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I am just going outside. I may be some time.

(1880 – 1912) English Antarctic explorer

Last words While suffering from frostbite and aware his ill health was compromising his three companions' chances of survival –he voluntarily left the tent; it was his 32nd birthday. He was never seen again.

Hey, fellas! How about this for a headline for tomorrow's paper? 'French Fries'!

James French

(c.1936 – 1966) American convicted murderer

Last words He shouted these words to members of the press who were to witness his execution in the electric chair.

I remember what my grandmother said to me on her deathbed: She said: ‘I wish I’d bought a normal bed.’

John-Luke Abi Roberts

British stand-up comedian, writer & actor

Communication Death Last words Wordplay Deathbed

Take a step or two forward, lads. It will be easier that way.

Robert Erskine Childers

(1870 – 1922) Irish author & nationalist

Last words After shaking hands with each member his firing squad

Who is it? Who is it?

Billy the Kid (William H. Bonney)

(1859 – 1881) American frontier gunman

Last words Moments before being shot by Sheriff Pat Garrett

Tomorrow, I shall no longer be here.

Nostradamus

(1503 – 1566) French apothecary & reputed seer who published his prophecies

Last words

That picture is awful dusty.

Jesse James

(1847 – 1882) American outlaw, bank robber & convicted murderer

Last words At his home James climbed on a chair to dust a picture hanging on the wall. When he turned around he was shot in the back of the head by former associate Robert Ford.

John Rogers did.

John Holmes

(1812 – 1899) American attorney

Last words Referring to a Protestant martyr who had been burned at the stake. A nurse said she would feel his feet to see if they were warm. "Nobody ever died with warm feet” she said. Thus Holmes's reply.

And now, I am officially dead.

Abram Stevens Hewitt

(1822 – 1903) American teacher, lawyer, iron manufacturer & politician

Last words Hewitt had just removed the oxygen tube from his mouth in the hospital.

Now I will show you how an Italian dies!

Fabrizio Quattrocchi

(1968 – 2004) Italian security officer

Last words Quattrocchi was taken hostage in Iraq early in the Iraq War. Notable for his defiance – when his captors came to execute him he rose from his knees – refused to kneel back down and said these words.

Don't pull down the blinds. I feel fine. I want the sunlight to greet me!

Rudolph Valentino

(1895 – 1926) Italian actor & early pop icon

Last words

Don't ask me how I am! I understand nothing more.

Hans Christian Andersen

(1805 – 1875) Danish author & poet noted for his children's stories

Last words

It wasn't worth it.

Louis B. Mayer

(1884 – 1957) Russian-born American film producer

Last words

Take away those pillows. I shall need them no more.

Lewis Carroll

(1832 – 1898) English author, mathematician, logician & photographer

Last words

Show my head to the people. It is worth seeing.

Georges Jacques Danton

(1759 – 1794) influential figure in the French Revolution

Last words As he placed his neck in the guillotine he gave his final instructions to the executioner.

It's beating – beating – beating – it's stopped.

Albrecht von Haller

(1708 – 1777) was a Swiss anatomist, physiologist, naturalist & poet

Last words Monitoring his pulse

I feel nothing except a certain difficulty in continuing to exist.

Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle

(1657 – 1757) French author

Last words

The prettier. Now fight for it.

Henry Jones

(1851 – 1929) English dramatist & playwright

Last words On his deathbed his nurse and his niece asked him whom he would prefer to have at his side during the evening. This was his reply.

A king should die standing.

Louis XVIII

(1755 – 1824) King of France

Last words As he lay dying of gout and gangrene

Sergeant, the Spanish bullet isn't made that will kill me.

William ‘Buckey’ O'Neill

(1860 – 1898) American soldier with the Rough Riders, sheriff, newspaper editor, politician, gambler & lawyer

Last words O'Neill was standing up while under fire. A sergeant shouted to him "Captain a bullet is sure to hit you!" After these words O'Neill then calmly turned to another officer and was shot in the head.

And always remember the last words of my grandfather, who said, “A truck!”

Emo Phillips

(1956 – ) American comedian

Communication Death Family Language Last words Grandfathers Truck

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Subject: Death » Last words (Page 6)

I am just going outside. I may be some time.

Hey, fellas! How about this for a headline for tomorrow's paper? 'French Fries'!

I remember what my grandmother said to me on her deathbed: She said: ‘I wish I’d bought a normal bed.’

Take a step or two forward, lads. It will be easier that way.

Who is it? Who is it?

Tomorrow, I shall no longer be here.

That picture is awful dusty.

John Rogers did.

And now, I am officially dead.

Now I will show you how an Italian dies!

Don't pull down the blinds. I feel fine. I want the sunlight to greet me!

Don't ask me how I am! I understand nothing more.

It wasn't worth it.

Take away those pillows. I shall need them no more.

Show my head to the people. It is worth seeing.

It's beating – beating – beating – it's stopped.

I feel nothing except a certain difficulty in continuing to exist.

The prettier. Now fight for it.

A king should die standing.

Sergeant, the Spanish bullet isn't made that will kill me.

And always remember the last words of my grandfather, who said, “A truck!”