The deathbed can lead people to speak with great honesty and, in many cases, humor. This is a list of 20 last words by famous people.
1.
Pardon me, sir. I did not do it on purpose.
Said by: Queen Marie Antoinette after she accidentally stepped on the foot of her executioner as she went to the guillotine.
2.
I cant sleep
Said by: J. M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan
3.
I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis.
Said by: Humphrey "the MAN" Bogart
4.
I am about to or I am going to die: either expression is correct.
Said by: Dominique Bouhours, famous French grammarian
5.
I live!
Said by: Roman Emperor, as he was being murdered by his own soldiers.
6.
Dammit
Dont you dare ask God to help me.
Said by: Joan Crawford to her housekeeper who began to pray aloud.
7.
I am perplexed. Satan Get Out
Said by: Aleister Crowley - famous occultist
8.
Now why did I do that?
Said by: General William Erskine, after he jumped from a window in Lisbon, Portugal in 1813.
9.
Hey, fellas! How about this for a headline for tomorrows paper? French Fries!
Said by: James French, a convicted murderer, was sentenced to the electric chair. He shouted these words to members of the press who were to witness his execution.
10.
Bugger Bognor.
Said by: King George V whose physician had suggested that he relax at his seaside palace in Bognor Regis.
11.
Its stopped.
Said by: Joseph Henry Green, upon checking his own pulse.
12.
LSD, 100 micrograms I.M.
Said by: Aldous Huxley (Author) to his wife. She obliged and he was injected twice before his death.
13.
You have won, O Galilean
Said by: Emperor Julian, having attempted to reverse the official endorsement of Christianity by the Roman Empire.
14.
No, you certainly cant.
Said by: John F. Kennedy in reply to Nellie Connally, wife of Governor John Connelly, commenting
You certainly cant say that the people of Dallas havent given you a nice welcome, Mr. President".
15.
I feel ill. Call the doctors.
Said by: Mao Zedong (Chairman of China)
16.
Tomorrow, I shall no longer be here
Said by: Nostradamus
17.
Hurry up, you Hoosier bastard, I could kill ten men while youre fooling around!
Said by: Carl Panzram, serial killer, shortly before he was executed by hanging.
18.
Put out the bloody cigarette!!
Said by: Saki, to a fellow officer while in a trench during World War One, for fear the smoke would give away their positions. He was then shot by a German sniper who had heard the remark.
19.
Please dont let me fall.
Said by: Mary Surratt, before being hanged for her part in the conspiracy to assassinate President Lincoln. She was the first woman executed by the United States federal government.
20.
Now, now, my good man, this is no time for making enemies.
Said by: Voltaire when asked by a priest to renounce Satan.
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