days before his death from prostate cancer, William Saroyan: "Everybody has got to die, but I have always believed an exception would be made in my case."
They disagreed politically, but they both loved the country and recognized each other's brilliance and dedication to it. Their friendship was strained, but it's not fair to use the word hate.
According to two biographers, Jefferson died several hours before him.
Fidel_Murphy reply
Che Guevara: “Shoot, you coward. You are only going to k*ll a man.”
But you cannot kill a movement. Is the follow up to that sentiment.
un cobarde que huyo para no enfrentar lo que había echo, odiaba a la gente pobre,de color y a los homosexuales. dejen de idealizar a este tipo de gente por favor. o mejor,estudien un poco y vean como esta Cuba
Load More Replies...Ironic that an anti-capitalist revolutionary hero would be well known for having his image on a t shirt.
Hero? He was a racist, homophobic, Communist terrorist
Load More Replies...jmdayoh reply
F**k you! “Tupac” his last words ever were to the bicycle officer on the scene asking him who did this.
Badly phrased! If you don't know, this is referring ro rapper Tupac Shakur. When he was shot in the whole West Coast/East Coast feud with Biggie Smalls, he told the first police officer who responded "f**k you". Because obviously there is a history of mistrust and hate between POC and the police. Especially young, black men with ties to gang activity. Very sad story. He was a very talented musician and actor.
This is somewhat confusing, isn't it? However, it appears that we have just been told to f*ck off by someone.
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When my grandfather was on his deathbed and apparently unconscious someone made a remark to Grandma about how she always did what he asked her to. Grandpa said "b******t!", and died.
Sam Kinison. He was alive after the wreck and was arguing with someone unseen - "No! I don't want to go! Why?" Then he calmed down and agreed - "Oh! Ok, alright". He was really something. Gone too soon.
I was really hoping Nathan Hale would be on here, and he was! Yay.
There is a documented incident from the Holocaust, when at one of the death camps, when the jews were being led to gas chambers, a rabbi in the group starting singing an ancient Jewish song "We will outlive them, the lord will avenge out souls", and then, he with a group of dozens there starting singing, and the Germans tried beating them to stop, but they didnt stop. While they all dies, their singing distracted the Germans and nearly a dozen people managed to escape past the fence (others tried but were shot). I mean that is some badass defiance until the end
Okay, here's something that BP might help me with. I read this 'last words' quote somewhere long ago, always bugged me that I can't remember from who: "At last, the Great Experiment begins." It was in one of Asimov's essays, I think.
Last words of Captain McSorley on the Edmund Fitzgerald: We are holding our own.
When my grandfather was on his deathbed and apparently unconscious someone made a remark to Grandma about how she always did what he asked her to. Grandpa said "b******t!", and died.
Sam Kinison. He was alive after the wreck and was arguing with someone unseen - "No! I don't want to go! Why?" Then he calmed down and agreed - "Oh! Ok, alright". He was really something. Gone too soon.
I was really hoping Nathan Hale would be on here, and he was! Yay.
There is a documented incident from the Holocaust, when at one of the death camps, when the jews were being led to gas chambers, a rabbi in the group starting singing an ancient Jewish song "We will outlive them, the lord will avenge out souls", and then, he with a group of dozens there starting singing, and the Germans tried beating them to stop, but they didnt stop. While they all dies, their singing distracted the Germans and nearly a dozen people managed to escape past the fence (others tried but were shot). I mean that is some badass defiance until the end
Okay, here's something that BP might help me with. I read this 'last words' quote somewhere long ago, always bugged me that I can't remember from who: "At last, the Great Experiment begins." It was in one of Asimov's essays, I think.
Last words of Captain McSorley on the Edmund Fitzgerald: We are holding our own.
