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Usually used when annoyed at someone Die with one's boots on To die while able, or during activity, as opposed to in infirmity or while asleep. Euphemistic: Old West usage: To die in a gunfight, as with the film They Died with Their Boots On. Also connotes dying in combat. British; cf. Iron Maiden's Die With Your Boots On. Didn't make it
"It is a bad cause which cannot bear the words of a dying man." [17] [note 94] — Henry Vane the Younger, English politician, statesman and colonial governor (14 June 1662), prior to execution by beheading for treason "My God, forsake me not." [17] [note 95] — Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist and theologian (19 August 1662)
— Lala VC, Indian World War I Victoria Cross recipient (23 March 1927), dying of polio "So many people who knew the condition of Amritsar say I did right...but so many others say I did wrong. I only want to die and know from my Maker whether I did right or wrong." [127] — Reginald Dyer, British Indian Army officer (23 July 1927).
The decision on assisted dying for people who are terminally ill with a life expectancy of six months or under was the most significant Commons vote on social policy since abortion was legalised ...
Someone is available to speak with you 24 hours a day and connect with your local resources. This article originally appeared on Pensacola News Journal: Escambia Santa Rosa suicide rates rising ...
She has cared for people in their final stages of their life, including one friend with cancer. She remembers her friend pleading with her to "kill me now, kill me now". "That’s an awful thing ...
Dying people frequently suffer delirium, diminished mental acuity, inability to speak clearly, or some combination of the three. McLeod stated that people near death do not normally remain mentally clear. Some do not speak before their death. [1] "People will whisper, and they'll be brief, single words – that's all they have energy for." [2]
“A lot of people gave me a hard time for wanting to have a third child, and I think (the man) affirmed the choice we made,” Morrison says. “There is so much joy in motherhood." Stephanie ...