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Why? I'm right at the height of the rifles.

(1814 – 1861) Mexican lawyer, scientist & liberal politician

Last words Spoken after his executioner ordered him to kneel before the firing squad.

That was a great game of golf, fellas.

(1902 – 1977) American singer & actor

Last words He died of a massive heart attack on the green after a round of 18 holes of golf. His physician had advised him to only play nine holes because of his heart condition.

I am a pianist.

John Field

Last words As he lay dying his friends thought a minister should be summoned. However no one had ever heard Field mention his religion. "Are you a Papist or a Calvinist?" one whispered. This was his reply.

No Comment

Edward Abbey

(1927 – 1989) author, essayist & environmentalist

Last words His response as to whether he had any last words

On the contrary!

Henrik Ibsen

(1828 – 1906) Norwegian playwright, theatre director & poet

Last words His response to a nurse who told a visitor he was a little better.

Vancouver! Vancouver! This is it! This is…

David Alexander Johnston

(1949 – 1980) American volcanologist & government surveyor

Last words Last radio transmission before being killed in the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens

So here it is!

Cleopatra VII

(69 BC – 30 BC) last pharaoh of Ancient Egypt

Last words "It" was the small asp which she allowed to bite her.

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.

God I'm bored.

Harry St John Philby

(1885 – 1960) Lebanonese explorer, writer & British intelligence officer

Last words

I feel sleepy, a short time of rest would do me good.

Gustav III

(1746 – 1792) King of Sweden

Last words He had been shot at a masquerade ball two weeks earlier.

Please put out the light.

Theodore Roosevelt

(1858 – 1919) 26th U.S. president

Last words

But how the devil do you think this could harm me?

Denis Diderot

(1713 – 1784) French philosopher, art critic & writer

Last words Upon being warned by his wife not to eat too much

Born in a hotel room, and Goddammit, died in one!

Eugene O’Neill

(1888 – 1953) American playwright

Last words

Wait a second.

Jeanne Antoinette de Pompadour

(1721 – 1764) member of the French court & mistress of Louis XV

Last words As she died Madame de Pompadour called on God to "Wait a second." When He did she quickly applied rouge to her cheeks.

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

I need no doctor. I can overcome my own troubles.

Andrew Johnson

(1808 – 1875) 17th U.S. President

Last words Spoken to his granddaughter who was about to send for a doctor

Don't be in such a hurry.

Billie Holiday

(1915 – 1959) American jazz singer & songwriter

Last words She died from heart failure caused by cirrhosis of the liver.

Walter Pidgeon

Boris Karloff

William Henry Pratt (1887 – 1969) English actor

Last words As he drifted in and out of sleep on his final day. It confused and distressed his wife Evie since Karloff hadn't mentioned Pidgeon in years.

Go away. I'm all right.

H.G. Wells

(1866 – 1946) English author

Last words Wells did not realize he was dying.

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.

It must have been the coffee.

Jack Soo

(1917 – 1979) Japanese-American actor

Last words In reference to his character Nick Yemana’ from “Barney Miller” who had a reputation for making horrible coffee. According to friend Hal Linden these were Soo's last words before cancer surgery.

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Subject: Death » Last words (Page 10)

Why? I'm right at the height of the rifles.

That was a great game of golf, fellas.

I am a pianist.

No Comment

On the contrary!

Vancouver! Vancouver! This is it! This is…

So here it is!

The prettier. Now fight for it.

God I'm bored.

I feel sleepy, a short time of rest would do me good.

Please put out the light.

But how the devil do you think this could harm me?

Born in a hotel room, and Goddammit, died in one!

Wait a second.

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

I need no doctor. I can overcome my own troubles.

Don't be in such a hurry.

Walter Pidgeon

Go away. I'm all right.

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

It must have been the coffee.