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It's a lovely day, gray and chilly late September and naturally my thoughts would be of cemeteries and Halloween 'n stuff so i thought it would be interesting to share the last confirmed words of various individuals. Special thanks to (this is by no means the complete set of quotes) www.corsinet.com for providing this touching, funny, sad and yet ultimately fascinating glimpse into human condition, in all its confounded wonder and glory.
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Am I dying or is this my birthday? When she woke briefly during her last illness and found all her family around her bedside. ~~ Lady Nancy Astor, d. 1964
Codeine . . . bourbon. ~~ Tallulah Bankhead, actress, d. December 12, 1968
Nothing, but death. When asked by her sister, Cassandra, if there was anything she wanted. ~~ Jane Austen, writer, d. July 18, 1817
I must go in, the fog is rising. ~~ Emily Dickinson, poet, d. 1886
Do you hear the rain? Do you hear the rain? Minutes before her plane crashed. ~~ Jessica Dubroff, seven-year-old pilot, d. 1996
It is very beautiful over there. ~~ Thomas Alva Edison, inventor, d. October 18, 1931
I can't sleep. ~~ James M. Barrie, author, d. 1937
How were the receipts today at Madison Square Garden? ~~ P. T. Barnum, entrepreneur, d. 1891
I am about to -- or I am going to -- die: either expression is correct. ~~ Dominique Bouhours, French grammarian, d. 1702
I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis. ~~ Humphrey Bogart, actor, d. January 14, 1957
Ah, that tastes nice. Thank you. ~~ Johannes Brahms, composer, d. April 3, 1897
Et tu, Brute? Assassinated. ~~ Gaius Julius Caesar, Roman Emperor, d. 44 BC
I am dying. I haven't drunk champagne for a long time. ~~ Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, writer, d. July 1, 1904
I'm bored with it all. Before slipping into a coma. He died 9 days later. ~~ Winston Churchill, statesman, d. January 24, 1965
That was the best ice-cream soda I ever tasted. ~~ Lou Costello, comedian, d. March 3, 1959
Goodnight my darlings, I'll see you tomorrow. ~~ Noel Coward, writer, d. 1973
Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit. From Luke 23:46 ~~ Jesus Christ
Does nobody understand? ~~ James Joyce, writer, d. 1941
Why not? Yeah. ~~ Timothy Leary, d. May 31, 1996
Damn it . . . Don't you dare ask God to help me. To her housekeeper, who had begun to pray aloud. ~~ Joan Crawford, actress, d. May 10, 1977
That was a great game of golf, fellers. ~~ Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby, singer / actor, d. October 14, 1977
I am not the least afraid to die. ~~ Charles Darwin, d. April 19, 1882
I know you have come to kill me. Shoot coward, you are only going to kill a man. Facing his assassin, a Bolivian soldier. ~~ Ernesto "Che" Guevara, revolutionary, d. October 9, 1967
Let us cross over the river and sit in the shade of the trees. Killed in error by his own troops at the battle of Chancellorsville during the US Civil War. ~~ General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, d. 1863
Go on, get out - last words are for fools who haven't said enough. To his housekeeper, who urged him to tell her his last words so she could write them down for posterity. ~~ Karl Marx, revolutionary, d. 1883
Get my swan costume ready. ~~ Anna Pavlova, ballerina, d. 1931
I am curious to see what happens in the next world to one who dies unshriven. Giving his reasons for refusing to see a priest as he lay dying. ~~ Pietro Perugino, Italian painter, d. 1523
They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist. . . . Killed in battle during US Civil War. ~~ General John Sedgwick, Union Commander, d. 1864
I've had eighteen straight whiskies, I think that's the record . . . ~~ Dylan Thomas, poet, d. 1953
Moose . . . Indian . . . ~~ Henry David Thoreau, writer, d. May 6, 1862
I die hard but am not afraid to go. ~~ George Washington, US President, d. December 14, 1799
Go away. I'm all right. ~~ H. G. Wells, novelist, d. 1946
It's all been very interesting. ~~ Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, writer, d. 1762
Either that wallpaper goes, or I do. ~~ Oscar Wilde, writer, d. November 30, 1900
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