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Famous Last Words, P.T. Barnum, James M. Barrie, Ludwig van Beethoven, Humphrey Bogart, Napoleon Bonaparte, French emperor, Charles II, king of England, Winston Churchill, British statesman, Georges Clemenceau, French premier, Bing Crosby, Charles Darwin, Emily Dickinson, Elizabeth I, queen of England, Richard Feynman, Benjamin Franklin, Edmund Gwenn, Anna Pavlova, Oscar Wilde, Victor Hugo.

These are the dying words attributed to a number of famous people:

• “How were the receipts today at Madison Square Garden?”
  ~P.T. Barnum, entrepreneur, 1891
  
  
• “I can't sleep.”
  ~James M. Barrie, author, 1937
  
  

• “Friends applaud, the comedy is finished.”
  ~Ludwig van Beethoven, composer, 1827
  
  
• “I should never have switched from scotch to martinis.”
  ~Humphrey Bogart, actor, 1957
  
  
• “Josephine ...”
  ~Napoleon Bonaparte, French emperor, 1821
  
  
• “Don't let poor Nelly (his mistress, Nell Gwynne) starve.”
  ~Charles II, king of England, 1685
  
  
• “I'm bored with it all.”
  ~Winston Churchill, British statesman, 1965
  
  
• “This time it will be a long one.”
  ~Georges Clemenceau, French premier, 1929
  
  
• “That was a great game of golf, fellers.”
  ~Bing Crosby, singer/actor, 1977
  
  
• “I am not the least afraid to die.”
  ~Charles Darwin, British naturalist, 1882
  
  
• “I must go in; the fog is rising.”
  ~Emily Dickinson, poet, 1886
  
  
• “All my possessions for a moment of time.”
  ~Elizabeth I, queen of England, 1603
  
  
• “I'd hate to die twice. It's so boring.”
  ~Richard Feynman, physicist, 1988
  
  
• “A dying man can do nothing easy.”
  ~Benjamin Franklin, American stateman, 1790
  
  
• “Yes, it's tough, but not as tough as doing comedy.”
  ~Edmund Gwenn, actor, 1959
  
  
• “Get my swan costume ready.”
  ~Anna Pavlova, ballerina, 1931
  
  
• “Either that wallpaper goes, or I do!”
  ~Oscar Wilde, playwright, 1900
  
  
• I see black light.
  ~Victor Hugo, French writer and statesman, last words (1802-1885)
  
  

 

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