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(#1) Jesus Christ
"Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit."
Jesus Christ -
(#2) Louis XIV of France
- Dec. at 77 (1638-1715)
"Why do you weep. Did you think I was immortal?"
Louis XIV, King of France -
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(#4) Humphrey Bogart
- Dec. at 58 (1899-1957)
"I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis."
Humphrey Bogart, actor -
(#5) Errol Flynn
- Dec. at 50 (1909-1959)
"I've had a hell of a lot of fun and I've enjoyed every minute of it."
Errol Flynn, actor -
(#6) John Sedgwick
- Dec. at 51 (1813-1864)
"They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist..."
General John Sedgwick, Union Commander -
(#7) Eugene O'Neill
- Dec. at 65 (1888-1953)
"I knew it. I knew it. Born in a hotel room - and God damn it - died in a hotel room."
Eugene O'Neill, writer -
(#8) Ludwig van Beethoven
- Dec. at 57 (1770-1827)
"Friends applaud, the comedy is over."
Ludwig van Beethoven, composer -
(#9) George Washington
- Dec. at 67 (1732-1799)
"It is well, I die hard, but I am not afraid to go."
George Washington, US President -
(#10) Kit Carson
- Dec. at 59 (1809-1868)
"I just wish I had time for one more bowl of chili."
Kit Carson, pioneer -
(#11) James K. Polk
- Dec. at 54 (1795-1849)
"I love you Sarah. For all eternity, I love you."
James K. Polk, US President -
(#12) Leonardo da Vinci
- Dec. at 67 (1452-1519)
"I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have."
Leonardo da Vinci, artist -
(#13) Henry Ward Beecher
- Dec. at 74 (1813-1887)
"Now comes the mystery!"
Henry Ward Beecher, evangelist -
(#14) Pancho Villa
- Dec. at 45 (1878-1923)
"Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something."
Pancho Villa, Mexican revolutionary -
(#15) Amelia Earhart
"Please know that I am quite aware of the hazards. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others."
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(#16) O. Henry
- Dec. at 48 (1862-1910)
"Turn up the lights, I don't want to go home in the dark."
O. Henry (William Sidney Porter), writer -
(#17) Lou Costello
- Dec. at 53 (1906-1959)
"That was the best ice-cream soda I ever tasted."
Lou Costello, comedian -
(#18) Karl Marx
- Dec. at 65 (1818-1883)
"Go on, get out - last words are for fools who haven't said enough."
Karl Marx, revolutionary -
(#19) Oscar Wilde
- Dec. at 46 (1854-1900)
"Either that wallpaper goes, or I do."
Oscar Wilde, writer -
(#20) Ethel Barrymore
- Dec. at 80 (1879-1959)
"Is everybody happy? I want everybody to be happy. I know I'm happy."
Ethel Barrymore, actress -
(#21) Edgar Allan Poe
- Dec. at 40 (1809-1849)
"Lord help my poor soul."
Edgar Allan Poe, writer -
(#22) Thomas Edison
- Dec. at 84 (1847-1931)
"It is very beautiful over there."
Thomas Alva Edison -
(#23) Sitting Bull
- Dec. at 59 (1831-1890)
"I am not going. Do with me what you like. I am not going. Come on! Come on! Take action! Let's go!"
Chief Sitting Bull, activist -
(#24) Stonewall Jackson
- Dec. at 39 (1824-1863)
"Let us cross over the river and sit in the shade of the trees."
General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson -
(#25) George Bernard Shaw
- Dec. at 94 (1856-1950)
"Sister, you're trying to keep me alive as an old curiosity, but I'm done, I'm finished, I'm going to die."
George Bernard Shaw, playwright -
(#26) Theodore Roosevelt
- Dec. at 61 (1858-1919)
"Put out the light."
Theodore Roosevelt, US President -
(#27) Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
- Dec. at 85 (1879-1964)
"Am I dying or is this my birthday?"
Lady Nancy Astor -
(#28) Andrew Jackson
- Dec. at 78 (1767-1845)
"Oh, do not cry - be good children and we will all meet in heaven."
Andrew Jackson, US President -
(#29) Edmund Gwenn
- Dec. at 82 (1877-1959)
"Yes, it's tough, but not as tough as doing comedy."
Edmund Gwenn, actor -
(#30) Benjamin Franklin
- Dec. at 84 (1706-1790)
"A dying man can do nothing easy."
Benjamin Franklin, statesman -
(#31) Voltaire
- Dec. at 84 (1694-1778)
"Now, now, my good man, this is not time for making enemies."
Voltaire, philosopher -
(#32) Douglas Fairbanks
- Dec. at 56 (1883-1939)
"I've never felt better."
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., actor -
(#33) John Quincy Adams
- Dec. at 81 (1767-1848)
"This is the last of earth, I am content."
John Quincy Adams, US President -
(#34) Emily Dickinson
- Dec. at 56 (1830-1886)
"I must go in, the fog is rising."
Emily Dickinson, poet -
(#35) Che Guevara
- Dec. at 39 (1928-1967)
"I know you have come to kill me. Shoot coward, you are only going to kill a man."
Ernesto "Che" Guevara -
(#36) Thomas Jefferson
- Dec. at 83 (1743-1826)
"Is it the Fourth?"
Thomas Jefferson, US President -
(#37) Dominique Bouhours
- Dec. at 74 (1628-1702)
"I am about to -- or I am going to -- die: either expression is correct."
Dominique Bouhours, French grammarian -
(#38) Thomas Hobbes
- Dec. at 91 (1588-1679)
"I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark."
Thomas Hobbes, writer -
(#39) Richard Feynman
- Dec. at 70 (1918-1988)
"I'd hate to die twice. It's so boring."
Richard Feynman, physicist -
(#40) John Adams
- Dec. at 91 (1735-1826)
"Thomas Jefferson--still survives..."
John Adams, US President -
(#41) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Dec. at 35 (1756-1791)
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(#42) Alfred Hitchcock
- Dec. at 81 (1899-1980)
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(#43) Anna Pavlova
- Dec. at 50 (1881-1931)
"Get my swan costume ready."
Anna Pavlova, ballerina -
(#44) Noël Coward
- Dec. at 74 (1899-1973)
"Goodnight my darlings, I'll see you tomorrow."
Noel Coward, writer -
(#45) H. G. Wells
- Dec. at 80 (1866-1946)
"Go away, I'm all right!"
H. G. Wells, novelist -
(#46) Grover Cleveland
- Dec. at 71 (1837-1908)
"I have tried so hard to do the right."
Grover Cleveland, US President -
(#47) John Barrymore
- Dec. at 60 (1882-1942)
"Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him."
John Barrymore, actor -
(#48) Woodrow Wilson
- Dec. at 68 (1856-1924)
"I am ready."
Woodrow Wilson, US President -
(#49) Charles Darwin
- Dec. at 73 (1809-1882)
"I am not the least afraid to die."
Charles Darwin -
(#50) Bing Crosby
- Dec. at 74 (1903-1977)
"That was a great game of golf, fellers."
Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby, singer / actor
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It said that when people are about to die, their words are also true. Most of the things people say when facing death are honest, but there are also many humorous words or maybe strange and meaningless. 'I leave the second-best bed to my wife." These are the last words of the British dramatist and poet Shakespeare. His words create a dramatic mystery, then who has the first and best bed?
In the long river of history, lots of famous people have left their thoughts and works which are the precious wealth of human civilization. When they finish their journey of life, what is the last word left? This is a very interesting topic. The random tool collected 115 dying words spoken by famous people.
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