Can you guess 50 of the final phrases spoken by well-known figures and celebrities through history?

From guilty confessions to last acts of defiance, last words have been an impactful way for notable figures to leave their last mark on history.

Over the centuries, people have used their last words to find hope in scripture, to share tender moments with family, and on occasion to have the last laugh! 

Can you guess which well-known figures delivered these fifty famous last words?

Augustus became first emperor of Rome after his father, Julius Caesar, was stabbed to death 

Answers Below 

1. ‘I’m bored with it all’

2. ‘I’m going to the bathroom to read’

3. ‘I’ll be fine’

4. ‘Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow’

5. ‘Love one another’

6. ‘I have done my share. It is time to go. I will do it elegantly’

7. ‘One last drink, please’

8. ‘Don’t die like I did’

9. ‘All is lost. Monks, monks, monks’ 

10. ‘Bertie’

Elvis Presley was found dead on the floor on his Graceland mansion aged just 42 in 1977

Elvis Presley was found dead on the floor on his Graceland mansion aged just 42 in 1977

11. France, the army, the head of the army, Josephine’

12. ‘I’m losing’

13. ‘Friends applaud. The comedy is over’

14. ‘Money can’t buy life’

15. ‘All my possessions for a moment of time’

16. ‘Bugger Bognor!’

17. ‘I had you all going, didn’t I?’

18. ‘I’d rather be skiing’

19. ‘I found Rome of clay. It leave it to you of marble’

20. ‘I don’t want to die’

21. ‘Let us work together to make that future a place we want to visit. Be brave, be determined, overcome the odds. It can be done’

22. ‘I’m shot’

23. ‘Shoot me in the chest!’ 

24. ‘The island of Elba, Napoleon’ 

25. ‘I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have’

British-Australian Grease star and activist Olivia Newton John died on 8 August 2022, aged 73

British-Australian Grease star and activist Olivia Newton John died on 8 August 2022, aged 73

26. ‘More milk’

27. ‘No’

28. ‘Take care of my boy, Roy’

29. ‘I am not the least afraid to die’

30. ‘My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One of us has got to go’

31. ‘Hey, fellas! How about this for a headline for tomorrow’s paper? French Fries!’

32. ‘It’s time’

33. ‘I’m dying’

34. ‘Are you guys ready? Let’s roll’

35. ‘I’m not afraid. I’ve done more in my life than I could have ever imagined’

36. ‘The executioner is, I believe, very expert; and my neck is very slender’

37. ‘I’m still learning’

38. ‘This is a hell of a way to die’

39. ‘Channel 5 is all s**t, isn’t it? Christ, the c**p they put on there. It’s a waste of space’ 

40. ‘We will be back in five minutes’

Country singer, the 'Man in Black', Johnny Cash died of complications from diabetes in 2003

Country singer, the ‘Man in Black’, Johnny Cash died of complications from diabetes in 2003

41. ‘I have a terrific headache’

42. ‘It’s just that I will miss you all so much. Ow, f**k!’

43. ‘Where is my clock?’

44. ‘Kurt Russell’

45. ‘You too, child?’

46. ‘I have not told half of what I saw’

47. ‘No, you certainly can’t’ (told ‘you certainly can’t say the people of Dallas haven’t given you a nice welcome’)

48. ‘It’s better to burn out than to fade away’

49. ‘Music has been my doorway of perception and the house that I live in’

50. ‘Last words are for fools who haven’t said enough!’ 

Answers 

1. ‘I’m bored with it all’ – Sir Winston Churchill, former British Prime Minister

2. ‘I’m going to the bathroom to read’ – Elvis Presley, singer, died on the toilet

3. ‘I’ll be fine’ – Heath Ledger, actor, died of an accidental overdose

4. ‘Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow’ – Steve Jobs, Apple co-founder

5. ‘Love one another’ – George Harrison, Beatles guitarist

6. ‘I have done my share. It is time to go. I will do it elegantly’ – Albert Einstein, scientist

7. ‘One last drink, please’ – Jack Daniel, founder of the Tennessee whiskey company

8. ‘Don’t die like I did’ – George Best, footballer

9. ‘All is lost. Monks, monks, monks’ – Henry VIII, King of England

10. ‘Bertie’ – Queen Victoria, whose husband Albert died 40 years before she did

Mr Wilson fooled the world for 60 years before confessing on his deathbed he'd staged photos

Mr Wilson fooled the world for 60 years before confessing on his deathbed he’d staged photos

11. France, the army, the head of the army, Josephine’ – Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France

12. ‘I’m losing’ or ‘I’m losing it’ – Frank Sinatra, singer, died after two heart attacks

13. ‘Friends applaud. The comedy is over’ – Ludwig van Beethoven, composer

14. ‘Money can’t buy life’ – Bob Marley, singer

15. ‘All my possessions for a moment of time’ – Queen Elizabeth I

16. ‘Bugger Bognor!’ – King George V, told he could recover in the seaside town

17. ‘I had you all going, didn’t I?’ – Kenneth Wilson, behind a 60-year Loch Ness Monster hoax

18. ‘I’d rather be skiing’ – Stan Laurel, actor

19. ‘I found Rome of clay. It leave it to you of marble’ – Augustus, first emperor of Rome

20. ‘I don’t want to die’ – Amy Winehouse, English singer-songwriter

21. ‘Let us work together to make that future a place we want to visit. Be brave, be determined, overcome the odds. It can be done’ – Stephen Hawking, physicist

22. ‘I’m shot’ – John Lennon, Beatles musician

23. ‘Shoot me in the chest!’ – Benito Mussolini, Italian dictator  

24. ‘The island of Elba, Napoleon’ – Empress Josephine, Napoleon’s first wife

25. ‘I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have’ – Leonardo da Vinci, artist

Napoleon died in exile on St Helena. The British sent Napoleon to live on the overseas territory in the South Atlantic after he commandeered a ship and returned to France from exile on Elba

Napoleon died in exile on St Helena. The British sent Napoleon to live on the overseas territory in the South Atlantic after he commandeered a ship and returned to France from exile on Elba

26. ‘More milk’ – Michael Jackson, singer, referring to anaesthetic

27. ‘No’ – Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone, in sign language, replying to his deaf wife’s plea, ‘don’t leave me’

28. ‘Take care of my boy, Roy’ – Stan Lee, comic book writer, referring to Spider Man 

29. ‘I am not the least afraid to die’ – Charles Darwin, scientist

30. ‘My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One of us has got to go’ – Oscar Wilde, writer

31. ‘Hey, fellas! How about this for a headline for tomorrow’s paper? French Fries!’ – James Donald French, American criminal executed by electric chair

32. ‘It’s time’ – Johnny Cash, singer

33. ‘I’m dying’ – Steve Irwin, Australian conservationist, stung by stingray

34. ‘Are you guys ready? Let’s roll’ – Todd Beamer, passenger on United Airlines Flight 93, starting the revolt against the 9/11 hijackers

35. ‘I’m not afraid. I’ve done more in my life than I could have ever imagined’ – Olivia Newton John, singer and actor

36. ‘The executioner is, I believe, very expert; and my neck is very slender’ – Queen Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII, beheaded

37. ‘I’m still learning’- Michelangelo, painter of the Sistine Chapel ceiling

38. ‘This is a hell of a way to die’ – George S. Patton, US general, paralysed after a car crash

39. ‘Channel 5 is all s**t, isn’t it? Christ, the c**p they put on there. It’s a waste of space’ – Adam Faith, singer

40. ‘We will be back in five minutes’ – Paul Walker, actor, died in a car accident

Michael Jackson died in 2009. His last words were 'more milk', a term he used for Propofol

Michael Jackson died in 2009. His last words were ‘more milk’, a term he used for Propofol

41. ‘I have a terrific headache’ – Franklin D Roosevelt, wartime President, before suddenly dying from a cerebral hemorrhage

42. ‘It’s just that I will miss you all so much. Ow, f**k!’ – Roald Dahl, children’s author, receiving an injection 

43. ‘Where is my clock?’ – Salvador Dali, artist

44. ‘Kurt Russell’ – Walt Disney, mysteriously writing the name of a then-child actor before dying. Walt’s family, and Russell, are unsure of the significance to this day

45. ‘You too, child?’ – Julius Caesar, Roman statesman 

46. ‘I have not told half of what I saw’ – Marco Polo, explorer

47. ‘No, you certainly can’t’ – President John F Kennedy, told ‘you certainly can’t say the people of Dallas haven’t given you a nice welcome’ before he was assassinated

48. ‘It’s better to burn out than to fade away’ – Kurt Cobain, artist, in a suicide note referencing Neil Young’s ‘My My, Hey Hey’

49. ‘Music has been my doorway of perception and the house that I live in’ – David Bowie, artist

50. ‘Last words are for fools who haven’t said enough!’ – Karl Marx, philosopher

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