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"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).
— Scott Bowerbank, American helicopter pilot for television station KTVK (27 July 2007), describing police pursuit before Phoenix news helicopter collision killed all four people aboard both helicopters. "Don't kill me." [10] — Chauncey Bailey, American journalist (2 August 2007), to his murderer, Devaughndre Brousard "You be good, I love you.
Famous last words of 19 famous people. Elena Holodny. Updated February 16, 2017 at 11:57 AM. ... Warren Buffett just dropped Walmart and signaled the death of retail as we know it.
Last words of famous or infamous people are sometimes recorded (although not always accurately), which then became a historical and literary trope. According to Karl Guthke, last words as recorded in public documents are often reflections of the social attitude toward death at the time, rather than reports of actual statements. [1]
June 25, 2019 marked ten years since Fawcett died at 62 years old, and according to a close friend who was by her side as she passed, she didn't waste her last word, People reports.
After 99 years, a letter containing a dying sailor's last words during World War I has finally made its way to his family. The note was penned by Sid Preston and contained the emotional last words ...
Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people. Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide." [citation needed] — Tecumseh, leader of the Shawnee (10 September 1813), to his son Death of Poniatowski by January Suchodolski