Famous Last Words


I am still alive! Stabbed to death by his own guards
(as reported by Roman historian Tacitus)

Gaius Caligula, Roman Emperor, d.41 AD

Don't let poor Nelly (his mistress, Nell Gwynne) starve.
Charles II, King of England and Scotland, d. 1685

That was the best ice-cream soda I ever tasted.
Lou Costello, comedian, d. March 3, 1959

I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis.
Humphrey Bogart, actor, d. January 14, 1957

Josephine...
Napoleon Bonaparte, French Emperor, May 5, 1821

I am about to -- or I am going to -- die: either expression is correct.
Dominique Bouhours, French grammarian, d. 1702

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