Thirty Five people who came up with interesting last words
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| Jack Daniel |
“One last drink, please.”
Jack Daniel (whisky distiller)
1841 - 1911
Richard B. Mellon (banker, industrialist, and philanthropist)
Whispered to his brother, ending a 70 year game of tag.
1858 - 1933
“I am about to — or I am going to — die: either expression is correct.”
Dominique Bouhours (French grammarian)
Dominique Bouhours (French grammarian)
1628 - 1720
“One hundred and forty-four.”
Thomas Fantet de Lagny (mathematician)
Asked, “What is the square of 12?”
1660 - 1734
"This is no time to be making new enemies”
Voltaire (writer, historian, and philosopher)
When asked to renounce the devil by a priest
1694 - 1778
1694 - 1778
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| Leonardo da Vinci |
“I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have.”
Leonardo da Vinci (painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, artist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer)
1452 - 1519
1452 - 1519
“Yeah, country music”
Buddy Rich (Jazz drummer)
When asked by his nurse if there was anything he was allergic to.
1917 - 1987
George Harrison (lead guitarist of the Beatles)
1943 - 2001
“God damn the whole friggin’ world and everyone in it but you, Carlotta.”
W.C. Fields (actor, comedian, juggler and writer)
Speaking to Carlotta Monti, his longtime mistress.
1880 - 1946
“Of course I know who you are. You’re my girl. I love you."
"I finally get to see Marilyn."
Joe DiMaggio (New Your Yankees Baseball Player)
Married to Marilyn Monroe in 1954
1914 - 1999
“I knew it! I knew it! Born in a hotel room and, goddamn it, dying in a hotel room.”
Eugene O’Neill (American playwright and Nobel laureate in Literature. Best known for Long Day's Journey into Night.)
Born in a room at the Broadway Hotel and died in a Boston hotel.
Asked who he thought was worthy enough to succeed him.
356 BC - 324 BC (Died at age 32)
“Me mudder (my mother) did it!”
“A dying man can do nothing easy.”
Benjamin Franklin (Founding Fathers of the United States, author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat)
After his daughter told him to change position in bed.
1706 - 1790
John Wayne (Academy award winning actor)
Talking to his wife
1907 - 1979
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| Donald O’Connor |
“I’d like to thank the Academy for my lifetime achievement award that I will eventually get.”
Donald O’Connor (singer, dancer, and actor)
He still hasn’t gotten one.
1925 - 2003
“Goodbye, kid. Hurry back.”
Humphrey Bogart (Academy award winning actor)
Speaking to his wife Lauren Bacall who had to leave the hospital to pick up their kids.
1899 - 1957
“Oh, you young people act like old men. You are no fun.”
Josephine Baker (singer, dancer, and actress known as the "Black Pearl"
Josephine Baker (singer, dancer, and actress known as the "Black Pearl"
On the last night of her life, she left a party being held in her honor.
1906 -1975
1906 -1975
“This is no way to live!”
Groucho Marx (comedian, actor and writer)
Groucho Marx (comedian, actor and writer)
1890- 1977
“Remember, Honey, don’t forget what I told you. Put in my coffin a deck of cards, a mashie niblick, and a pretty blonde.”
Chico Marx (comedian, actor and writer)
Giving instructions to his wife. (A mashie niblick is a golf club.)
1887 - 1961
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| Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe |
Joe DiMaggio (New Your Yankees Baseball Player)
Married to Marilyn Monroe in 1954
1914 - 1999
"Don't you dare ask God to help me."
Joan Crawford (Actress and "Mommie Dearist")
Responding to her housekeeper when she started praying.
1905 - 1977
"Surprise me."
Bob Hope (Comedian, actor, singer, dancer and USO supporter)
When his wife asked him where he wanted to be buried.
1903 - 2003
"I'm going to be with Gloria now."
Jimmy Stewart (Academy award winning actor and Military Veteran)
Jimmy Stewart (Academy award winning actor and Military Veteran)
Referring to his wife, Gloria, who had passed away three years earlier
1890 - 1997
"I've had a hell of a lot of fun and I've enjoyed every minute of it."
Errol Flynn (Actor, playboy and first film heartthrob)
Errol Flynn (Actor, playboy and first film heartthrob)
Died at age 50
1909 - 1959
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| Charlie Chaplin |
"Why not? After all, it belongs to him."
Charlie Chaplin (Actor, cofounder of United Artists and banned from America by the FBI)
After a priest told him, "May the Lord have mercy on your soul."
1889 - 1977
“At fifty, everyone has the face he deserves.”
George Orwell (Author, journalist and critic. Best known for 1984 and Animal Farm.)
Last written words
1903 - 1950 (Died at age 46)
George Orwell (Author, journalist and critic. Best known for 1984 and Animal Farm.)
Last written words
1903 - 1950 (Died at age 46)
“You are wonderful,”
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Physician and author. Best known for his character Sherlock Holmes.)
Said to his wife, clutched his chest and died.
Said to his wife, clutched his chest and died.
1859- 1930
“I knew it! I knew it! Born in a hotel room and, goddamn it, dying in a hotel room.”
Eugene O’Neill (American playwright and Nobel laureate in Literature. Best known for Long Day's Journey into Night.)
Born in a room at the Broadway Hotel and died in a Boston hotel.
1888- 1953
“And now for a final word from our sponsor—.”
Charles Gussman (Writer and TV announcer best known for Days of Our Lives.)
After his daughter reminded him that he wanted his last words to be memorable.
“And now for a final word from our sponsor—.”
Charles Gussman (Writer and TV announcer best known for Days of Our Lives.)
After his daughter reminded him that he wanted his last words to be memorable.
1912 - 2000
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| Alfred Hitchcock |
“One never knows the ending. One has to die to know exactly what happens after death, although Catholics have their hopes.”
Alfred Hitchcock (English film director and producer.)
1889 - 1980
"Kurt Russell."
1889 - 1980
"Kurt Russell."
Walt Disney
Written on a piece of paper just before he died
1901 - 1966
“Don’t let it end like this. Tell them I said something.”
Pancho Villa (Mexican revolutionary)
1878 - 1923
“To the strongest!”
Alexander the Great (King of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon)Asked who he thought was worthy enough to succeed him.
356 BC - 324 BC (Died at age 32)
“Me mudder (my mother) did it!”
Arnold “The Brain” Rothstein (gangster and criminal mastermind)
After being gunned down and refusing to identify his killers to the cops.
1882 - 1928
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| Marie Antoinette |
“Pardon me sir, I meant not to do it.”
Marie Antoinette
After stepped on her executioner’s foot on her way to the guillotine.
1755 - 1793
After stepped on her executioner’s foot on her way to the guillotine.
1755 - 1793
“No, you certainly can’t.”
John F. Kennedy (35th US president)
After the wife of then Governor John Connelly, remarked, “You certainly cannot say that the people of Dallas haven’t given you a nice welcome, Mr. President.” and moments before he was shot.
1917 - 1963
“Thomas Jefferson…”
John Adams (First vice president of the United States and second president)
May have been saying, "Thomas Jefferson still survives." Jefferson died the same day on July 4th.
1735 - 1826
Benjamin Franklin (Founding Fathers of the United States, author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat)
After his daughter told him to change position in bed.
1706 - 1790
“Put out the bloody cigarette!”
Hector Hugh Munro (British writer with pen name, Saki. Volunteered, at age 43, for WWI)
Said to his co officer for fear that their opponents would see the smoke. German sniper located him by his hearing him speak.
1870 - 1916
Hector Hugh Munro (British writer with pen name, Saki. Volunteered, at age 43, for WWI)
Said to his co officer for fear that their opponents would see the smoke. German sniper located him by his hearing him speak.
1870 - 1916
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