Last words said before death: So few people have the sense or opportunity to recognize when they utter their last words, but when well-known people are among this minority group, we get the cliche, “Famous Last Words.” It’s cool enough when you recognize you’re at the moment where the last thing you ever say is about to come out, and it’s even cooler when they are memorable.
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Death row inmates have a history of saying crazy stuff shortly before their execution, such as James French, who told reporters attending his death, “How’s this for your headline? ‘French Fries.’” It’s good to have a sense of humor until the bitter end and many famous people have said funny things shortly before kicking the bucket, like Charlie Chaplin who told a priest “Why not? It belongs to him,” when a priest said “May God have mercy on your soul.”
One of the more interesting sets of famous last words come from former presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, who died the exact same day, July 4, 1826. Both knew of each other’s failing health. Jefferson died early in the day, with his last words recorded as, “Is it the Fourth?” while later that day Adams, who had yet to have been told of his friend’s death, uttered his final sentence: “Thomas Jefferson still survives.”
There are deathbed confessions, deathbed regrets and deathbed defiance. There are those who fight every moment leading to their death and those that accept their fate and drift away. All have had fascinating things to say that just make you want to plan your last words so the people at your deathbed look at each other and say, “That was awesome.” In that spirit, here are 15 awesome last words before dying.
15. Lt. Col. Kenneth Wilson
“I had you all going, didn’t I?”
Nobody except his family probably knows who Lt. Col. Kenneth Wilson is by name alone. He was a war hero to be sure, having fought in both world wars, including parachuting behind enemy lines on multiple occasions. Yet almost everybody has seen one of the most famous photographs, the famous “Surgeon’s Photograph” which he shot in 1934 of the Loch Ness Monster. This black-and-white picture was held up for 60 years as proof there was a monster in a Scotland lake. Except, monster’s don’t exist. Wilson confirmed this when moments before dying he confessed to the whole thing being a ruse.
14. Joan Crawford
“Don’t you dare ask God to help me!”
It’s been nearly 40 years since Joan Crawford died although many have read the book or seen the film “Mommie Dearest” told from the point of view of her daughter Christina Crawford. Needless to say, it didn’t paint a rosy picture of living with Hollywood’s original diva, best known for uttering the line “No more wire hangers!” during one of her classic fits. On the day she died of cancer, a couple of nurses tending to her began to pray. Upon seeing this, Crawford, in typical form, wanted to die her way, without anybody else’s help.
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