October 2011
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mindthetide-deactivated20120121 asked: Have you heard what Muamar Gaddafi's last words were? According to news reports they were something like "Do you know what is right and what is wrong?" or "What did I do to you?" Both incredibly ironic...
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mindthetide-deactivated20120121 asked: amazing blog! where did you get the idea?!
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“Cold Harbor. June 3rd. I am dead.”
– Note found on the body of a Union soldier, pinned to the inside of his jacket. Many Union soldiers placed final notes inside their jackets prior to leaving their entrenchments in the suicidal attack at the Battle of Cold Harbor on June 3rd, 1864
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“I think I’ll sleep now.”
– George Washington Carver (1864-1943).
August 2011
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Anonymous asked: i was wondering where did you get the idea for this blog? also, if you like last words, there are a lot in the book Looking For Alaska by John Green :)
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“She is squeezing my hand!”
– Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983).
In the period leading up to his death, his wife had been lying comatose in a Los Angeles hospital, dying of cancer. It was while visiting her there that he exclaimed, at a certain point: “She is squeezing my hand!” He then stood up, suffered a heart...
July 2011
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herewearenow asked: Yours is probably my favorite blog right now
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“Quite the contrary!”
– Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), to a nurse who commented on his improved health.
(Submitted by genesse.)
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phocella-deactivated20111109-de asked: i've read every single post on this entire blog and i would like to say that what you are doing is outstandingly beautiful.
June 2011
2 posts
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“Now, now, my good man, this is no time for making enemies.”
– Voltaire (1694-1779), upon being asked to renounce Satan.
(Already posted, but it was requested again!)
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“Badly mishandled. Nose broken at last interrogation. My time is up. Was not a...”
– Wilhelm Canaris (1887-1945), in his last note before his execution for taking part in the 20 July Plot to assassinate Hitler.
May 2011
1 post
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“Don’t ask me how I am! I understand nothing more.”
– Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875).
April 2011
3 posts
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“I love you too, honey. Good luck with your show.”
– Desi Arnaz (1917-1986), to his wife, Lucille Ball.
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“I am going to put myself to sleep now for a bit longer than usual. Call it...”
– Suicide note of Jerzy Kosiński (1933-1991).
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“Despair and depression,
together they grow.
Hope shall meet hopeless
when...”
– Suicide note of Misao Fujimura (d. 1903), philosophy student.
March 2011
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“Beautiful.”
– Timothy Leary (1920-1996). His last words are also reported as being “Why not?”.
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“How slow my death agony is.”
– Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923).
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“I’d like you to give my love to my family and friends.”
– Ted Bundy (1946-1989).
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“I did what I could.”
– Edward Abbey (1927-1989).
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“This is the last of Earth! I am content!”
– John Quincy Adams (1767-1848).
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“Tell them I’ve had a wonderful life.”
– Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951).
nuclearmedicine asked: Just wanna say I absolutely adore this blog, it is sweet, fascinating, weirdly satisfying, and curiously addicting. Thank you!
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“No.”
– Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922). While he was dying, his deaf wife whispered to him, “Don’t leave me.” Bell responded by signing the word, “No.”
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“That guy’s got to stop… He’ll see us.”
– James Dean (1931-1955), moments before his fatal car accident.
February 2011
19 posts
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“All my possessions for a moment of time.”
– Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603).
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Oh my goodness! I never imagined this would get so popular :O. You all are lovely and amazing, and I’m glad you appreciate last words as much as I do <3.
Have a picture of a cat.
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“One last drink, please.”
– Jack Daniel (1846-1911).
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“That was a great game of golf, fellers.”
– Bing Crosby (1903-1977). He was playing the whole 18 holes of golf (even when his doctor said to only do nine). 20 minutes after the game, he suffered a fatal heart attack.
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“The Earth is suffocating… Swear to make them cut me open, so that I...”
– Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849).
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“Now I shall go to sleep. Goodnight.”
– Lord Byron (1788-1824).
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“How were the receipts today at Madison Square Garden?”
– P. T. Barnum (1810-1891).
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“Codeine… bourbon…”
– Tallulah Bankhead (1902-1968).
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“Oh God, here I go!”
– Max Baer (1909-1959).
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“I found Rome brick, I leave it marble.”
– Emperor Augustus (63 BC - 14 AD).
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“What is the time? Nevermind, it’s not important.”
– János Arany (1817-1882), Hungarian poet.
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“But the peasants…how do the peasants die?”
– Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910).
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“I’m begging you, let me work!”
– Osamu Tezuka (1928-1989), as a nurse took his drawing board from his bed.
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“It is time for a new direction.”
– Andrei Tarkovsky (1932-1986), to his wife.
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“There will be a time when our silence will be more powerful than the voices you...”
– August Spies (1855-1887), Haymarket Riot martyr, before being hanged.
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“I’m a dead man!”
– Hyrum Smith (1800-1844), before being shot in the face.
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“I am not going. Do with me what you like. I am not going. Come on! Come on! Take...”
– Chief Sitting Bull (1831-1890).
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“For God’s sake, look after our people.”
– Explorer Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912). These were the last words written in his diary before he froze to death.
January 2011
23 posts
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“It tastes bad.”
– Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949), upon being given a drink of orange juice while in the hospital.
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“It’s all been rather lovely.”
– John Le Mesurier (1912-1983).
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“Bugger Bognor!”
– King George V (1865-1936), after his physician suggested he relax at his seaside palace in Bognor Regis.
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“Ça fait mal là.
(I feel pain here.)”
– Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970).
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“I feel ill. Call the doctors.”
– Mao Zedong (1893-1976).
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To my dear followers:
My sincerest apologies for the lack of updates as of late. I promise, I shall replenish my queue today or tomorrow at the latest. Thanks for sticking with me <3.
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n3onstarsxx asked: I think this page may interest you:
http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/executedoffenders.htm
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http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/executedoffenders.htm
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