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I have had no real gratification or enjoyment of any sort more than my neighbor on the next block who is worth only half a million

William Henry Vanderbilt I

(1821 – 1885) American businessman & millionaire

Last words

Sorry for saying f**k.

Graham Chapman

1941 – 1989) English comedian, physician, writer & actor (Monty Python)

Last words To a nurse who accidentally stuck a needle in his arm shortly before he died

This is absurd! This is absurd!

Sigmund Freud

(1856 – 1939) Austrian neurologist, father of psychoanalysis

Last words Suffering from cancer – he died by physician-assisted suicide.

All right then, I'll say it: Dante makes me sick.

Lope de Vega

(1562 – 1635) Spanish playwright & poet

Last words This is thought to be a sarcastic comment about the Italian poet.

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.

The nourishment is palatable.

Millard Fillmore

(1800 – 1874) 13th U.S. President

Last words His response when his physician inquired about his food.

Go on, get out! Last words are for fools who haven't said enough!

Karl Marx

(1818 – 1883) German philosopher, economist, sociologist & socialist

Last words To his housekeeper

Die… I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him.

John Barrymore

(1882 – 1942) American actor

Last words Barrymore collapsed while appearing on Rudy Vallee's radio show and died in his hospital room.

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

Captain Lawrence ‘Titus’ Oates

(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.

Pardon me, sir. I did not do it on purpose.

Marie Antoinette

(1755 – 1793) Archduchess of Austria & the Queen of France

Last words As she approached the guillotine convicted of treason and about to be beheaded she accidentally stepped on the foot of her executioner.

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.

I'm tired of fighting! I guess this thing is going to get me.

Harry Houdini

born Erik Weisz (1874 – 1926) Hungarian-born American magician, stunt performer & escape artist

Last words Houdini is often said to have died after being punched in the stomach and though this is true such a blow could not have caused his appendix to burst which was the cause of his death.

I'm out of here, man. I'm gone. Keep me in your hearts.

Kevin Watts

(? – 2008) American convicted murder

Last words Before being executed by lethal injection for a triple murder

I'd rather be fishing.

Jimmy Glass

(c.1962 – 1987) American convicted murderer

Last words Before his execution in a Louisiana electric chair

More weight.

Giles Corey

(c.1611 – 1692) a prosperous farmer and church member in early colonial America who died under judicial torture during the Salem witch trials

Last words While slowly being crushed to death by heavy rocks for failing to answer the court – knowing he wouldn't be afforded a fair trial. This continued for two days before he died.

This isn't Hamlet, you know. It's not meant to go into the bloody ear.

Laurence Olivier

(1907 – 1989) English actor, director & producer

Last words Supposedly said this when a nurse attempting to moisten his lips mis-aimed. In Shakespeare's play “Hamlet” the title character's father is killed when poison is dripped into his ear while asleep.

Damn it! How will I ever get out of this labyrinth?

Simón Bolívar

(1783 – 1830) Venezuelan military & political leader

Last words Also stated as “Fetch The Luggage” Subject of dispute

Well, gentlemen, you are about to see a baked Appel.

George Appel

(? – 1928) mob boss

Last words Before being executed by electric chair

I am starting to believe you are not intending to count me amongst your friends.

Pedro Muñoz Seca

(1879 – 1936) Spanish comic playwright

Last words As he was about to be executed by a firing squad during the Spanish Civil War

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.

Hurrah for anarchy! This is the happiest moment of my life.

George Engel

(1836 – 1887) German born anarchist & labor union activist

Last words Shouted before his execution at the gallows

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