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The grisly thought about a deathbed might be quite unnerving for anyone, but not for these famous people. Knowing the last words that someone spoke can sometimes throw light on their character or on the circumstances in which they died. You can't help but feel that some of the last quotes by famous people on this list encapsulate their personas. From the ever level-headed Winston Churchill, who declared in his final moments that he's 'so bored with it all' to the last wish from John Belushi to not be left alone. These famous last words can sometimes be ironically funny, and other times - eloquent and truly deep.
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Todd Beamer Was A Passenger On United Flight 93, September 11, 2001. These Are His Last Recorded Words At The End Of A Cell Phone Call Before Beamer And Others Attempted To Storm The Airliner's Cockpit To Retake It From Hijackers. The Plane Crashed Near Shanksville, Pennsylvania
Jimi Hendrix Wrote This In A Poem Found Next To Him On His Deathbed. This Was The Final Sentence In The Poem
Don't really understand this, but kinda cool for somebody's last words!
Leonardo Da Vinci
Ludwig Van Beethoven
according to wikipedia that's not even remotely true. He supposedly said something like "too bad, too bad, it's too late" - cause he couldnt drink the last wine delivery anymore.
Charlie Chaplin Said This After A Priest Reading Him His Last Rites Said "May The Lord Have Mercy On Your Soul"
T.S. Eliot Was Only Able To Whisper One Word As He Died: “Valerie,” The Name Of His Wife
Joe Dimaggio Talking About His Former Wife, Marilyn Monroe
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Died At Age 71 In His Garden. He Turned To His Wife And Said, “You Are Wonderful,” Then Clutched His Chest And Died
Ernest Hemingway Said This To His Wife Before Committing Suicide
those who commit suicide are both very brave and cowards....can you imagine being so afraid of life and what it brings,but being brave enough to pain your body for you to travell to unknown...suicide is a paradox
R. D. Laing Suffered A Fatal Heart Attack In Public, And As People Gathered Around The Spot, Someone Said "Get A Doctor"
John Jacob Astor IV And His Wife Were Travelling On The Titanic When It Struck An Iceberg And Began To Sink. Astor Gave Up His Seat Next To His Wife To Some Female Passengers And Spoke His Final Words To His Wife; He Was Later Found Floating In The Ocean, Dead
Kurt Cobain Quoted Neil Young Lyrics When He Wrote This Line In His Suicide Note
Groucho Marx
Edgar Allan Poe
Marie Antoinette Said This As She Approached The Guillotine, Convicted Of Treason And About To Be Beheaded
Because she stepped on the executioner's foot, not because she believed herself guilty of real wrong doing.
Winston Churchill Said This Before Slipping Into A Coma And Dying Nine Days Later
I heard that he said, "I am now ready to meet my maker, whether or not my maker is prepared to meet me is another story."
Elvis Presley Was On The Way To The Bathroom When His Fiancée Told Him: "Don't Fall Asleep In There"
John Belushi
He was talking to Miss Smith who put the last needle in his arm and then left. He was alone. :(
Captain Edward Smith Was Heard Saying This Before Returning To The Bridge Of The Titanic Alone. The Ship Took Took Its Final Plunge Moments Later
Josephine Baker
Steve Jobs
His comment when he saw the afterlife had to be stable.. It only used Linux..
Carmen Ellis Said This To Jose Cruz, Her Mother's Boyfriend Who Was Sentenced To 75 Years In Prison For Killing Her
Poor girl... She was only 3... She didn't deserve such a cruel stepfather, and he certainly never deserved the honour of being called "papa" by her :(
Virginia Woolf's Last Sentence In Her Suicide Note To Her Husband
Marvin Gaye Said This Moments Before Being Fatally Shot By His Father, Marvin Gaye, Sr
John Carradine Died From Multiple Organ Failure At Fatebenefratelli Hospital In Milan, Italy At Age 82. Hours Before He Died, He Climbed The 328 Steep Steps Of Milan's Gothic Cathedral, The Duomo
Benjamin Franklin Was Laying On His Deathbed WHen His Daughter Suggested That If He Lay On His Side, He Could Breathe Easier
Joan Crawford Said This To Her Housekeeper When She Began To Pray Aloud
Sam Cooke Said This After Being Shot At The Hacienda Motel
Michael Landon's Family Gathered Around His Bed, And His Son Said It Was Time To Move On. Landon Said, “You’re Right. It’s Time. I Love You All”
Jessica Dubroff, A Seven-year-old Pilot, Said This To Her Mother By Telephone As The Engines Revved
Bobby Fischer
Chris Farley Said This To A Prostitute As She Left His Hotel Room Following A Weekend-long Drug And Sex Binge. When She Turned Around, He Had Collapsed
Brittany Murphy
How do you know when you are dying? What would that feel like? My mother knew...she had been sedated for five days with no fluid or food....she opened her eyes and turned to look at each of us standing around her bed. Then closed her eyes and never drew another breath. How did she know? What did she feel?
Aaron Burr Was An Atheist. His Last Words Were A Response To The Efforts Of His Friend, Reverend P.j. Van Pelt, To Get Burr To State That There Was A God
Lewis Carroll
Dimebag Darrell Said This While Playing With Damageplan At A Club Minutes Before He Was Shot And Killed Onstage
Jane Austen's Response To Her Sister Cassandra Who Had Asked Her If She Wanted Anything
Edward Abbey's Response As To Whether He Had Any Last Words (the Epitaph On His Memorial Stone Also Reads "No Comment")
Charles Schulz. From The Final Peanuts Comic Strip Released On February 13, 2000 (One Day After His Death)
Adam Goldstein (aka "DJ Am") Was Found Dead In His Apartment On 28 August 2009 After Friends Called Police When They Were Unable To Contact Him For Several Days. This Was His Last Contact With Friends And Family
Christopher Hitchens
Vince Lombardi Turned To His Wife Marie And Said, “Happy Anniversary. I Love You”
Bill Hicks Didn't Die Until 11 Days Later, But He Quit Speaking After Saying This
Bing Crosby Played 18 Holes Of Golf, Even When His Doctor Said To Only Do Nine. 20 Minutes After The Game, He Suffered A Fatal Heart Attack
Heavy D's Final Tweet Sent Before Collapsing Outside His Beverly Hills Home In 2011
Ultimate Warrior Addressed A Live Audience In What Would Be His Final Live Appearance. The Next Day, He Would Die Of A Heart Attack. These Were The Last Words The Public Heard Him Say
Roger Ebert's Final Paragraph Of His Last Public Blog Post, Written Two Days Before His Passing
Babe Ruth
Kevin Cosgrove Said This In A 911 Call To Police During The September 11th Attacks From His Office Inside The South Tower Of The World Trade Center As The Tower Collapsed
