On their deathbed...
John Adams-"Thomas Jefferson--still survives.."
Louisa May Alcott-"Is it not meningitis?"
Max Baer- "Oh God...Here I go..."
Tallulah Bankhead-"Codiene.....Bourbon.."
P.T. Barnum-"How were the recipts today at Madison Square Garden"
Henry Ward Beecher-(when asked on his deathbed if he could raise his arm) "High enough to hit you doctor"
Ludwig van Beethoven-"Applaud my friends, the comedy is finished."
Lou Costello-That was the best ice cream soda I've ever tasted."
Emily Dickinson-"I must go in, the fog is rising."
Isadora Duncan-Adieu, mes amis. Je vais la gloire. (Farewell my friends, I go to glory!)
Richard Feynman-"I'd hate to die twice, it's so boring."
Johann Wolfgang van Goethe-"Please close the window."
Roman Emperor Nero-"A great artist dies within me."
Edgar Allan Poe-"Lord, have mercy on my soul."
Henry David Thoreau-"Moose....Indian...."
Oscar Wilde-Either that wallpaper goes, or I do.
Before execution...
George Appel-"Well gentlemen, you are about to see a baked apple." (Executed by electric chair)
Robert Drew- "Remember the death penalty is murder." (Executed by lethal injection)
James French-"How about this for a headline tomorrow? French fries. (Executed by electric chair)
Malcolm X-(Spoken to the men who shot him 16 times)"Let's cool it brothers..."
Suicide Notes....
George Eastman-"To my friends:My work is done. Why wait?"
Vacel Lindsey-"They tried to get me-I got them first!"
Hart Crane-"Goodbye Everybody!" (He jumped off the ship "Orizaba," his body was never found.
Terry Kath-"Don't worry, it's not loaded."
