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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!

#1

Gramma's Last Words

Elderly woman resting in bed with eyes closed, illustrating peaceful moments tied to iconic last words in history. 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.

Flimsy_Fee8449 , Ron Lach Report

Sue Denham
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is how I'd love to go out.

Auntriarch
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't think of a better way to go, even for her relatives

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Deborah B
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

Kaedyn Walsh
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1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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Brenda
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now, THAT'S the way to go!

madeleine f
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How nice to have family and friends like this. 🥳

David Beaulieu
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

THIS!!!! This is how everyone on the planet should get to die.

sbj
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What a great last evening she had and after such a long life what a way to go!

glowworm2
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Grandma died happy at a really old age.

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    #2

    Willem Arondeus

    Black and white photo of a man sitting on a bed, representing iconic last words shared in history. Willem Arondeus. “Tell people that homosexuals are not cowards”. He was a Dutch anti-N*zi resistance fighter. Bad a*s.

    boothy_qld , Unknown author , commons.wikimedia.org Report

    Serial pacifist
    Community Member
    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    XanthippeⓐWulf🇨🇦️️🇬🇧
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

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    Nimitz
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Aud (she/they)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

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    Michael Joyce
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In my experience, homosexuals are some of the most courageous people on earth.

    David Beaulieu
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder when the stereotype started? Bisexuality/homosexuality was 'manly' in Roman times. Where do these silly stigmas come from?

    sbj
    Community Member
    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So true, I don't know how people could think this in the first place

    Chewie Baron
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There’s a brilliant documentary about him and another person, forgot her name (sorry) by Stephen Fry.

    Rowan Kohler
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Peter Bear
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

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    #3

    My Grandfather Last Words

    Elderly man sitting on bed, looking down pensively, illustrating iconic last words in history and reflection. 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.

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    Javelina Poppers
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    sbj
    Community Member
    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is so sweet and shows he'd never stopped loving her

    CaliPanda
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I often visited my grandfather when he was ill, and towards the end he would start to call me by his sister’s name. I never knew her, as she passed before I was born. He never talked about her, but it seems he very much missed her..

    Jude Laskowski
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    #4

    Marquis De Favras

    Person dressed in historical clothing holding a weathered, ancient parchment with iconic last words in history concept. Just before hanging, French aristocrat Marquis de Favras read his death warrant and commented “I see that you have made 3 spelling errors.”

    johnny_cash_money , Ivan Samkov Report

    Brenda
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That would be me. Grammar nazi to the bitter end!

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That wood be meh. Grandma Nasty to the better inns. Sorry couldn't resist.

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    Rowan Kohler
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pre internet grammar troll extraordinaire. I bet everyone involved was enraged.

    DetriMentaL (It/That)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is... Is this how that doodle game "Hangman" was born?

    justagirl
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh my word, he is a true legend. And they better fix those errors STAT!

    Sue Denham
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Way to make them speed up the process.

    shankShaw deReemer
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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!".

    Lyone Fein
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not giving his executors an inch of satisfaction!

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    #5

    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.

    lojafan Report

    Sarah Matt
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thank you for posting about our present time.

    Graham_Illegal
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If we keep c*nsoring even slightly n*gative or d*sturbing words, we w*n't *** *** to *** or even *** *** *** while *** *** by *** *** which is *** *** ***, ***. *** *** *** ***, *** *** ***? Because *** *** *** *** *** ***, *** *** ***. *** *** *** *** ***, *** *** *** *** *** *** ***. *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***? *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***. Do you know what I mean?

    Alexandra
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Sue User
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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".

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    Beth Wheeler
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So brave and so sad. Russia needs to get out of Ukraine and leave those people alone.

    Dumb teenager
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of the famous last communication from snake island https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_warship,_go_f**k_yourself

    Dumb teenager
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don’t know how to post the article as a link

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    Peter Bear
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    PeTeH
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There also is no requirement to publish whatever anyone writes, and it's not censorship.

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    Noel Bovae
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Slava Ukraini! 🌻❤️🇺🇦

    Murdock Schlegel
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    LizzieBoredom
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They arrested the father of the Apalachee shooter. I think this will help too.

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    Brenda Spagnola-Wilson
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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!?!

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    #6

    Voliatire

    Close-up of a person holding a wooden cross necklace, symbolizing faith in iconic last words in history. 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.”

    Walterscottjur , Pavel Danilyuk Report

    xolitaire
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Avoidance_Panda
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    French guy did alot of Philosophy stuff, quite deep. And tbh beyond me...

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    Gaerwing
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Voltaire. FGS at least proof read before you copy and paste Reddit posts BP.

    BrunoVI
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What irritates me to know end is the way that Voltaire is presented as a faithful Catholic and respectably impartial observer of history.

    Apatheist Account2
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *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.

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    Rowan Kohler
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

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    #7

    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."

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    Kat
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now That is a Dancing Queen !

    Michal Dolyniuk
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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?

    Steve Robert
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Nazis weren't destroyed. They are now living in the US.

    DDukes
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Could you imagine that right after she died, all of them revealed themselves. Then immediately killed everyone. Afterwards, go back into the shadows.

    Peter Bear
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Norm Gilmore
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd be doing well to have even a hundredth of her courage.. (and there would have been no reprieve. They were Na.zis)

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    #8

    Opportunity

    My battery is low and it’s getting dark. - Mars rover.

    allbitterandclean Report

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Opportunity. Not just "Mars Rover" Come on! It had a name.

    BrunoVI
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm so disappointed no-one programmed it to ask, "Will I dream?" just to f**k with people. (Reference to HAL from 2001.)

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    Rob D
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Dragons Exist
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder if NASA made the error message so sad on purpose, or if a random coder put it in

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    Caroline Nagel
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This sounds so sad, even if it's a machine on a planet millions of kilometers away. It must have felt very lonely.

    Be Gay Do Crime
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You are absolutely right. Don't pay attention to the other replies.

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    Virgil Blue
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Kim Kermes
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder, if when we get there, Opportunity could be revived, and if she would remember.

    Virgil Blue
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It would be grand if we could put her in a muséum on Mars.

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    Sue Phillips
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So sad...the poor thing had to sing "Happy Birthday" to itself every year.

    Noel Bovae
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why does this make me kind of sad? ☹️

    Marissa D
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Poor Opportunity. It's just so sad

    antoinette maldari
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is this the one that used to sing Happy Birthday to itself every year?

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    #9

    Sophie Scholl

    Gravestone of Sophie Scholl surrounded by flowers and greenery, symbolizing iconic last words in history. “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.

    ReptarsLawyer , Dage - Looking For Europe Report

    MauKini
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The white Rose! I live next to the university where she dumped those Flyers decades ago.

    Lord of the laserprinter.
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

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    ctbuchy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The power of Sophie Scholl, and the "White Rose" is that when people - especially those close to power back then - try to excuse themselves with "What could I have done?" we can say "Look what these children did, far from power"

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's a movie from 2005 if you're interested. Sophie Scholl – The Final Days

    Oskar vanZandt
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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).

    Lord of the laserprinter.
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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

    Luis Hernandez Dauajare
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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".

    Beak Hookage
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Cpt. Robert "Panda" Christian
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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".

    stacyshorts13
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

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    #10

    Roald Dahl

    Black and white portrait of a man in a suit and tie, related to iconic last words shared in history. 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!”.

    The_AlphaLaser , Carl Van Vechten , commons.wikimedia.org Report

    Brenda
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, needles hurt, damn it!

    TribbleThinking
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ironic, as it was for morphine. I would be most miffed. Thank you for the warning, Roald.

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    Der Kommissar
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The family of Roald Dahl has apologized for his anti-semitism in a statement buried deep in the author's official website.

    NvLE
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

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    Sojourner
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    RIP. He was such a good writer...

    Gerald Monk
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How did the nurse inject him with morphine after appearing to fall unconscious? Take your flawed noun-verb agreement and f**k off

    Bremusa4u
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

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    Michael Joyce
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My pseudo-uncle's dad's last words were "I just wanted to see how it all turned out..." Baller!

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    #11

    Oscar Wilde

    Portrait of a man in vintage attire holding a cane, illustrating iconic last words shared in history by notable people. Oscar Wilde: “My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us must go.”

    Hectordoink , Napoleon Sarony , en.wikipedia.org Report

    Peppy
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some old wallpaper colours actually contained arsenic, so it’s entirely possible that his wallpaper did indeed kill him

    Gaerwing
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish I'd been alive to be friends with him, he seems like he'd be a hoot to spend time with.

    Moosy Girl
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The wallpaper is still there btw. :p

    Brian Irby
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually, he said this a week or so before he died, but it makes a nice story and gets repeated a lot.

    Ace
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've stayed in hotel rooms that make me feel like that.

    Cydney Golden
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Importance of Being Earnest...the funniest play ever written.

    MH
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    1 year ago

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    I feel like we shouldn't idolize a guy who slept with children.

    #12

    Bob Hope

    “Surprise me” - Bob Hope

    His wife asked him where he wanted to be buried.

    Camp_Express Report

    glowworm2
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, that's cute. A comedian to the very end.

    JP Purves
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was the mission cemetery in San Fernando, CA. They are both buried there and you have to pay a separate fee to see their graves.

    Linda Roy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You'd think they would've talked about it before his death?

    #13

    Leonardo Da Vinci

    Statue of a historical figure representing iconic last words shared in history, standing tall against a cloudy sky. "I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have." - Leonardo da Vinci.

    doublestitch , Bill Eccles Report

    Brittania Kelli
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's sad that even Da Vinci suffered from the voice of his inner critic.

    Weaponized Beef
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I dunno, dude. I think you did alright.

    May
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We all know he was a genius but visiting his museum in Florence got me impressed and depressed. Like the guy was otherworldly intelligent.

    Rowan Kohler
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Like most artistic polymaths nothing is ever good enough. It was good enough Leo, it was good enough.

    Highball Drink
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't we all feel that we could have done more and could have done it better.

    ZuriLovesYou
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think your works are pretty great, Leo.

    Kat
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Spoken like a true ADHD'er

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    #14

    Todd Beamer

    Passenger airplane flying through dramatic cloudy sky, evoking iconic last words in history themes. “Let’s Roll” Todd Beamer, on board UA flight 93(9/11).

    delilahviolet83 , Pixabay Report

    Jrog
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Jrog
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

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    Alexandra
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I really admire that. To be able to rise above yourself at such a crucial moment.

    Papa
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

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    Lavinia Fisher

    Wooden stool with a coiled rope hanging on it, symbolizing iconic last words in history and final moments. “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.

    LadyGwyn12-22 , Farzad Sedaghat Report

    Ronstantin
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *serial unaliver (Is it just me or is this censorship getting more and more ridiculous? 😄)

    Daune Tullina
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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

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    Nina
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *the first _apprehended_ female serial kíller

    Ormond Otvos
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, runaway wokery, trickling down from the corporate virtue signalers.

    Kerry Fletcher
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Urban legend that she was involved in any of the killings. She was the wife of a killer no more.

    LonelyLittleLeafSheep
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Serial KILLER. KILLER. K-I-L-L-E-R. Say it with me now!

    Sojourner
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This hits hard. A shame people don't see that people like her exist. What went wrong?

    DDukes
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How about the: first female mass murderer? Get rid of asterisks

    Luke
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Any slightly negetive word should not be censored!

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    #16

    Giles Corey

    Engraved stone for Giles Corey, pressed to death in 1692, representing iconic last words shared in history. "More weight." - Giles Corey, as he was pressed to death for refusing to confess to witchcraft.

    A5CH3NT3 , Nick Ares Report

    lovemy suffolk
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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 ".

    Rinso The Red
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fun fact - This was during Salem Witch Trials. No one was burned.

    Toasted Applesauce
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was Martha in our production of The Crucible and I've always loved Giles. What a character.

    DDukes
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not a witch, press to death. Witch, press to death. Lose, lose

    PurpleKU77
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He was around 80 when they pressed him

    Celtic Pirate Queen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

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    #17

    Groucho Marx

    "Die, my dear? Why, that's the last thing I'll do!" - Groucho Marx.

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    Janissary35680
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's on everyone's To-Do list.

    Jaya
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's on my Not-To-Do list actually. And so far it's going well *fingers crossed*

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    Highball Drink
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kept his sense of humor to the last breath.

    Apatheist Account2
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually, it was Lord Palmerston to whom this is accredited.

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    #18

    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.

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    Beak Hookage
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If I recall rightly they actually included this bit in the movie.

    John Dilligaf
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Deborah B
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He should have taken both the brandy and a life jacket, it would have given him a slim chance at surviving.

    Awkward lady
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unlikely, given the freezing cold water. Something like more than 4 minutes in the water, and its too late to be saved.

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    #19

    Pancho Villa

    Revolutionary figure standing outdoors with ammunition belts, representing iconic last words in history. "Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something." - Pancho Villa.

    StormSafe2 , Bain News Service, publisher. Photographer is unknown , commons.wikimedia.org Report

    LizzieBoredom
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He said "Taco Bell is not real Mexican foo.......".

    May
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some guy on Linkedin could post that story stating Pancho Villa inspired him for his 'strong delegation skills'

    Luis Hernandez Dauajare
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Pill Nathan Whitely
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Corwin 02
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nine dumdum bullets, normally used for hunting big game, hit Villa in the head and upper chest, killing him instantly so he said nothing.

    BarfyCat
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't you hate it when your mind goes blank at a crucial moment?

    Rowan Kohler
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Donde esta el ceviche y los mariscos?

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    #20

    Marie Antoinette

    Person wearing pale pink slippers and white stockings standing near matching slippers on a decorative cushion indoors, iconic last words theme. 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”.

    NotACyclopsHonest , cottonbro studio Report

    TribbleThinking
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Lyone Fein
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Naturally, you want to do anything you can to encourage your executioner to do a fast job. So politeness, tipping, etc. all make sense.

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    May
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    antoinette maldari
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "You're Worth It", was the brand's tag line. Now, L'Oreal is considered a "d**g store" cosmetic.

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    sbj
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    1 year ago

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    I'm betting it wasn't done accidentally

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    Union General John Sedgewick

    Portrait of a bearded man in a historical military uniform representing iconic last words in history. "They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance."

    Union General John Sedgewick.

    Hoppy_Croaklightly , Mathew Benjamin Brady , commons.wikimedia.org Report

    Ty Stratton-Quirk
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unfortunately for the General, they weren't aiming at an elephant.

    General Anaesthesia
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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."

    Paul C.
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "They'll have someone's eye out, if they're not careful." 1066 King Harold, Hastings.

    Luis Hernandez Dauajare
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Vladimir I
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Russian admiral Nakhimov before being shot during the siege of Sevastopol in 1855: "They are shooting rather precizely today"

    Alexia
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That aged badly for the general. And quick.

    Michelle C
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Literally, the very next shot killed him!

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    #22

    St. Lawrence

    Close-up of burning firewood with vivid flames representing iconic last words shared in history. “I’m well done on this side. Turn me over.”

    -St. Lawrence (while being burned to death on a gridiron).

    dumbinternetstuff , Pixabay Report

    eeeeeeeee
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, it's translated from "AAARGGGH".

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    Nick M
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is why he is the patron saint of chefs and comedians

    glowworm2
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If he was going to die, he might as well critique how he was being cooked.

    William Odell
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I looked it up and yeah these were his last words

    Robert Franck
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And Jesus said, welcoming him into eternity, "Well done good and faithful servant..."

    Vivian McBride
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    San Lorenzo Cathedral in Genoa, Italy has a bas relief of him on a grill over the main entrance.

    Robin Roper
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The record is that he said "Turn me over."

    Michelle C
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Anyone-for-tea?
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    What a daft list, so I have to google every name I haven’t heard of to understand any context. Even a year would have been nice…

    Little Wonder
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one literally gives you the context right there in the post, you'll be okay. Deep breaths.

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    #23

    Karl Marx

    Bust of Karl Marx monument with text in multiple languages on building behind, symbolizing iconic last words in history. Last words are for fools who haven't said enough in life.

    -Karl Marx.

    Poorly-Drawn-Beagle , Maximilian Scheffler Report

    Fellfromthemoon
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Everybody, who has a first word has a last word.

    Ormond Otvos
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Karl made a few category errors, like believing in a noble human nature.

    May
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I get him, reading volume I of Das Capital in high school made me feel like he said a lot already.

    Apatheist Account2
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's a foolish comment - everyone has last words, they're not always memorable (or remembered).

    #24

    George Appel

    Electric chair used in executions, representing iconic last words in history shared by 45 people. 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."

    xdark_realityx , Tim Menzies Report

    Magazine
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The mere idea of electrocuting someone to death is purely disgusting to me.

    Rowan Kohler
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hope y’all like dried apple leather….

    Sojourner
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To amend my previous comment here: I meant gallows humor (at least for him)

    #25

    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.

    happyme321 Report

    Pill Nathan Whitely
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thomas Culpeper was her probable lover with whom she committed the alleged adultery she was executed for.

    Jess Smith
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Be Gay Do Crime
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    NO. WE DO NOT TALK ABOUT THE WIVES. (me being devastated after reading a pjo fanfiction where Anne Boleyn was brought back to life)

    Druklet
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Uh, no. This is a myth. Catherine was so poorly treated by so many, obviously including Henry VIII, but she does not need these lies told about her.

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    #26

    Lawrence Oates

    Snow-covered mountains under cloudy sky illustrating the peaceful setting for iconic last words in history. 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.

    Poorly-Drawn-Beagle , Riccardo Chiarini Report

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Ace
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was recorded by Scott, who himself died some days later; whether he actually said that is not certain, but the idea was that he'd sacrificed himself to leave more food for the remaining team members. Sadly they all perished anyway.

    StPaul9
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Rimmer: Battered Oates over the head and ate him.

    Gerald Monk
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Scoffed him along with the last packet of instant mash", thank you

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    #27

    Sam Cooke

    Close-up of handgun and bullets on surface, illustrating iconic last words shared by 45 people in history. “Lady, you shot me.” - Sam Cooke upon having been shot. By some lady.

    Carrollmusician , Enrico Hänel Report

    Karen Krause
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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

    BingeFest1
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't buy the self defense claims the lady made. Sam Cooke seemed like such a gentle and kind soul from his music

    glowworm2
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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)

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    Der Kommissar
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    " Lady, you shot me; The life and death of Sam Cooke " was an interesting documentary about the very shady circumstances under which Cooke died.

    glowworm2
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Papa
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

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    xolitaire
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean - stating the obvious is not the worst way to go.

    May
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My man is spitting FACTS

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    #28

    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!".

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    Lilybdcsa
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    LittleWombat
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

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    LittleTeapot
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

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    #29

    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.

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    Serena Myers
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cream, Deep Purple, King Crimson, maybe others I've forgotten, many "colourful" band names in the late '60's.

    Ace
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    +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.

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    FrogMan
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One of the greatest bands of all time, at least in my opinion.

    Der Kommissar
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "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.

    LizzieBoredom
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Have you heard Clapton's views on vaccines? It' equivalent to " Get off my lawn".

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    Kelly Scott
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "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*

    Grenelda Thurber
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "So there used to be this supergroup called cream..." This is a knife right through my heart.

    Michael Largey
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Better than "Cream? Never heard of them. I don't listen to that 90s oldies stuff."

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    Mark Serbian, PK&RG,W
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ginger Baker was an amazing musician, but considered by many to be not just a bit of an A**Hole

    Bartlet for World Domination
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ginger Baker is the reason I wanted to be a drummer. Turns out, you need to be a bit more coordinated than I am :)

    FoxEcoLimaIndiaCharlieIndiAlfa
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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?

    Sue Mcquay
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wasn't Stevie Winwood in Cream? Or did he start with Traffic?

    Ludwig Michiel
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Winwood was indeed in Traffic, he formed Blind Faith together with Baker and Clapton after Traffic and Cream had split.

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    #30

    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.”

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    Ormond Otvos
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is self-determination on the list yet? If we censor enough, will life never end?

    Michael Largey
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He had been saying for years that he would do this at age 65.

    Alexandra
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    linda collins
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Methinks you must be very young to thing that 65 is very elderly!!

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    Sojourner
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Which I should have done 2 years ago. That guy is brave.

    Toasted Applesauce
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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"

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    #31

    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”.

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    Der Kommissar
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

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    Ramón María Narváez

    Sepia portrait of a 19th-century man with sideburns and bow tie, related to iconic last words in history discussion. 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."

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    #33

    Buddy Rich

    Man playing drums intensely in a vintage black and white photo illustrating iconic last words in history. 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.

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    Robert T
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did they play country music in the operating theatre? /jk

    Tucker Cahooter
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Buddy having a slight difference of opinion with his band -> http://trackdrummer.com/other-services/buddy-rich-audio-page/

    Richard Graham
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He had a reputation for being, shall we put it this way, difficult.

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    Robin Roper
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

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    #34

    Spike Milligan

    Spike Milligan upon his death bed

    “ I told you I was ill”.

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    Lucy Covington
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Was definitely the epitaph on his gravestone, but not sure they were his last spoken words.

    Onan Hag All
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He was denied those words on his gravestone by the church, so his family had the same phrase written in Irish.

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    Ace
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He used it s part of his stage show for years, and it is engraved on his tombstone. A true comic, but troubled, genius.

    Apatheist Account2
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He wasn't allowed this on his stone, so he had it written in Irish.

    Shark Lady
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So many people have told me that they want this on their headstone.

    Max Fox
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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."

    Andrew Read
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was written in Latin, because the council wouldn’t let him put it on his gravestone. Fitting, because Latin is a dead language.

    Aileen Grist
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's in Irish - at Winchelsea in East Sussex UK

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    Tormod Kolbrunarskald

    Close-up of a wooden arrow with feather fletching, symbolizing iconic last words shared in history. "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.

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    #36

    Galois

    Black and white sketch of a young man in period clothing, representing iconic last words in history. Galois’ last words “Dry your eyes brother I need all the courage I can have to die at 20”.

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    Lyone Fein
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He was an extraordinary mathematician who, nonetheless was foolish in love and died in a duel.

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    #37

    Dylan Thomas

    Various bottles and hanging glasses on wooden shelves in a cozy bar setting, illustrating iconic last words atmosphere. "I've had 18 straight whiskies...... I think that's the record." - Dylan Thomas.

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    that_gay_snake
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the blood alcohol levels must have been INSANE. ( also sounds like a fun way to go)

    Nicola Mawson
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As someone who almost drunk herself to d***h, no, it's not

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    #38

    Breaker Morant

    "Shoot straight, you bastards! Don't make a mess of it!”
    -Breaker Morant.

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    Cicero

    There is nothing proper about what you are doing, soldier, but do try to k*ll me properly.

    Cicero.

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    #40

    James French

    Abandoned vintage electric chair in a worn room, evoking the historical significance of iconic last words.  “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).

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    #41

    Steve Jobs

    I have always been intrigued by Steve Jobs’ last words “OH WOW. OH WOW.” I wonder what he was seeing.

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    Janissary35680
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Steve Wozniak laughing all the way to the bank, hopefully.

    ZuriLovesYou
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He might've survived if he was competent. Just saying.

    LinkTheHylian
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So... competency is the cure for cancer? No wonder medicine hasn't been successful.

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    Rowan Kohler
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Gerald Monk
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The sudden revelation that his fructivorous diet had done f**k-all to keep him alive

    Jan Neidhardt
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always wonder if he wasn't saying "Ow, ow, ow, ow!" instead.

    Graham_Illegal
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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 😇

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    #42

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt

    “I have a terrific headache.”- Franklin Delano Roosevelt seconds before dying of a hemorrhagic stroke.

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    Brenda
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Talk about an understatement!

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Greatest President ever. The guy saved the USA more times than Superman.

    Robert Trebor
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm told that it feels like being kicked in the head by a horse. But it's over quickly.

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    #43

    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.

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    Ace
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    #44

    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.

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    Spencer's slave no longer
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I suspect, being Roman and speaking Latin, the "et tu Brute" is Caesar's likely phrase rather than anything in Greek.

    Tina Girard
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, not really. The upper class romans were all very fluent in greek - it was a required part of their education.

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    Pill Nathan Whitely
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Spencer's slave no longer
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    To the nit pickers I ask this: if you are bilingual and someone suddenly, unexpectedly stabs you, which language would you cry out in. - your native language or your second language? I'm English but can hold a conversation in 3 languages so, if someone stabs me completely by surprise, I'm going to shout in English, not fart a,r,s,e around trying to speak in another language. Simple. And yes, sarcasm is also a very English trait.

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    #45

    Constantine Xi Palaiologos

    Sepia-toned illustration of a historic warrior in armor holding a spear, representing iconic last words in history. "The city is fallen, and I am still alive." - Constantine XI Palaiologos before charging into battle against the Ottoman Empire.

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    Beak Hookage
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's what you get for tempting fate.

    Michael Largey
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And now it's Istanbul - not Constantinople.

    Papa
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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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    krmarci reply

    **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.

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    Bored Potato
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Btw, the soldiers were specifically instructed *not* to kill Archimedes

    Laura Gillette
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Jess Smith
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    archimedes's weapons were bonkers and could totally be supervillain style weapons. death mirrors, death levers...

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    #47

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    weirdoldhobo1978 reply Allegedly the last words of poet John Keats were "My chest of books divide among my friends" which is perfect iambic pentameter.

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    Moosy Girl
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    my CHEST of BOOKS diVIDE aMONG my FRIENDS. Yup.

    Seonag Udell
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looked it up and I now understand iambic pentermeters

    Moosy Girl
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    you LOOKED it UP and NOW you UNderSTAND? :p

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    #48

    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.

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Traitors they were and traitors they died. Jackson was shot by his own men and the world was a better place without him.

    Caroline Nagel
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    #49

    Academic-Chapter-59 reply

    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.

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    ElfVibratorGlitter
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Jess Smith
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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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    #50

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    “I’m going to the bathroom to read”

    Elvis.

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    Pill Nathan Whitely
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Poediddy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always thought his last words were........"Corn?"

    #51

    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.).

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    Shark Lady
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She was a lot more generous to her husband than he was to her.

    07000
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe because she had her daughter Elizabeth to think about.

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    Erla Zwingle
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Haywood Jablome
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Anne Boleyn was also the first person whose final words were met with "tl;dr"

    Luis Hernandez Dauajare
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Carla Phillips
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Divorced, beheaded, died, Divorced, beheaded, survived. From the musical Six

    Gerald Monk
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

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    Ansi
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If they loose morale they might get loose morals.

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    Jess Smith
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    #53

    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.

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    #54

    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.

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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Obvious innit, Titus' regret was that he didn't become a god.

    Space Invader
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nah, his regret was he didn't have time to tell us his regret.

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    Michael None
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He regretted not telling people his regret.

    ynyrhydref56
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It seems Titus now has two regrets.

    StPaul9
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    'Woah what is it Rick?' 'Easy Morty, just becoming gods.'

    #55

    OiJao97 reply

    “I am leaving life to enter history” - Getúlio Vargas, 14th and 17th Brazilian president in his s*icide note.

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    #56

    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".

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    #57

    eleventy5thRejection reply

    "Thank god I have done my duty" - Horatio Nelson.

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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “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 )

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    Apatheist Account2
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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".

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    #58

    elperroborrachotoo reply

    "More Light"

    *— Goethe*.

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    STress (I/me)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Licht! Mehr licht! (Light! More light!)

    #59

    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.

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    #60

    natethegreek reply

    "No friend ever served me, and no enemy ever wronged me, whom i have not repaid in full"

    Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix.

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    #61

    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!"

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    Ace
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hoosier apparently refers to a resident of the US state of Indiana.

    Der Kommissar
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Serial killer, spree killer, rapist, mass murderer, child molester, arsonist, robber, thief, burglar. And those were his good points.

    Michael Largey
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Interesting, since he was executed in Kansas.

    Beak Hookage
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

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    #62

    Quiet_Stranger_5622 reply

    "What are you gonna do, stab me?" - Guy who got stabbed.

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    #63

    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.

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    #64

    Siskoda reply

    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

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    Adam Jeff
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wrong on both counts. There is a historical reference for the thing about the diagonal blade, in the chief executioner's family history, but it wasn't published until 60 years after the events, and no-one else seems to mention it. The last words are entirely made up.

    Luis Hernandez Dauajare
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    David Beaulieu
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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?

    The explanation
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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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    Colin Bowden
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wasn't this from "Carry on, don't lose your head" ?

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    #65

    onlyhereforfoodporn reply

    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 😂.

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    Caroline Nagel
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They fell out for a while but they were friends at the end. Jefferson died five hours before Adams.

    Skip Reynolds
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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."

    David Beaulieu
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Janissary35680
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    According to two biographers, Jefferson died several hours before him.

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    #66

    Fidel_Murphy reply

    Che Guevara: “Shoot, you coward. You are only going to k*ll a man.”

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    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But you cannot kill a movement. Is the follow up to that sentiment.

    alejandra
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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

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    Der Kommissar
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ironic that an anti-capitalist revolutionary hero would be well known for having his image on a t shirt.

    Carl Roberts
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hero? He was a racist, homophobic, Communist terrorist

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    #67

    jmdayoh reply

    F**k you! “Tupac” his last words ever were to the bicycle officer on the scene asking him who did this.

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    LonelyLittleLeafSheep
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Corwin 02
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tupac is last words apparently were "F**k You" to the first responder police officer on the scene.

    ElfVibratorGlitter
    Community Member
    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Huh? Who's last words were "Tupac"?

    Multa Nocte
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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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    Laura Gillette
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't talk to cops, even to tell them who shot you.

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