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Famous Last Words ~ Henry Ward Beecher

Now comes the mystery.

evangelist
died March 8, 1887

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Famous Last Words ~ Winston Churchill

I’m bored with it all.

Before slipping into a coma. He died 9 days later.
Died January 24, 1965

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Famous Last Words ~ Humphrey Bogart

I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis

Died January 14, 1957

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Famous Last Words ~ Thomas à Becket

I am ready to die for my Lord, that in my blood the Church may obtain liberty and peace. But in the name of Almighty God, I forbid you to hurt my people whether clerk or lay.

Archbishop of Canterbury
assassinated December 29, 1170

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Famous Last Words ~ George Washington

I die hard but am not afraid to go.

Died December 14, 1799

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Famous Last Words ~ Tallulah Bankhead

Codeine . . . bourbon.

Died December 12, 1968

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Famous Last Words ~ Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.

I’ve never felt better.

Died December 12, 1939

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Famous Last Words ~ Oscar Wilde

Either that wallpaper goes, or I do.

writer
died November 30, 1900

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Famous Last Words ~ Eugene O’Neill

I knew it. I knew it. Born in a hotel room - and God damn it - died in a hotel room.

writer
died November 27, 1953

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Famous Last Words ~ George Bernard Shaw

Sister, you’re trying to keep me alive as an old curiosity, but I’m done, I’m finished, I’m going to die.

Spoken to his nurse
playwright
died November 2, 1950

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