“The bullet hasn’t been made that can kill me!” —Gangster Jack “Legs” Diamond, just before being shot to death

“Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional  thing to happen to him.” —John Barrymore, last words

“Friends applaud, the comedy is over.” —Ludwig van Beethoven, on his deathbed

“I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis.” —Humphrey Bogart, on his deathbed

“That was the best ice-cream soda I ever tasted.” —Lou Costello, last words

“That was a great game of golf, fellers.” —Bing Crosby, last words

“Turn up the lights, I don’t want to go home in the dark.” —O. Henry, on his deathbed,
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“I wish I’d drunk more champagne.” —John Maynard Keynes, on his deathbed

“Go on, get out. Last words are for fools who haven’t said enough.” —Karl Marx, on his deathbed

“I hope I haven’t bored you.” —Elvis Presley, concluding what would be his last press conference

“Nonsense, they couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance.” —John Sedgwick, refusing to hide behind a parapet during the Battle of the Wilderness

“I have just had eighteen whiskeys in a row. I do believe that is a record.” —Dylan  Thomas, last words

“Don’t let it end like this. Tell them I said something.” —Francisco “Pancho” Villa, last words

“This is no time to make new enemies.” —Voltaire, when asked on his deathbed to renounce Satan

“I’d rather be fishing.” —Jimmy Glass, electrocuted in Louisiana in 1987

“How about this for a headline for tomorrow’s paper? French fries.” —James French, electrocuted in Oklahoma in 1966