There is even a book compiled of people's last utterances...
"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'd hate to die twice. It's so boring."
~~ Richard Feynman, quantum physicist, d. 1988
"Is it the Fourth?"
~~ Thomas Jefferson, US President, d. July 4, 1826
"Thomas Jefferson--still survives..."
~~ John Adams, US President, d. July 4, 1826 (actually, Jefferson had died a few hours earlier)
"It is very beautiful over there."
~~ Thomas Alva Edison, inventor, d. October 18, 1931
"Damn it . . . Don't you dare ask God to help me."
~~ Joan Crawford, actress, d. May 10, 1977, to her housekeeper, who had begun to pray aloud.
"I've had eighteen straight whiskies, I think that's the record . . ."
~~ Dylan Thomas, poet, d. 1953, age 39
In 1979, John Wayne was 72...turned to his wife and said, "Of course I know who you are. You're my girl. I love you."
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This is the one I like best, even though some say it is apocryphal... "That wallpaper is atrocious. Either it goes, or I do." ~~ Oscar Wilde, poet, author, humourist, November 1900.