The grisly thought about a deathbed might be quite unnerving for anyone, but not for these famous people. Knowing the last words someone spoke can sometimes throw light on their character or the circumstances in which they died. You can't help but feel that some of the last quotes by famous people on this list encapsulate their personas. These phrases are the final words commonly used to describe a person’s last words before death.
And these celebrities’ last words vary so much! From the ever-level-headed Winston Churchill, who declared in his final moments that he was ‘so bored with it all’ to Malcolm X’s last words asking for peace and Michael Jackson’s last words requesting “milk,” an anesthetic. Some final words are deep and profound, while others are short of winning the funniest last words contest.
This list of celebrities’ last words was compiled by Imgur user Howsthepeeping. Do you know of any last words and inspirational quotes that belong on this list? We’d love to have them on this list, though we ask our readers to please keep their comments and submissions respectful of these people’s memories.
#41 Humphrey Bogart
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#42 Lucy Stone
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#43 Virginia Woolf's Last Sentence In Her Suicide Note To Her Husband
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#44 Marvin Gaye Said This Moments Before Being Fatally Shot By His Father, Marvin Gaye, Sr
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#45 John Carradine Died From Multiple Organ Failure At Fatebenefratelli Hospital In Milan, Italy At Age 82. Hours Before He Died, He Climbed The 328 Steep Steps Of Milan's Gothic Cathedral, The Duomo
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#46 Benjamin Franklin Was Laying On His Deathbed WHen His Daughter Suggested That If He Lay On His Side, He Could Breathe Easier
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#47 Joan Crawford Said This To Her Housekeeper When She Began To Pray Aloud
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#48 Sam Cooke Said This After Being Shot At The Hacienda Motel
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#49 Michael Landon's Family Gathered Around His Bed, And His Son Said It Was Time To Move On. Landon Said, “You’re Right. It’s Time. I Love You All”
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#50 Jessica Dubroff, A Seven-year-old Pilot, Said This To Her Mother By Telephone As The Engines Revved
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#51 Bobby Fischer
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#52 Chris Farley Said This To A Prostitute As She Left His Hotel Room Following A Weekend-long Drug And Sex Binge. When She Turned Around, He Had Collapsed
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#53 Brittany Murphy
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#54 Aaron Burr Was An Atheist. His Last Words Were A Response To The Efforts Of His Friend, Reverend P.j. Van Pelt, To Get Burr To State That There Was A God
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#55 Lewis Carroll
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#56 Dimebag Darrell Said This While Playing With Damageplan At A Club Minutes Before He Was Shot And Killed Onstage
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#57 Jane Austen's Response To Her Sister Cassandra Who Had Asked Her If She Wanted Anything
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#58 Jim Henson
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#59 Edward Abbey's Response As To Whether He Had Any Last Words (the Epitaph On His Memorial Stone Also Reads "No Comment")
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#60 Eric Garner
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