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.
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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.
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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.
Just before hanging, French aristocrat Marquis de Favras read his death warrant and commented “I see that you have made 3 spelling errors.”
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.”
My battery is low and it’s getting dark. - Mars rover.
“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 SchollSophie Scholl was an anti-n*zi political activist who was executed for treason at the age of 21. I highly recommend looking into her story.
The 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!”.
Oscar Wilde: “My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us must go.”
“Surprise me” - Bob HopeHis wife asked him where he wanted to be buried.
“I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have.” - Leonardo da Vinci.
“Let’s Roll” Todd Beamer, on board UA flight 93(9/11).
“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.
“More weight.” - Giles Corey, as he was pressed to death for refusing to confess to witchcraft.
“Die, my dear? Why, that’s thelastthing I’ll do!” - Groucho Marx.
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.
“Don’t let it end like this. Tell them I said something.” - Pancho Villa.
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”.
“They couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance.“Union General John Sedgewick.
“I’m well done on this side. Turn me over.”-St. Lawrence (while being burned to death on a gridiron).
Last words are for fools who haven’t said enough in life.-Karl Marx.
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.”
" 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.
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.
“Lady, you shot me.” - Sam Cooke upon having been shot. By some lady.
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.”
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.”
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.
Spike Milligan upon his death bed“ I told you I was ill”.
Galois’ last words “Dry your eyes brother I need all the courage I can have to die at 20”.
“I’ve had 18 straight whiskies…… I think that’s the record.” - Dylan Thomas.
“Shoot straight, you bastards! Don’t make a mess of it!”-Breaker Morant.
There is nothing proper about what you are doing, soldier, but do try to k*ll me properly.Cicero.
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“The city is fallen, and I am still alive.” - Constantine XI Palaiologos before charging into battle against the Ottoman Empire.
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Allegedly the last words of poet John Keats were “My chest of books divide among my friends” which is perfect iambic pentameter.
“I’m going to the bathroom to read”Elvis.
“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.
“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.
“Dear me, i think im becoming a god” - Roman Emperor VespasianAnd his son Titus, who left a intriguing mystery with: “i have but one regret” and then died without saying it.
“I am leaving life to enter history” - Getúlio Vargas, 14th and 17th Brazilian president in his s*icide note.
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”.
“Thank god I have done my duty” - Horatio Nelson.
“More Light”— Goethe.
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.
“No friend ever served me, and no enemy ever wronged me, whom i have not repaid in full"Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix.
Carl PanzramWhen 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!”
“What are you gonna do, stab me?” - Guy who got stabbed.
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.
“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
July 4th, 1826….“Jefferson lives” -John Adams“Adams lives” -Thomas JeffersonImagine hating your longtime colleague so much, your last words are about them still breathing 😂.
Che Guevara: “Shoot, you coward. You are only going to k*ll a man.”
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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