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Sorted alphabetically by last name (with some monarchs and leaders sorted by their first names, e.g. [[#W|William the Silent]]). This article refers only to last words of persons who actually lived or are believed to have actually lived. Last words of fictional characters can be found in [[Fictional last words]].
=A=
*'''I don't know.''' [''Attributed'']
** Who: [[Peter Abelard]], a medieval French scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician.
*'''No comment.'''
*'''I did what I could.'''
**Who: [[Edward Abbey]], an American author and essayist.
***Note: The first quote was a response as to whether he had any last words. (The epitaph on his memorial stone was "No Comment".) The second is an alternative as noted in the reference work ''Last Words of Notable People'' citing ''Epitaph for a Desert Anarchist: The Life and Legacy of Edward Abbey'' by James Bishop. {{cite book |title= Last Words of Notable People: Final Words of More than 3500 Noteworthy People Throughout History|last= Brahms|first= William B. |year= 2010|publisher= [[Reference Desk Press, Inc]]|location= Haddonfield, NJ|isbn= 978-09765325-2-1|page= 1}}; {{cite book |title= Epitaph for a Desert Anarchist: The Life and Legacy of Edward Abbey |last= Bishop|first= James. |year= 2010|publisher= [[Atheneuem]]|location= New York|isbn= 978-06891219-5-1}}.
* '''Van Halen!'''
** Who: [[w:Darrell Abbott|Darrell Abbott]] A.K.A Dimebag Darrel, former guitarist of Pantera and Damageplan.
*** Note: Said while playing with Damageplan at a club minutes before he was shot and killed onstage.
*'''Come Lord Jesus, come quickly, finish in me the work that Thou hast begun; into Thy hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit, for Thou hast redeemed me. O God of truth, save me Thy servant, who hopes and confides in Thee alone; let Thy mercy, O Lord, be shewn unto me; in Thee have I trusted, O Lord, let me not be confounded for ever.'''
** Who: [[w:Robert Abbott |Robert Abbott]], English prelate.
*** Note: ''Last Words of Notable People'' citing ''The life of Dr. George Abbot, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury'' by Arthur Onslow (Guildford, England, 1777). {{cite book |title= Last Words of Notable People: Final Words of More than 3500 Noteworthy People Throughout History|last= Brahms|first= William B. |year= 2010|publisher= [[Reference Desk Press, Inc]]|location= Haddonfield, NJ|isbn= 978-09765325-2-1|page= 1}}.
*'''May the Most High God preserve thee from destruction, and from all the paths of error may He deliver thee.'''
** Who: [[Abraham]], first of the three patriarchs of Judaism.
*** See also: [[w:Abraham|Abraham]]
* '''It's okay! Gun's not loaded… see?'''
** Who: [[w:Johnny Ace|Johnny Ace]], 1950s rhythm and blues singer.
*** Note: Ace was playing [[w:Russian roulette|Russian roulette]] (or something similar; exact accounts vary) with his revolver on Christmas Day 1954, during a backstage break in his concert that day. Contrary to Ace's assertion, there was a bullet in the chamber, which, when he pulled the trigger with the barrel of the gun to his face, killed him instantly.
*'''''Ja, maar niet te veel.'''''
** Translation: '''Yes, but not too much.'''
** Who: [[w:Gerrit Achterberg|Gerrit Achterberg]], Dutch poet.
*** Note: Achterberg had just parked his car, when his wife asked: "Shall I bake some fried potatoes?" After answering the question he suffered a fatal heart attack.
**** Note: ''Last Words of Notable People'' citing ''Het refrein is hein: Leven en sterven in een verpleeghuis'' by B. Keizer {{cite book |title= Last Words of Notable People: Final Words of More than 3500 Noteworthy People Throughout History|last= Brahms|first= William B. |year= 2010|publisher= [[Reference Desk Press, Inc]]|location= Haddonfield, NJ|isbn= 978-09765325-2-1|page= 3}}; {{cite book |title= Het refrein is hein: Leven en sterven in een verpleeghuis |last= Keizer
|first= Bert |year= 1997|publisher= [[Nijmegen]]|location= Amsterdam|isbn= 978-90616862-1-7}}.
*'''Oh, yes; it is the glorious Fourth of July. It is a great day. It is a good day. God bless it. God bless you all.''' [''He then lapsed into unconsciousness; he awakened later, and mumbled,''] '''Thomas Jefferson…'''
** Who: [[John Adams]], 2nd President of the United States.
** John Adams died on July 4, 1826. He is often quoted as having said "[[Thomas Jefferson]] still survives." with some depictions indicating he might have not expressed the entire statement before dying, i.e.: "Thomas Jefferson… still survi—", but [http://historynewsnetwork.org/articles/article.html?id=634 some research] indicates that only the words "Thomas Jefferson" were clearly intelligible among his last. Adams did not know that Jefferson, his great political rival—and later friend and correspondent—had died a few hours earlier that same 4th of July, 1826, exactly fifty years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
* '''This is the last of Earth! I am content!'''
** Who: [[John Quincy Adams]], 6th President of the United States.
*** Note: John Quincy Adams suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on the floor of the U.S Capitol Building, as he had become a U.S. Representative from the 11th District of Massachusetts after his presidency. He died several days later.
** As quoted in ''The Truly Great: A Discourse Appropriate to the Life and Character of John Quincy Adams'' (1848) by Edwin Hubbell Chapin and "Illness and Death of John Quincy Adams" (''Little's Living Age'', No. 201, March 18, 1848), citing an account published in ''The New York Courier and Enquirer'', February 25, 1848 and other sources. {{cite book |title= Last Words of Notable People: Final Words of More than 3500 Noteworthy People Throughout History|last= Brahms|first= William B. |year= 2010|publisher= [[Reference Desk Press, Inc]]|location= Haddonfield, NJ|isbn= 978-09765325-2-1|page= 6}}.
* '''See in what peace a Christian can die.'''
** Who: [[Joseph Addison]], writer, d. June 17, 1719.
*** Note: Spoken to his stepson, the Earl of Warwick.
** As quoted in ''Conjectures on Original Composition: In a Letter to the Author of Sir Charles Grandison'' (1759) by Edward Young and Samuel Richardson.
** Variation: '''I have sent for you to see how a Christian can die.'''
** As quoted in ''A New Biographical Dictionary: Containing a Brief Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons and Remarkable Characters in Every Age and Nation'' (1805) by Stephen Jones.
** Variations of Addison's last words compared and discussed. {{cite book |title= Last Words of Notable People: Final Words of More than 3500 Noteworthy People Throughout History|last= Brahms|first= William B. |year= 2010|publisher= [[Reference Desk Press, Inc]]|location= Haddonfield, NJ|isbn= 978-09765325-2-1|page= 7}}.
* '''The bastards tried to come over me last night. I guess they didn't know I was a Marine.'''
** Who: Private First Class [[wikipedia:Edward H. Ahrens|Edward H. Ahrens]]
*** Note: During the [[wikipedia:Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo|Battle of Tulagi]], Private Ahrens was mortally wounded while single-handedly fighting back a group of Japanese soldiers attempting to infiltrate Allied lines. After his superior officer discovered Ahrens the next morning surrounded by dead Japanese troops, he whispered these words and died.
* '''''שמע ישראל ה' אלקינו ה' אחד''''' (Shema Yisrael Adona-i Elokaynu Adona-i Echad)
** Translation: '''Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God! The Lord is One!'''
** Who: Rabbi [[Akiba ben Joseph]] (Akiva)
*** Note: These words (the Shema, from Deuteronomy 6:4) were stated as R. Akiba was being flayed by a Roman executioner for his continuing to teaching the Torah, despite the Roman prohibition on doing so (Talmud Berachot 61b). Because of R. Akiba, it is customary for Jews to recite the Shema as their last words.
* '''Is it not meningitis?'''
** Who: [[Louisa May Alcott]], an American novelist and poet best known as the author of the novel ''Little Women''.
*** Note: Alcott had been in ill health for many years and took a turn for the worse after she visited her father. She did not have meningitis. She may have died of mercury poisoning, the after-effect of an earlier treatment for typhoid fever. {{cite book |title= Last Words of Notable People: Final Words of More than 3500 Noteworthy People Throughout History|last= Brahms|first= William B. |year= 2010|publisher= [[Reference Desk Press, Inc]]|location= Haddonfield, NJ|isbn= 978-09765325-2-1|page= 12}}.
** As quoted in ''Louisa May Alcott: Her Life, Letters and Journals'' (1805) by Ednah D. Cheney.
* '''You be good. See you tomorrow. I love you.'''
** Who: [[w:Alex (parrot)|Alex]], [[w:African Grey Parrot|African Grey Parrot]] used in comparative psychology research at Brandeis University.
*** Note: Spoken to his handler, Dr. Irene Pepperberg, when she put him in his cage for the night; he was found dead the next morning. This wasn't said due to Alex's knowledge of his impending death, but simply because that was what Alex said to Pepperberg every night before being locked in his cage.
** {{cite news
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* '''To the strongest!'''
** Who: [[Alexander the Great|Alexander III of Macedon]], King of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and a member of the Argead dynasty.
** In response to his generals asking the heirless Alexander which one of them would get control of the empire.
*** Note: When asked on his deathbed who was to succeed him, his voice may have been indistinct. Alexander may have said "Krateros" (the name of one of his generals), but he was not around, and the others may have chosen to hear "Kratistos— the strongest".
* '''Home to the palace to die…'''
** Who: [[w:Alexander II of Russia|Alexander II of Russia]]
*** Note: His guards heard him utter this phrase when they found his maimed body under a seat from his carriage after he was attacked with bombs by anarchists in an assassination attempt. He lost his left leg and was taken home where he died hours after his wound.
* '''Wait a minute…'''
** Who: [[w:Pope Alexander VI|Pope Alexander VI]]
*** Note: His last words have also reported to have been: '''''Va bene, va bene, arrivo. Aspettate un momento.''''' (Ok, ok, I'll come. Just give it a moment.)
* '''Clasp my hand, dear friend, I am dying.'''
** Who: [[w:Vittorio Alfieri|Vittorio Alfieri]], was an Italian dramatist and poet, considered the "founder of Italian tragedy."
* '''I'm in no pain. No pain. Don't cry for me, Rahaman. I'm going to be with Allah. I made peace with God, I'm okay… Rahaman, how do I look?'''
** Who: [[Muhammad Ali]]
*** Note: Rahaman Ali, a former heavyweight boxer, was Muhammad Ali's younger brother.
** As quoted in [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/04/muhammad-ali-told-family-he-was-in-no-pain-and-going-to-allah/ "Muhammad Ali told family he was 'in no pain and going to Allah'"] by Nick Allen, ''The Telegraph'' (4 June 2016)
*'''I'm sorry, boys, I'm all wet.'''
** Who: [[Gracie Allen]], wife and comedy partner of [[George Burns]].
*'''Sooner rather than later, the great avenues will open again and free men will walk through them to construct a better society. Long live Chile! Long live the people! Long live the workers! These are my last words, and I am certain that my sacrifice will not be in vain, I am certain that, at the very least, it will be a moral lesson that will punish felony, cowardice, and treason.'''
** Who: [[Salvador Allende]], was a Chilean physician and politician. d. September 11, 1973.
*** Note: Last speech given before he committed suicide before the military forces entered the La Moneda palace when the 1973 coup d'etat took place.
* '''June 3. Cold Harbor. I was killed.'''
** Who: Union Soldier
*** Note: Found in a blood-spattered diary on the body of a Union soldier on June 3rd, 1864.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cold_Harbor]
*'''Don't ask me how I am! I understand nothing more.'''
** Who: [[Hans Christian Andersen]], Danish author of ''The Ugly Duckling'', ''The Little Mermaid'', ''The Emperor's New Clothes'', ''The Snow Queen'', and ''The Princess and the Pea''.
* '''I pray you to bear me witness that I meet my fate like a brave man.'''
** Who: [[w:John André|Major John André]], a British Army officer.
*** Note: According to James Thatcher's book ''The American Revolution'', André raised the handkerchief from his eyes and said these words when given an opportunity to speak, moments before he was hanged as a British spy.
* '''''Pardonnez-moi, monsieur. Je ne l'ai pas fait exprès.'''''
** Translation: '''Pardon me, sir. I did not do it on purpose.'''
** Who: [[Marie Antoinette]], Queen of France and Archduchess of Austria.
*** Note: As she approached the guillotine, convicted of treason and about to be beheaded, she accidentally stepped on the foot of her executioner.
* '''''Aequanimitas.'''''
** Translation: '''Equanimity.'''
** Who: [[w:Antoninus Pius|Emperor Antoninus Pius]]
*** Note: When tribune of the night watch came to ask for the password.
* '''Well, gentlemen, you are about to see a baked Appel.'''
** Who: [[w:George Appel|George Appel]], executed by electric chair in 1928.
* '''''Mennyi az idő? Különben mindegy…'''''
** Translation: '''What is the time? Never mind, it's not important…'''
** Who: [[János Arany]], Hungarian poet.
* '''''Μη μου τους κύκλους τάραττε''''' (Mè mou tous kuklous taratte)
** Translation: '''Don't disturb my circles!'''
** Alternate: '''Don't disturb my equation.'''
** Who: [[Archimedes]], an Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer.
*** Note: In response to a Roman soldier who was forcing him to report to the Roman general after the capture of Syracuse, while he was busy sitting on the ground proving geometry theorems. The soldier killed him, despite specific instructions not to, resulting in his execution.
*'''Let it be known that homosexuals are not cowards.'''
** Who: [[w:Willem Arondeus|Willem Arondeus]], Dutch artist and writer, member of the Anti-Nazi resistance.
*** Note: He led a group in bombing the Amsterdam Public Records Office, destroying thousands of files to prevent the Nazis from identifying Jews. Within a week, Arondeus and the other members of the group were arrested. Twelve, including Arondeus, were executed by firing squad.
*'''Such secrets have been revealed to me that all I have written now appears as so much straw.'''
** Who: [[Thomas Aquinas]], an immensely influential philosopher, theologian and jurist in the tradition of scholasticism.
* '''Let me die in the old uniform in which I fought my battles for freedom, May God forgive me for putting on another.'''
** Who: [[Benedict Arnold]], a general during the American Revolutionary War.
*** Note: He wanted to wear his old Continental Army uniform.
* '''I love you too, honey. Good luck with your show.'''
** Who: [[w:Desi Arnaz|Desi Arnaz]], an American musician, actor, television producer, writer and director.
*** Note: He was speaking on the telephone to his former wife Lucille Ball, regarding her upcoming (and ultimately final) TV series, ''[[w:Life with Lucy|Life with Lucy]]''.
* '''The ladies have to go first. Goodbye, dearie. I'll see you later.'''
** Who: [[w:John Jacob Astor IV|John Jacob Astor IV]], an American businessman, real estate builder, investor, inventor, writer, lieutenant colonel in the Spanish–American War, and a prominent member of the Astor family.
*** Note: The accuracy of this report is disputed. Astor and his wife were traveling on the [[w:RMS Titanic|Titanic]] when it struck an iceberg and began to sink. As Astor prepared to enter a lifeboat with his wife, a group of female passengers appeared on deck. He gave up his seat and spoke his final words to his wife; he was later found floating in the ocean, dead.
* '''Am I dying, or is this my birthday?'''
** Who: [[w:Lady Nancy Astor|Lady Nancy Astor]], an American-born English socialite.
*** Note: In her final illness, she awoke on her deathbed to see her family at her bedside.
* '''''Saat kaç?'''''
** Translation: '''What time is it?'''
** Who: [[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk]], a Turkish army officer, revolutionary, and the first President of Turkey.
*** Note: Before he fell into a coma on November 6th, he had asked his friends "What time is it?".
* '''''Nostri coniugii memor vive, ac vale.'''''
** Translation: '''Live mindful of our marriage, and farewell.'''
** Who: Emperor [[w:Augustus|Augustus]], founder of the Roman Empire and its first Emperor.
*** Note: His last words in public as reported by Suetonius were the more famous "Behold, I found Rome of clay, and leave her to you of marble."
* '''I want nothing but death.'''
** Who: [[Jane Austen]], an English novelist known principally for her five major novels which interpret, critique and comment upon the life of the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century.
*** Note: In response to her sister Cassandra who had asked her if she wanted something.
** As quoted in ''Last Words of Notable People: Final Words of More than 3500 Noteworthy People Throughout History'' (2010) by William B. Brahms which discusses a letter from Cassandra to her niece Fannie Knight after the death of Jane Austen on July 18, 1817. Brahms notes the letter is reprinted in ''Letters of Jane Austen'' (1884) by Jane Austen.
* '''I ask you all to forgive me. I ask the people of Samford to forgive me. I ask my mother to forgive me. May you all live long and die happy. God save the King! God save the King! God be with you all! Send a wire to my mother and tell her I died happy, won’t you. Yes tell her I died happy with no fear. Goodbye all! Goodbye all!'''
** Who: [[w:Ernest Austin (murderer)|Ernest Austin]]
*** Note: Austin made this statement before being hanged for rape and murder, the last two as he fell through the trap door. He was the last person in Queensland to be hanged.
=B=
* '''Had you believed in Me, O wayward generation, every one of you would have followed the example of this youth, who stood in rank above most of you, and willingly would have sacrificed himself in My path. The day will come when you will have recognized Me; that day I shall have ceased to be with you.'''
** Who: [[The Báb]], founder of Bábism, and one of three central figures of the Bahá'í Faith.
*** Note: His final words were shouted at the spectating crowd during His execution by a firing squad. The words "this youth" refer to the young Mirza Muhammad-'Ali, who was being executed along with Him.
* '''My name and memory I leave to man's charitable speeches, to foreign nations, and to the next age.'''
** Who: [[Francis Bacon]], Renaissance scientist.
* '''Oh God, here I go!'''
** Who: [[w:Max Baer (boxer)|Max Baer]], American boxer.
*** Note: Spoken after a fatal heart attack.
* '''My Florida water.'''
** Who: [[Lucille Ball]], an American actress, comedian, model, film studio executive and producer.
*** Note: Her response when asked if she wanted anything.
* '''Oh, you young people act like old men. You have no fun.'''
** Who: [[w:Josephine Baker|Josephine Baker]], an American-born French dancer, jazz and pop music singer, and actress.
*** Note: The famed starlet was reportedly attempting to seduce a man several decades younger than she was. She died of a stroke later that night.
* '''I'm in the hands of Jesus…'''
** Who: [[w:Tammy Faye Messner|Tammy Faye Messner]], a American Christian singer, evangelist, entrepreneur, author, talk show host, and television personality.
*** Note: As told by her husband Roe Messner on CNN's Larry King Live. Roe was with Tammy Faye at the moment of her death.
* '''Codeine…bourbon…'''
** Who: [[Tallulah Bankhead]], an American actress of the stage and screen, and a reputed libertine.
*** Note: Her response when asked if she wanted anything.
* '''I would rather be a servant in the House of the Lord than to sit in the seats of the mighty.'''
** Who: [[w:Alben W. Barkley|Alben W. Barkley]], former Vice President of the United States, who suffered a fatal heart attack.
* '''How were the receipts today at Madison Square Garden?'''
** Who: [[P. T. Barnum]], circus entrepreneur.
* '''I can't sleep.'''
** Who: [[J.M. Barrie]], author of works including ''Peter Pan''.
* '''Is everybody happy? I want everybody to be happy. I know I'm happy.'''
** Who: [[w:Ethel Barrymore|Ethel Barrymore]], an American actress regarded as the "First Lady of the American Theater."
*** Note: Spoken to her housekeeper before her passing.
* '''Die, I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him.'''
** Who: [[John Barrymore]], an American actor on stage, screen and radio.
* '''Now I can cross the Shifting Sands.'''
** Who: [[L. Frank Baum]], author of ''[[The Wizard of Oz|The Wizard of Oz.]]''
*** Note: Baum was referring to the Shifting Sands, the impassable desert surrounding the Land of Oz.
*'''Are you guys ready? Let's roll.'''
** Who: [[w:Todd Beamer|Todd Beamer]], passenger on United Flight 93, September 11, 2001.
*** Note: These are his last recorded words, coming at the end of a cell phone call before Beamer and others attempted to storm the airliner's cockpit to retake it from hijackers who were part of the [[w:September 11, 2001 attacks|9/11 terrorist attacks]]. The plane crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
*'''Rain had always been a harbinger of tragedy for me.'''
** Who: George Beard, an American neurologist who popularized the term neurasthenia.
*** Note: His death occurred during a rainstorm.
* '''[[w:Napoleon|Bonaparte]]… [[w:Elba|the island of Elba]]… the King of Rome.'''
** Who: [[w:Joséphine de Beauharnais|Joséphine de Beauharnais]], first wife of [[w:Napoleon|Napoleon Bonaparte]].
* '''I am thinking of earlier times.'''
**Who: [[w:Ludwig Beck|Ludwig Beck]], German general, committing suicide after the [[w:20 July plot|failed attempt]] to kill Hitler, 20 July 1944.
* [''to his killers''] '''If all the swords in England were pointed against my head, your threats would not move me.'''
* '''I am ready to die for my Lord, that in my blood the Church may obtain liberty and peace.'''
** Who: [[w:Thomas Becket|Thomas Becket]], Archbishop of Canterbury, d. 1170.
* '''Now comes the mystery.'''
** Who: [[Henry Ward Beecher]], evangelist, d. March 8, 1887.
* '''''Plaudite, amici, comedia finita est.'''''
** Translation: '''Applaud, my friends, the comedy is finished.'''; the formula traditionally used to end a performance of ''commedia dell'arte.''
** Who: [[Ludwig van Beethoven]], German composer.
*** Note: His final words are subject to historical debate, and vary with many biographies. Among those that have been reported to be his last words are:
*** '''I shall hear in Heaven.'''
*** '''I feel as if up to now I had written no more than a few notes.'''
*** [''To his friend Johann Hummel, who was at his bedside''] '''Is it not true, Hummel, that I have some talent after all?'''
*** '''There, do you hear the bell? Don't you hear it ringing? The curtain must drop. Yes! My curtain is falling.'''
*** [''Upon the arrival from his publisher of 12 bottles of wine''] '''Pity, pity. Too late.'''
*** Another biographer has him saying nothing; simply shaking his fists defiantly at the heavens as a thunderstorm raged outside his window.
*'''Maybe they only had one rocket?'''
** Who: [[w:Lawrence Beeter |Lawrence Beeter]], WWII British soldier.
*** Note: He was taking cover in a bunker after they were hit by a rocket. A second volley destroyed the bunker and Beeter was killed.
* '''''Todo mortal…'''''
** Translation: '''''All mortal…'''''
** Who: [[w:Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer|Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer]], a Spanish post-romanticist poet and writer, also a playwright, literary columnist, and talented in drawing.
*** Note: He was delirious because of high fever and illness.
*'''''No.'''''
** Who: [[Alexander Graham Bell]], a Scottish-born scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone.
*** Note: While Alexander Graham Bell was dying, his deaf wife whispered to him, "Don't leave me." Bell responded by signing the word, "No."
* '''Just don't leave me alone.'''
** Who: [[w:John Belushi|John Belushi]], an American comedian, actor, and musician.
* '''And where do you come from?'''
** Who: [[w:Isaiah Berlin|Isaiah Berlin]], a Latvian-British social and political theorist, philosopher and historian of ideas.
*** Note: To the nurse caring for him. Hardy, Henry (2001). [http://berlin.wolf.ox.ac.uk/writings_on_ib/hhonib/legacy.html "Review of ''The Legacy of Isaiah Berlin''"]. The Isaiah Berlin Virtual Library.
* '''I'll need it.'''
** Who: [[Folke Bernadotte|Count Folke Bernadotte of Wisborg]], Swedish diplomat and nobleman.
*** Note: In response as he drove away after he inspected a bullet in his vehicle's wheel and a newspaper man shouted "Good luck!"
* '''This time it will serve me for the voyage from which there is no return, the voyage of eternity.'''
** Who: [[Claude Bernard]], a French physiologist.
*** Note: Spoken when he began to feel cold and a cover was placed on his feet.
* '''Never fear; if you will but have patience I don't doubt we shall get through; but take care how you ever get in such a scrape again.'''
** Who: [[Francis Bernard|Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet]], a British colonial administrator who served as governor of the provinces of New Jersey and Massachusetts Bay.
* '''Don't die like I did.'''
** Who: [[George Best|George Best,]] a Northern Irish professional footballer who played as a winger for Manchester United and the Northern Ireland national team.
*** Note: Best died as a result of a lung infection and multiple organ failure caused by years of alcoholism.
* '''Dear God. Dear God. Why is this happening? I just want to go home.'''
** Who: [[w:Cassie Bernall|Cassie Bernall]], victim of the [[w:Columbine High School massacre |Columbine High School massacre]].
*** Note: According to Emily Wyant, a close friend of Cassie's, she was heard praying in these last words before Eric Harris yelled "Peek-a-boo!" and fatally shot her in the face. This account disproves the myth that Bernall said "yes" to Dylan Klebold before he shot her dead (it was actually Valeen Schnurr who got terribly shot ''before'' being asked by Klebold if she believed in God and surviving the whole ordeal). [http://www.salon.com/1999/09/30/bernall/]
* '''How slow my death agony is.'''
** Who: [[Sarah Bernhardt|Sarah Bernhardt]], a French stage and early film actress.
* '''O Lord, help me… for I am innocent.'''
** Who: [[w:Zulfikar Ali Bhutto|Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]], Prime Minister of Pakistan.
*** Note: Said shortly before his hanging.
* '''''Dêem-me café, vou escrever!'''''
** Translation: '''Give me coffee, I'm going to write.'''
** Who: [[w:Olavo Bilac|Olavo Bilac]], Brazilian poet.
* '''''¿Quién es? ¿Quién es?'''''
** Translation: '''Who is it? Who is it?'''
** Who: [[Billy the Kid|Billy the Kid,]] an American Old West gunfighter who participated in New Mexico's Lincoln County War.
*'''I'm sorry from the bottom of my heart. I want to thank all of my family and friends for my prayers and who supported and believed in me. My Father, I'm being paroled to heaven. I will now spend all my holidays with my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Peace be with you all. Amen.'''
** Who: [[w:Kenneth Biros|Kenneth Biros]], first person executed by a one-drug lethal injection in Ohio on December 8, 2009.
* '''''Haus.'''''
** Translation: '''Home.'''; Literally: House.
** Who: [[Otto von Bismarck|Otto von Bismarck,]] German statesmen, and Chancellor of Germany.
*** Note: Scrawled on a piece of paper; there is debate as to whether Bismarck meant to convey that he was returning to the afterlife or was simply delerious or intoxicated.
* '''''À moi!'''''
** Translation: '''Help!'''; Literally: To me!
** Who: [[w:Sophie Blanchard|Sophie Blanchard]], a French aeronaut and the wife of ballooning pioneer [[w:Jean-Pierre Blanchard |Jean-Pierre Blanchard]].
*** Note: Blanchard, a balloonist, said these words when her balloon crashed, killing her.
* '''D-Von, get the tables!'''
** Who: [[w:Freddie Blassie|"Classy" Freddie Blassie]], a American professional wrestling villain and manager.
*** Note: In a guest appearance on ''WWE RAW'', a wheelchair-bound Blassie, after being threatened, summoned wrestler D-Von Dudley to set up a table for a match against 3 Minute Warning. It was Blassie's final public appearance before dying three weeks later. Although these are technically not his last words, they are the last words the public heard him say.
* '''Goodbye, kid. Hurry back.'''
** Who: [[Humphrey Bogart]], an American screen actor who performed in iconic 1940s films noir such as ''The Maltese Falcon'', ''Casablanca'', and ''The Big Sleep.''
*** Note: The line was spoken to his wife, Lauren Bacall, as she left his bedside to pick up her children. She returned to find Bogart in a coma, from which he never regained consciousness.
* '''Damn it! How will I ever get out of this labyrinth?'''
** Who: [[Simon Bolivar]], a Venezuelan military and political leader.
*** Note: His last words are also Recorded as "'''Fetch The Luggage, They do not want us here'''"
* '''''
* '''''France, armée, tête d'armée, Joséphine.'''''
** Translation: '''''France, Army, Head of the Army, Joséphine.'''''
** Who: [[Napoleon Bonaparte]], French military leader and emperor who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century.
* '''''… and of Islam …'''''
** Who: [[w:Mohamed Boudiaf|Mohamed Boudiaf]], President of Algeria d. 1992.
*** Note: He was conducting a televised speech in Arabic to an audience at a newly-opened cultural centre in Annaba, when his assassin struck. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMGM3HvtIdA]
* '''Ah, that tastes nice. Thank you.'''
** Who: [[w:Johannes Brahms|Johannes Brahms]], a German composer and pianist.
*** Note: Spoken after he had a small glass of wine.
* '''''Surgite!'''''
** Translation: '''Push on!'''
** Who: [[w:Isaac Brock|General Sir Isaac Brock]], British Army officer and administrator.
*** Note: Said after being shot by American sharpshooters during the [[w:Battle of Queenston Heights|Battle Of Queenston Heights]].
* '''Useless … useless …'''
** Who: [[w:John Wilkes Booth|John Wilkes Booth]], an American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln.
* '''''Je vais ou je vas mourir, l'un et l'autre se dit ou se disent.'''''
** Translation : '''I am about to – or I am going to – die: either expression is correct.'''
** Who: [[w:Dominique Bouhours|Dominique Bouhours]], French grammarian.
* '''I didn't murder the Hodges family. I've never murdered anybody. I'm going to my death with a clear conscience. I am going to my death having had a great life because of my two great sons, Mike and Doug.'''
** Who: [[w:Earl Bramblett|Earl Bramblett]]
*** Note: Spoken prior to his death in the state of Virginia's electric chair. Contrary to his claim, overwhelming evidence proved that he did indeed kill William Hodges, his wife Teresa and their two children Winter and Anah, ages 11 and 4.
* '''No. I have no final statement.'''
** Who: Lawrence Russell Brewer
*** Note: Executed for the murder of [[w:Murder of James Byrd, Jr.|James Byrd, Jr.]]
* '''Not bloody likely!'''
** Who: Unknown British Sergeant
*** Note: Reportedly said during the last stand of the 44th Regiment of Foot, in response to an offer of surrender, shortly before their massacre by Afghan fighters at the Battle of Gandamak.
* '''Sarah I miss and need you.'''
** Who: [[w:Bobbi Kristina Brown|Bobbi Kristina Brown]], an American reality television and media personality, singer, and actress.
*** Note: Last known tweet to her friend Bess Beckmann before she went into a coma and died months later.
* '''I'm going away tonight.'''
** Who: [[James Brown]], American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist.
** Source: Charles Bobbit, Brown's longtime personal manager and friend.
*** Note: James Brown uttered his last words minutes before his death, and then he took three, long quiet breaths and closed his eyes.
** His very last words were: "I want you to look after my wife… and little man. I'm on fire. I'm burning up. Burning up.", as quoted in [http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/comment/articles/2013-01/03/james-brown-fortune-lawsuits-death-drugs/viewall Icon: James Brown], ''GQ Magazine'', 3 January 2013.
* '''I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood. I had, as I now think vainly, flattered myself that without very much bloodshed it might be done.'''
** Who: [[John Brown (abolitionist)|John Brown]], an American abolitionist.
*** Note: These words were not spoken, but written on a note and handed to a guard right before his execution.
** His spoken last words are usually considered to be: '''This is a beautiful country.'''
* '''Whatever the result may be, I shall carry to my grave the consciousness that at least I meant well for my country.'''
** Who: [[James Buchanan]], 15th President of the United States.
*'''Decay is inherent in compounded things. Strive diligently.'''
** Who: [[Gautama Buddha|Siddhartha Gautama Buddha]], an ascetic and sage, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded.
* '''I'd like you to give my love to my family and friends.'''
** Who: [[w:Ted Bundy|Ted Bundy]], an American serial killer, kidnapper, rapist, and necrophile who assaulted and murdered numerous young women and girls.
*** Note: Those were Bundy's last words before being executed in the electric chair.
* '''I'm the problem.'''
** Who: David A. Burke
*** Note: Burke replied to the captain of [[w:Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771|Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771]], who inquired what "the problem" was after Burke fired a gun in the cabin of the plane. Burke shot the pilots and himself, deliberately crashing the flight.
* '''On that subject I am coy.'''
** Who: [[Aaron Burr]], 3rd Vice President of the United States.
*** Note: 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. Reported in Holmes Moss Alexander, ''Aaron Burr: The Proud Pretender'' (1937), p. 356.
* '''Back in no time.'''
** Who: [[William S. Burroughs]], American novelist, short story writer, essayist, painter, and spoken word performer.
*** Note: Spoken to a friend as he was being loaded into an ambulance after suffering a heart attack; he was comatose upon arrival at the hospital and never regained consciousness. Reported in Barry Miles, ''Call Me Burroughs: A Life' (2014).
* '''I want your bunk!'''
** Who: [[w:Cliff Burton|Cliff Burton]], bassist of [[Metallica]]
*** Note: After winning a game of cards that would determine who would get the first pick of bunks on the band's tour bus, Burton pointed at fellow band member Kirk Hammett and said the line above. Later, while he was sleeping, the bus flipped over and Burton was flown out of its window before it crushed him to death.
* '''The corruption of the state shall fall. Governor Taft, you will not be re-elected. The rest of you, you know where you can go.'''
** Who: [[w:John William Byrd, Jr.|John William Byrd, Jr.]]
*** Note: Byrd told his family he loved them and that they should keep fighting the death penalty. [http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/byrd760.htm]
* '''Now I shall go to sleep. Goodnight.'''
** Who: [[Lord Byron]], British poet.
* '''I went the distance.'''
** Who: [[w:Steve Byrnes|Steve Byrnes]], an American television announcer and producer.
*** Note: Final words sent from a tweet.
* '''By the Lord of the Ka'bah, I have been successful.'''
** Who: [[Ali ibn Abi Talib]], cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, ruling over the Islamic caliphate from 656 to 661.
*** Note: This was spoken after being hit on the head with a poisoned sword, while leading the Morning Prayer, by Ibn Maljam, a fundamentalist.
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* '''''Acta est fabula, plaudite!''''' [''Attributed'']
** Translation: '''The play is over, applaud!'''
** Who: [[Caesar Augustus|Augustus Caesar]]
*** Note: This is the phrase said at the end of Roman plays.
* '''''και συ τεκνον;''''' ''(kai su, teknon?)''
** Translation: '''You too, my child?'''
** Who: [[Julius Caesar]]
*** Note: Et tu, Brute is attributed to him by Shakespeare's famous play; his last words according to claims reported by [[Suetonius]], were ''και συ τεκνον;'' (pronounced "Kai su, teknon?") which means "You too, my child?" in Greek, though his native tongue was Latin [De Vita Caesarum Liber I Divus Iulius, LXXXII]). Suetonius himself, however, actually discounts these claims, and asserts that Caesar ''said nothing'' as he died, apart from a groan. His definite last words according to Suetonius were instead, '''''Ista, quidem vis est!''''' (Why, this is violence!). In Shakespeare's play, there is a little more to the quote. The full quote is: "Et tu, Brute? Then fall, Caesar." The entire quote means "Even [And] you, Brutus? Then all hope is lost and I shall fall." He thought Brutus would be on his side, but, discovering Brutus has stabbed him, gave up all hope of salvation.
* '''''Vivo!'''''
** Translation: '''I live!'''
** Who: [[Caligula]] (Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus), Roman Emperor, as he was being murdered by his own soldiers (as reported by Roman historian [[w:Tacitus |Tacitus]]).
* '''I can't see anything. I've got the bows up… I'm going! Uh–'''
** Who: [[w:Donald Campbell|Donald Campbell]], British speed record breaker who broke eight absolute world speed records.
** Context: Final radio transmission from Bluebird K7 as she lifted from the surface of Conniston Water, flipped bow over stern and smashed to pieces on the lake surface in January 1967. Campbell was attempting to set a new world water speed record exceeding 300mph. His first run was 297mph. The crash occurred on the return run. Had he completed it, it would have been fast enough to set a record exceeding 300mph.
* '''This is not the end of me.'''
** Who: [[Henry Campbell-Bannerman]], Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
* '''Badly mishandled. Nose broken at last interrogation. My time is up. Was not a traitor. Did my duty as a German. If you survive, please tell my wife…'''
** Who: [[Wilhelm Canaris]], member of the [[w:July 20 plot|July 20 plot]], his last note before execution to the man in the cell next to him.
*'''It's me, it's Buddy… I'm cold.'''
** Who: [[Truman Capote]], writer.
*** Note: 'Buddy' was Capote's aunt's nickname for him.
*'''26th October last year, not 10 meters from where these men are now entombed, you had a 400-tonne rock fall. Why is it, is it the strength of the seam, or the wealth of the seam, that you continue to send men into work in such a dangerous environment?'''
** Who: [[w:Richard Carleton|Richard Carleton]], reporter for [[w:Nine News|National Nine News]].
*** Note: During a media conference that was held at [[w:Beaconsfield, Tasmania|Beaconsfield, Tasmania]] on 7 May 2006, Richard Carleton asked this question to Matthew Gill (mine manager of the Beaconsfield mine), in light of the [[w:Beaconsfield mine collapse|Beaconsfield mine collapse]]. When Gill declined to answer the question, Carleton walked away and suffered a heart attack; he was pronounced dead on the way to the hospital.
*'''So, this is death. Well!'''
** Who: [[Thomas Carlyle]], Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher.
* '''I hope so.'''
** Who: [[w:Andrew Carnegie|Andrew Carnegie]], steel magnate and philanthropist.
*** Note: Spoken to his wife whom had bid him goodnight.
* '''Milan: What a beautiful place to die.'''
** Who: [[w:John Carradine|John Carradine]], an American actor, best known for his roles in horror films, Westerns and Shakespearean theatre.
*** Note: He died from multiple organ failure at Fatebenefratelli Hospital in Milan, Italy at age 82. Hours before he was stricken, he had climbed the 328 steep steps of Milan's Gothic cathedral, the Duomo.
* '''''¡No abandonéis a mis indios!'''''
** Translation: '''Don't abandon my Indians!'''
** Who: [[w:Felipe Carrillo Puerto|Felipe Carrillo Puerto]], Mexican revolutionary, governor of Yucatán (executed)
* '''I just wish I had time for one more bowl of chili.'''
** Who: [[w:Kit Carson|Kit Carson]], American frontiersman.
*** Note: His final words have also been reported as "'''Adios, compadres.'''"
* '''I think I'll sleep now.'''
** Who: [[George Washington Carver]], an American botanist and inventor.
* '''I have lived as a philosopher, and die as a Christian.'''
** Who: [[Giacomo Casanova]], an Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice.
* '''We got a bad fire! Let's get out - we're burning up…'''
** Who: An [[w:Apollo 1|Apollo 1]] astronaut, probably [[w:Roger Chaffee|Roger Chaffee]]. All three crew members perished in a launchpad fire, 1967.
* '''You see, this is how you die.'''
** Who: [[Coco Chanel]], French fashion designer of women's clothes and founder of the [[w:Chanel|Chanel]] brand.
* '''Approaching dissolution brings relief.'''
** Who: [[Neville Chamberlain]], British prime minister.
* '''Hello.'''
** Who: [[w:Graham Chapman|Graham Chapman]], Monty Python's comedian.
*** Note: Spoken to his adopted son who had just arrived at the hospital.
* '''I go from a corruptible to an incorruptible Crown, where no disturbance can be, no disturbance in the world. Remember!'''
** Who: [[Charles I of England|Charles I]], King of England, on the executioner's block, 30 January 1649.
* '''You must pardon me, gentlemen, for being a most unconscionable time a-dying.'''
** Who: [[Charles II of England|Charles II]], son of the above, 1685.
* '''Ay Jesus.'''
** Who: [[Charles V]], Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and King of Spain , d. 1558.
* '''Why not? After all, it belongs to him.'''
** Who: Comedian [[Charlie Chaplin]], d. 1977, said this after a priest was reading him his last rites and said "May the lord have mercy on your soul".
* '''''Yo no quiero morir, por favor no me dejen morir.'''''
** Translation: '''I don't want to die. Please don't let me die.'''
** Who: [[Hugo Chávez]], President of Venezuela.
*** Note: Due to a severe respiratory infection, he was unable to speak for several days before his death. According to Venezuelan general Jose Ornella, he mouthed these words before suffering a massive heart attack and dying.
* '''I haven't had champagne for a long time.'''
** Who: [[Anton Chekhov]], playwright, 1904.
*** Note: His doctor had given him champagne after all other attempts to ease the symptoms of death from tuberculosis failed.
* '''Take a step forward lads - it'll be easier that way.'''
** Who: [[w:Robert Erskine Childers|Robert Erskine Childers]], last words, to his firing squad, Irish Civil War, 1922.
* '''As this earth will suffocate me, I implore you to have my body opened so that I will not be buried alive.'''
* '''Not any more.'''
* '''Play Mozart in memory of me— and I will hear you.'''
** Who: [[Frederic Chopin]], Polish composer and pianist.
*** Note: He had a neurotic fear of being buried alive.
** The first quote was written on a note some hours before his death.
** The second quote was spoken to his physician when asked if he was suffering greatly; he died about two hours later.
** The third quote is what Chopin reportedly murmured on his death-bed (''The opera reader'', Biancolli, 1953, p. 271).
* '''In keeping with Channel 40's policy of bringing you the latest in blood and guts and in living color, you are going to see another first — attempted suicide.'''
** Who: [[Christine Chubbuck]], 30-year-old anchorwoman who, on July 15, 1974, during technical difficulties during a broadcast on [[w:WWSB|WXLT-TV]] in [[w:Sarasota, Florida|Sarasota, Florida]], said these words on-air before producing a revolver and shooting herself in the head (While she drew the gun on camera, the technicians quickly cut the video feed, but the gunshot could be clearly heard). She was pronounced dead in hospital fourteen hours later.
* '''I'm so bored with it all.'''
** Who: [[Winston Churchill]], a British statesman who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
*** Note: This was spoken before slipping into a coma and dying nine days later.
* '''There is nothing proper about what you are doing, soldier, but do try to kill me properly.'''
** Who: [[Cicero]], Roman statesman and orator.
*** Note: These words are directed at Herennius, his assassin by order of Marc Antony, triumvir and co-ruler of Rome. Herennius was a centurion.
* '''So remember, just when you think all the sounds of dogs barking, people mowing their lawns and children screaming are driving you mad, they may just be keeping you sane!'''
** Who: [[Dick Clark]], American radio and television personality.
*** Note: From a blog post nine days before his death. While not his last spoken words (Clark had difficulty speaking due to a stroke he experienced seven years prior), they were the last words he made to the public.[https://web.archive.org/web/20120422000616/http://dickclarkonline.com/Dick-Clark-Blog--inside-page-/4313937]
*'''Thomas, I am dying. Telegraph Mr. Harrison.'''
** Who: [[w:Henry Clay|Henry Clay]], an American lawyer and planter, politician, and skilled orator.
*** Note: Spoken to his son. Mr. Harrison appears to be J.O. Harrison, Clay's executor. (Source: "The Century Magazine", vol. 33).
* '''So here it is!'''
** Who: [[w:Cleopatra|Cleopatra VII Philopator]], the last active pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt.
*** Note: "It" was the small asp which she allowed to bite her.
** Historians dispute the cause of her death. Many believe it was not an asp that she used to commit suicide, but rather some makeshift poison. (Source: Stacy Schiff's ''Cleopatra: A Life'')
* '''I have tried so hard to do right.'''
** Who: [[Grover Cleveland]], 22nd and 24th President of the United States, died 1908.
* '''Absolutely not!'''
** Who: [[w:Montgomery Clift|Montgomery Clift]], actor.
*** Note: He was asked if he wanted to watch the movie "The Misfits" (in which he appeared) on TV.
* '''Thank God. I'm tired of being the funniest person in the room.'''
** Who: [[w:Del Close|Del Close]], improviser, teacher and comedian, d. 1999.
* '''…it's better to burn out than to fade away.'''
** Who: [[Kurt Cobain]], an American musician who was best known as the lead singer, guitarist, and primary songwriter for [[w:Nirvana (band) |Nirvana]]
*** Note: Cobain was quoting [[Neil Young]] lyrics when he wrote this line in his suicide note. The full context of the note is available [http://kurtcobainssuicidenote.com/kurt_cobains_suicide_note_scan.html online].
* '''Since the day of my birth, my death began its walk. It is walking towards me, without hurrying.'''
** Who: [[Jean Cocteau]], French writer, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker.
* '''I love you all.'''
** Who: [[w:Natalie Cole|Natalie Cole]], an American singer-songwriter, and actress.
*** Note: Spoken to her younger twin sisters.
* '''I love you and my head hurts.'''
** Who: [[w:Gary Coleman|Gary Coleman]], an American actor, voice artist, and comedian.
* '''Can you get a shot of this gun?'''
** Who: [[w:Harry Collinson|Harry Collinson]], Chief Planning Officer for Derwentside District Council.
*** Note: On 20 June 1991, Collinson was supervising the demolition of a bungalow that had been built by Albert Dryden without planning permission. Dryden produced an unlicensed pistol, and Collinson invited a BBC camera crew that were present to focus on it. Seconds later, Dryden opened fire, killing Collinson and injuring BBC reporter Tony Belmont and PC Stephen Campbell. Dryden was arrested after a stand-off, found guilty of murder and attempted murder and sentenced to life imprisonment with a tariff of 13 years.
* '''More Weight.'''
* '''I curse you Corwin and all of Salem!'''
** Who: [[w:Giles Corey|Giles Corey]], while being crushed during the Salem witch trials because he would not answer the court.
*** Note: The first line was said while being crushed during the Salem Witch Trials for refusing to answer the court. After long hours of pain, Corey then uttered the second quote and died.
* '''Lady, you shot me!'''
** Who: [[Sam Cooke]], after being shot to death at the Hacienda Motel (now the Star motel).
* '''Good morning, Robert.'''
** Who: [[Calvin Coolidge]], 30th President of the United States, to a carpenter working on his home.
** Coolidge is also said to have been quoted near his death: "'''I feel I no longer fit in with these times.'''" Coolidge, a staunch fiscal conservative and small-government federalist, was at odds with incoming President [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]], whose New Deal marked a major expansion of the federal budget.
* '''I am guilty. My sentence is just: I deserve my fate. And may God have mercy on my soul.'''
** Who: [[w:Red Barn Murder|William Corder]], moments before he was hanged on August 11, 1828, for the murder of Maria Marten at the Red Barn.
* '''''Wie bent u?'''''
** Translation: '''Who are you?'''
** Who: [[Count of Nychlenborch]], [[w:Frisian|Frisian]] [[w:freedom fighter|freedom fighter]].
*** Note: After being stabbed in the chest near the heart-area by unknown assassins, the old count asked who did it; on which the assassin replied: "Death."
*'''Goodnight, my darlings, I'll see you tomorrow.'''
** Who: [[Noel Coward]], playwright. Died of natural causes.
*'''Hello. We're looking in… we're overlooking the Financial Center. Three of us. Two broken windows. OH, GOD! OH-'''
** Who: [[w:Kevin Cosgrove|Kevin Cosgrove]], a victim of the [[September 11 terrorist attacks]]. He was connected to a 9-1-1 dispatcher, and he said the above phrase when the South Tower collapsed after it'd been hit by one of the airplanes used in the attacks.
* '''No, my pain is too much, Fazila.'''
* '''I can't make it, I'm in too much pain.'''
** Who: [[Jo Cox]], British Labour Party politician
*** Note: Either one was spoken to her assistant, Fazila Aswat, after she tried to encourage Cox to stand after an attack. She later died of her injuries.
*'''It don't matter; I figure I licked the Rock anyway.'''
** Who: [[w:Bernard Coy|Bernard Coy]], convicted criminal, shot while trying to escape Alcatraz prison (known as "The Rock")
* '''Dammit! Don't you dare ask God to help me!'''
** Who: [[w:Joan Crawford|Joan Crawford]].
*** Note: This comment was directed towards her housekeeper who began to pray aloud.
* '''That was a great game of golf, fellers.'''
** Who: [[w:Bing Crosby|Bing Crosby]], American singer and actor.
*** Note: He was playing the whole 18 holes of golf, even when his doctor said to only do nine. 20 minutes after the game, he suffered a fatal heart attack.
* '''What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.'''
** Who: [[Crowfoot]], chief of the Siksika First Nation.
* '''I am confound.'''
* (also quoted as '''I am perplexed.''')
** Who: [[Aleister Crowley]]. British occultist, mystic, poet, mountain climber.
** This is open to debate, because some sources report Crowley dying alone, and others claim that he said '''Sometimes I hate myself'''. [http://www.popsubculture.com/pop/bio_project/aleister_crowley.html] [http://paranormalstories.blogspot.com/2007/06/aleister-crowley-part-ii.html]
* '''You sons of bitches, give my love to Mother!'''
** Who: [[w:Francis Crowley|Francis "Two Gun" Crowley]], an American murderer and career criminal.
* '''That was the best ice-cream soda I ever tasted.'''
** Who: [[w:Lou Costello|Louis Francis Cristillo]], an American actor and comedian.
*** Note: Published newspapers reporting his death have him asking the nurse to move him onto his side, and report last words as being "I think I'll be more comfortable."
* '''It's not real.'''
** Who: [[w:Shooting of John Crawford III|John Crawford III]]
** Note: Spoken regarding a toy gun he was holding, in the toy section of a Wal-Mart in Beavercreek, Ohio.
* '''I don't want it.'''
** Who: [[w:Marie Curie|Marie Curie]], Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist.
*** Note: She had been offered an injection to ease her pain.
* '''Hurrah Boys! Let's get these last few reds then head on back to camp. Hurrah!''' [''Attributed'']
* '''We've caught them napping!''' [''Attributed'']
** Who: [[w:George Armstrong Custer|George Armstrong Custer]], a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War.
* '''I killed the President because he was the enemy of the good people, the good working people. I am not sorry for my crime.'''
* (through clenched teeth) '''I am sorry I could not see my father.'''
** Who: [[w:Leon Frank Czolgosz|Leon Czolgosz]], assassin of US President William McKinley, electrocuted in 1901.
*** Note: He said the second line as he was being strapped on the electric chair.
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