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More Famous Last Words
Codeine . . . bourbon. ~~ Tallulah Bankhead, actress, d. December 12, 1968
Josephine... ~~ Napoleon Bonaparte, French Emperor, May 5, 1821
I am still alive! Stabbed to death by his own guards - (as reported by Roman historian Tacitus) ~~ Gaius Caligula, Roman Emperor, d.41 AD
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
Adieu, mes amis. Je vais la gloire. (Farewell, my friends! I go to glory!) ~~ Isadora Duncan, dancer, d. 1927
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. Last letter to her husband before her last flight. KHAQQ calling Itasca. We must be on you, but cannot see you. Gas is running low. Last radio communiqué before her disappearance. ~~ Amelia Earhart, d. 1937
I've had a hell of a lot of fun and I've enjoyed every minute of it. ~~ Errol Flynn, actor, d. October 14, 1959
I know you have come to kill me. Shoot coward, you are only going to kill a man. Facing his assassin, Mario Teran, a Bolivian soldier. ~~ Ernesto "Che" Guevara, d. October 9, 1967
I see black light. ~~ Victor Hugo, writer, d. May 22, 1885
Why not? Yeah. ~~ Timothy Leary, d. May 31, 1996
Nothing matters. Nothing matters. ~~ Louis B. Mayer, film producer, d. October 29, 1957
I knew it. I knew it. Born in a hotel room - and God damn it - died in a hotel room. ~~ Eugene O'Neill, writer, d. November 27, 1953
Lord help my poor soul. ~~ Edgar Allan Poe, writer, d. October 7, 1849
They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist. . . . Killed in battle during US Civil War. ~~ General John Sedgwick, Union Commander, d. 1864
Don't worry chief, it will be alright. ~~ Rudolph Valentino, actor, d. August 23, 1926
Woe is me. Me thinks I'm turning into a god. ~~ Vespasian, Roman Emperor, d. 79 AD
Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something. ~~ Pancho Villa, Mexican revolutionary, d. 1923
I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have. ~~ Leonardo da Vinci, artist, d. 1519
Go away. I'm all right. ~~ H. G. Wells, novelist, d. 1946
Curtain! Fast music! Light! Ready for the last finale! Great! The show looks good, the show looks good! ~~ Florenz Ziegfeld, showman, d. July 22, 1932
Last words spoken before execution . . .
Well, gentlemen, you are about to see a baked Appel. Executed in electric chair in New York. ~~ George Appel, d. 1928 How about this for a headline for tomorrow's paper? French fries. Executed in electric chair in Oklahoma. ~~ James French, d. 1966
I did not get my Spaghetti-O's, I got spaghetti. I want the press to know this. Executed by injection, Oklahoma. ~~ Thomas J. Grasso, d. March 20, 1995
You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everyone dances with the Grim Reaper. Executed in California's gas chamber. ~~ Robert Alton Harris, d. April 21, 1992
Farewell, my children, forever. I go to your Father. Executed by guillotine. Monsieur, I beg your pardon. Spoken to the executioner, after she stepped on his foot. ~~ Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, d. October 16, 1793
Shoot me in the chest! To his executioners. ~~Benito Mussolini, Italian dictator, d.1945
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