Thought I'd have some morbid play
and post last gasps on their death's day.
Edward 'Ned' Kelly
1855 - 11th November 1880
Australia's most famous Bushranger and Folk Hero
Fabricated a suit of armour for protection from troopers' lead.
Hanged in Melbourne Goal.
Most popular version -
"Such is life"
Version from goal warden -
"Ah well, I suppose it has come to this"
John Quincy Adams
11th July 1767 - 23rd February 1848
6th US President
"This is the last of earth! I am content."
Ethan Allen
10th January 1738 - 12th February 1789
American Revolutionary General
Attending doctor - "General, I fear the angels are waiting for you."
"Waiting are they? Waiting are they? Well--let 'em wait."
Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor
19th May 1879 - 2nd May 1964
First woman to serve as a Member of Parliamant in the British House of Commons.
"Am I dying or is this my birthday?"
When she woke briefly during her last illness and found all her family around her bedside.
Tallulah Bankhead
31st January 1902 - 12th December 1968
Actress
"Codeine . . . Bourbon."
John Sidney Blyth Barrymore
15th February 1882 - 29th May 1942
Actor, frequently called the greatest of his generation.
"Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him."
Ludwig van Beethoven
16th December 1770 - 26th March 1827
Composer
"Friends applaud, the comedy is finished."
Humphrey DeForest Bogart
25th December 1899 - 14th January 1957
Actor
"I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis."
Sir Winston Churchill
30th November 1874 - 24th January 1965
British Prime Minister and Statesman
"I'm bored with it all."
Before slipping into a coma. He died 9 days later.
Sir Noel Coward
16th December 1899 - 26th March 1973
Writer, Actor, Composer
"Goodnight my darlings, I'll see you tomorrow."
Joan Crawford
born
Lucille Fay LeSueur
23rd March 1905 - 10th May 1977
Actress
"Damn it . . . Don't you dare ask God to help me."
To her housekeeper, who had begun to pray aloud.
Amelia Mary Earhart
24th July 1897 - missing 2nd July 1937 - declared 5th January 1939
Aviatrix, Author, Women's Rights Advocate
First Aviatrix to solo fly across Atlantic
Disappeared attempting to circumnavigate the globe.
"Please know that I am quite aware of the hazards. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others."
Last letter to her husband before her last flight.
"KHAQQ calling Itasca. We must be on you, but cannot see you. Gas is running low."
Last radio communiqué before her disappearance.
Malcolm X
born
Malcolm Little aka
El-Hagg Malik El-Shabazz
19th May 1925 - 21st February 1965
American Black Muslim Leader
"Let's cool it brothers . . ."
Spoken to his assassins, 3 men who shot him 16 times.
Karl Heinrich Marx
5th May 1818 - 14th March 1883
Philosopher, Revolutionary,
Father of Communism
"Go on, get out - last words are for fools who haven't said enough."
To his housekeeper, who urged him to tell her his last words so she could write them down for posterity.
Anna Pavlovna Pavlova
12th February 1881 - 23rd January 1931
Ballerina, famous for her
Dying Swan
"Get my swan costume ready."
John Sedgwick
13th September 1813 - 9th MAy 1864
General Union Army
"They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist. . . ."
Killed by Confederate sharp-shooter in battle during US Civil War.
Dylan Marlais Thomas
27th October 1914 - 9th November 1953
Welsh Poet
"I've had eighteen straight whiskies, I think that's the record . . ."
Pancho Villa
Doroteo Arango Arámbula
5th June 1878 - 23rd July 1923
Mexican revolutionary General
"Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something."
Leonardo da Vinci
Inventor, Painter, Sculptor, Scientist,
15th April 1452 - 2nd May 1519
"I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have."
Herbert George Wells
21st September 1866 - 13th August 1946
Author,
The Father of Science Fiction
"Go away. I'm all right."
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde
16th October 1854 - 30th November 1900
Irish Playwright, Novelist, Poet
"Either that wallpaper goes, or I do."