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I hope the exit is joyful and hope never to return.

Frida Kahlo de Rivera

(1907 – 1954) Mexican painter

Last words

Relax… this won't hurt.

Hunter S. Thompson

(1937 – 2005) journalist & author

Last words This was the final sentence on his suicide note.

I want that 50 bucks you owe me now, and I mean now.

‘Alfalfa’

Carl Switzer (1927 – 1959) American actor

Death Last words Just before being shot in a dispute

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'd rather be fishing.

Jimmy Glass

(c.1962 – 1987) American convicted murderer

Last words Before his execution in a Louisiana electric chair

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.

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'd hate to die twice. It's so boring.

Richard Feynman

(1918 – 1988) American physicist

Last words

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.

Curtain! Fast music! Light! Ready for the last finale! Great! The show looks good, the show looks good!

Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.

(1867 – 1932) American Broadway impresario

Last words

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.

I will not go down to posterity talking bad grammar.

Benjamin Disraeli

(1804 – 1881) British prime minister, politician & author

Communication Language 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.

How were the receipts today at Madison Square Garden?

P.T. Barnum

(1810 – 1891) American showman, businessman, entertainer & circus founder

Last words

I want nothing but death.

Jane Austen

(1775 – 1817) English novelist

Last words In response to her sister who had asked her if she wanted something

Cheerio

Antonio Mancini

(c.1902 – 1941) British gangster

Last words Said when famed executioner Albert Pierrepoint put the noose on his neck.

I am dying. Please… bring me a toothpick.

Alfred Jarry

(1873 – 1907) French writer

Last words For a time these words were considered a final expression of his absurdist humor however a doctor asserted that they were perfectly understandable due to his dehydration.

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Edward Abbey

(1927 – 1989) author, essayist & environmentalist

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

Applaud, my friends, the comedy is finished.

Ludwig van Beethoven

(1770 – 1827) German composer & pianist

Last words Phrase traditionally used to end a performance of a comedy Subject of dispute

You sons of bitches, give my love to Mother!

Francis ‘Two Gun’ Crowley

(1912 - 1932) American convicted murderer & career criminal

Last words

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

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Subject: Death » Last words (Page 4)

I hope the exit is joyful and hope never to return.

Relax… this won't hurt.

I want that 50 bucks you owe me now, and I mean now.

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

I'd rather be fishing.

It must have been the coffee.

John Rogers did.

I'd hate to die twice. It's so boring.

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

Curtain! Fast music! Light! Ready for the last finale! Great! The show looks good, the show looks good!

I am a pianist.

I will not go down to posterity talking bad grammar.

A dying man can do nothing easily.

How were the receipts today at Madison Square Garden?

I want nothing but death.

Cheerio

I am dying. Please… bring me a toothpick.

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Applaud, my friends, the comedy is finished.

You sons of bitches, give my love to Mother!

Vancouver! Vancouver! This is it! This is…