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

(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.

If any of you have a message for the Devil, give it to me, for I am about to meet him!

Lavinia Fisher

Last words Hanged for murder while wearing her white wedding gown

I wonder why he shot me.

Huey Long

(1893 – 1935) U.S. governor & senator (Louisiana)

Last words Shot and killed by the son-in-law of a former political opponent

Don't let it end like this; tell them I said something.

Francisco 'Pancho' Villa

(1878 – 1923) Mexican revolutionary general

Last words Also attributed to Emiliano Zapata Subject of dispute

Maybe they only had one rocket.

Lawrence Beeter

British WWII soldier

Last words Said while taking cover in a bunker after they were hit by a rocket. A second volley destroyed the bunker and Beeter was killed.

You guys doin' that right?

Stanley Tookie Williams

(1953 – 2005) American co-founder of the Crips, a notorious street gang, convicted robber & murderer

Last words Said to his executioners who appeared to be having trouble operating the machinery.

Give me coffee, I'm going to write.

Olavo Bilac

(1865 – 1918) Brazilian poet, journalist & translator

Last words

My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. Either they go or I do.

Oscar Wilde

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

Last words

Ah, Luisa, you always arrive just as I am leaving.

Massimo Taparelli d'Azeglio

(1798 – 1866) Italian statesman, novelist & painter

Last words Although in Azeglio had been separated from his wife Luisa for some time – when she heard he was dying she rushed to be with him. Just as she arrived at his bedside Azeglio died.

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

I am about to – or I am going to – die: either expression is correct.

Dominique Bouhours

(1628 – 1702) French grammarian

Last words

A dying man can do nothing easily.

Benjamin Franklin

(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor

Last words As he lay dying his daughter suggested that if he lay on his side he could breathe easier.

Am I dying, or is this my birthday?

Nancy Astor

(1879 – 1964) British politician

Last words She awoke from her illness on her deathbed to see her family at her bedside.

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

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.

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.

Mozart! Mozart!

Gustav Mahler

(1860 – 1911) Austrian composer

Last words According to his wife Alma

I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.

Thomas Hobbes

Last words He died of a bladder disorder followed by a stroke.

Gentlemen, I bid you farewell.

Wallace Henry Hartley

Last words To his fellow band mates before the Titanic sank in 1912. One survivor who climbed aboard a lifeboat distinctly heard Hartley say these words before he and the band were swept off the deck by the sea.

Please put out the light.

Theodore Roosevelt

(1858 – 1919) 26th U.S. president

Last words

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.

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Subject: Death » Last words (Page 7)

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

If any of you have a message for the Devil, give it to me, for I am about to meet him!

I wonder why he shot me.

Don't let it end like this; tell them I said something.

Maybe they only had one rocket.

You guys doin' that right?

Give me coffee, I'm going to write.

My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. Either they go or I do.

Ah, Luisa, you always arrive just as I am leaving.

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

I am about to – or I am going to – die: either expression is correct.

A dying man can do nothing easily.

Am I dying, or is this my birthday?

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

On the contrary!

John Rogers did.

Mozart! Mozart!

I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.

Gentlemen, I bid you farewell.

Please put out the light.

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