Famous Last Words
There are many websites dedicated solely to this subject, which offer
more comprehensive listings than we can here. These are just a few dying
words that we have found amusing
I am still alive !
- Gaius Caligula (died 41 AD), Roman Emperor, after being stabbed by his own guards (as reported by the
historian Tacitus). Counting chickens
before they've hatched?
The executioner is, I believe, very expert, and my neck is very slender.
- Anne Boleyn (1507-36), staying positive right to the end
I think I could eat one of Bellamy's veal pies.
- William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806), British statesman. Obviously his body disagreed with him
on the issue
Nonsense, they couldn't hit an elephant at this dist....
- John Sedgwick (1813-64), US general. In response to a suggestion that he should not show himself over the parapet during the Battle of the Wilderness
Either that wallpaper goes, or I do.
- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Irish-born British dramatist. As he lay dying in a drab Paris bedroom.
Signing off with a typically Wildean epigram.
You might make that a double.
- Neville Heath (1917-46), British murderer, when offered a drink before his execution
Seventeen whiskeys. A record, I think.
- Dylan Thomas (1914-53), Welsh poet and legendary boozer
I'm bored with it all.
-Winston Churchill, statesman, d. January 24, 1965. Before slipping into a coma. He died 9 days later
Monsieur, I ask your pardon. I did not do it on purpose.
-Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, d. October 16, 1793. Spoken to her executioner, after she had accidentally trodden on his foot
That was the best ice-cream soda I ever tasted.
- Lou Costello, comedian, d. March 3, 1959
Well, gentlemen, you are about to see a baked Appel.
- George Appel, d. 1928 - executed by electric chair in New York
Don't worry, it's not loaded.
- Rock musician Terry Kath of the band Chicago, died in 1978. Unfortunately,he was playing Russian roulette with a real gun at the time.
Even more unfortunately, he was wrong
Die, my dear doctor? That is the last thing I shall do
- Lord Palmerston 1784-1865. British Prime Minister. Stating the blindingly obvious..
Bugger Bognor!
- King George V. A sycophantic physician is reported as saying "Your Majesty will soon be
well enough to visit Bognor". The King, reputedly, offered the above opinion on the matter, and died.
