Famous Last Words
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Introduction
Some funny, some poignant. Supposed final utterances of the famous and tragic.
1
Princess Diana
"My God, what happened?"
2
Che Guevara
"Shoot, coward! You are only going to kill a man."
3
Charlie Chaplin
"Why not? It belongs to him." - in reply to the priest at his deathbed who said, "May the Lord have mercy on your soul."
4
Dylan Thomas
"I've had eighteen straight whiskies. I think that's a record."
5
Chris Farley
"Please don't leave me. Please don't leave me."
6
George Harrison
"Love one another."
7
Winston Churchill
"I'm bored with it all."
8
Joan Crawford
"Damn it, don't you dare ask God to help me!" - to her housekeeper, who had begun to pray aloud.
9
Malcolm X
"Let's cool it, brothers." - to his three assassins as they approached him
10
John Wilkes Booth
"Tell mother I died for my country. Useless... useless."
11
Lenny Bruce
"Do you know where I can get any shit?"
12
John Jacob Astor, IV
"The ladies have to go first. Get in the lifeboat, to please me. Goodbye, dearie. I'll see you later." - millionaire and Titanic casualty Astor, to his wife.
13
Timothy Leary
"Why not? Why not? Why not? Yeah."
14
Kurt Cobain
"Please keep going Courtney, for Frances. Her life will be so much happier without me. I love you. I love you." - from his suicide note
15
W.C. Fields
"God damn the whole friggin' world and everyone in it but you, Carlotta." - to his mistress
16
James Dean
"That guy's got to see us. He'll stop." - just before his fatal car accident
17
P.T. Barnum
"How were the receipts today at Madison Square Garden?"
18
Marie Antoinette
"Pardonnez moi, monseiur." - to her executioner, after accidentally stepping on his foot.
19
James French
"How's this for a headline: 'French fries'" - convicted murderer French, just before being executed in the electric chair.
20
John F. Kennedy
"That's obvious." - in reply to Texas governor John Connally's wife, who had said to him, "Mr. President, you cannot say that Dallas doesn't love you."
21
Barry White
"Leave me alone, I'm fine."
22
Sigmund Freud
"This is absurd."
Great list! Very interesting.
This is an excellent list. Even if some are only speculation, it is interesting to see what was or might have been said. Thx!
"Oh, RIGHT, kid. I as SOOOOO scared you are going to shoot me with your big, bad slingshot..." - Goliath
"Father forgive them for they know not what they do." - Jesus Christ
A thousand people have viewed this list and mine are the last words? This list has a lot of potential...
"Hey, is that cheese I smell?" - Mickey Mouse
"Hey, is that cheese I smell?" - Mickey Mouse
Something in this room has got to go. It's either me or the wallpaper. - Oscar Wilde (paraphrased)
-THE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
"and I George Dubya Bush will be yer new prezident"
"and I George Dubya Bush will be yer new prezident"
Enjoyed your list. Careful that our last words are words of kindness and love.
"No king or prince has lived a better life," Evil Knievel said. He died Nov.30, 2007.
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