Dying words are a very special form of quotation. Some are rehearsed and contrived; others are spontaneous and witty.
‘Famous last words‘ are often impromptu sayings, spoken by the dying person for the first (and, of course, last) time on their deathbed.
See also: Famous Suicide Notes
- Buddha
- David Bowie
- Diana, Princess of Wales
- Donald Campbell
- Elvis Presley
- Erskine Childers
- Francis Bacon, Viscount Saint Alban
- Frank Sinatra
- George Best
- Henrik Ibsen
- Humphrey Bogart
- Hunter S. Thompson
- Isadora Duncan
- Jane Austen
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- John Belushi
- John Lennon
- John Quincy Adams
- John Sedgwick
- King Charles II
- King George V
- Kurt Cobain
- Luciano Pavarotti
- Lucille Ball
- Ludwig Wittgenstein
- Michael Jackson
- Notable Suicide Notes
- Oliver Cromwell
- P T Barnum
- Salvador Dali
- Spike Milligan
- Stan Laurel
- Steve Jobs
- Todd Beamer
- Winston Churchill