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
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
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
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
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
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
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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