Famous Last Words

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Famous Last Words Of Notable People...

"I know you have come to kill me. Shoot coward, you are only going to kill a man."
~~ Ernesto "Che" Guevara, d. October 9, 1967
Facing his assassin, Mario Teran, a Bolivian soldier.

"They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist..."
~~ General John Sedgwick, Union Commander, d. 1864
Killed in battle during US Civil War.

"I've had eighteen straight whiskies, I think that's the record..."
~~ Dylan Thomas, poet, d. 1953

"Either that wallpaper goes, or I do."
~~ Oscar Wilde, writer, d. November 30, 1900

"Well, gentlemen, you are about to see a baked Appel."
~~ George Appel, d. 1928
Executed in electric chair in New York.

"I'm bored with it all."
~~ Winston Churchill, statesman, d. January 24, 1965
Before slipping into a coma. He died 9 days later.

"How were the receipts today at Madison Square Garden?"
~~ P. T. Barnum, entrepreneur, d. 1891

"Friends applaud, the comedy is finished."
~~ Ludwig van Beethoven, composer, d. March 26, 1827

Source:
http://www.corsinet.com/braincandy/dying.html

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