Last Words, death bed statements . . .
Thomas Jefferson--still survives...~~ John Adams, US President, d. July 4, 1826(Actually, Jefferson had died earlier that same day.)
Am I dying or is this my birthday?When she woke briefly during her last illness and found all her family around her bedside.~~ Lady Nancy Astor, d. 1964
Codeine . . . bourbon.~~ Tallulah Bankhead, actress, d. December 12, 1968
I can't sleep.~~ James M. Barrie, author, d. 1937
Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him.~~ John Barrymore, actor, d. May 29, 1942
I am ready to die for my Lord, that in my blood the Church may obtain liberty and peace.~~ Thomas à Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, d.1170
Now comes the mystery.~~ Henry Ward Beecher, evangelist, d. March 8, 1887
Friends applaud, the comedy is finished.~~ Ludwig van Beethoven, composer, d. March 26, 1827
Josephine...~~ Napoleon Bonaparte, French Emperor, May 5, 1821
Et tu, Brute?Assassinated.~~ Gaius Julius Caesar, Roman Emperor, d. 44 BC
Ay Jesus.~~ Charles V, King of France, d. 1380
Damn it . . . Don't you dare ask God to help me.To her housekeeper, who had begun to pray aloud.~~ Joan Crawford, actress, d. May 10, 1977
I am not the least afraid to die.~~ Charles Darwin, d. April 19, 1882
My God. What's happened?~~ Diana (Spencer), Princess of Wales, d. August 31, 1997
I must go in, the fog is rising.~~ Emily Dickinson, poet, d. 1886
Adieu, mes amis. Je vais la gloire.(Farewell, my friends! I go to glory!)~~ Isadora Duncan, dancer, d. 1927
It is very beautiful over there.~~ Thomas Alva Edison, inventor, d. October 18, 1931
No, I shall not give in. I shall go on. I shall work to the end.~~ Edward VII, King of Britain, d. 1910
All my possessions for a moment of time.~~ Elizabeth I, Queen of England, d. 1603
I've never felt better.~~ Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., actor, d. December 12, 1939
I'd hate to die twice. It's so boring.~~ Richard Feynman, physicist, d. 1988
I've had a hell of a lot of fun and I've enjoyed every minute of it.~~ Errol Flynn, actor, d. October 14, 1959
A dying man can do nothing easy.~~ Benjamin Franklin, statesman, d. April 17, 1790
Come my little one, and give me your hand.Spoken to his daughter, Ottilie.~~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, writer, d. March 22, 1832
God will pardon me, that's his line of work.~~ Heinrich Heine, poet, d. February 15, 1856
Is it the Fourth?~~ Thomas Jefferson, US President, d. July 4, 1826
Why do you weep. Did you think I was immortal?~~ Louis XIV, King of France, d. 1715
Go on, get out - last words are for fools who haven't said enough.To his housekeeper, who urged him to tell her his last words so she could write them down for posterity.~~ Karl Marx, revolutionary, d. 1883
I forgive everybody. I pray that everybody may also forgive me, and my blood which is about to be shed will bring peace to Mexico. Long live Mexico! Long Live Independence!~~ Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, (Archduke Maximilian of Austria), d. June 11, 1867
Good-bye . . . why am I hemorrhaging?~~ Boris Pasternak, writer, d. 1959
Lord help my poor soul.~~ Edgar Allan Poe, writer, d. October 7, 1849
Here am I, dying of a hundred good symptoms.~~ Alexander Pope, writer, d. May 30, 1744
Put out the light.~~ Theodore Roosevelt, US President, d. 1919
I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have.~~ Leonardo da Vinci, artist, d. 1519
I die hard but am not afraid to go.~~ George Washington, US President, d. December 14, 1799
Either that wallpaper goes, or I do.~~ Oscar Wilde, writer, d. November 30, 1900