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- "You be good. See you tomorrow. I love you." — Alex, African Grey Parrot used in comparative psychology research at Brandeis University. Spoken to his handler, Dr. Irene Pepperberg, when she put him in his cage for the night; he was found dead the next morning.
- "Just don't leave me alone." — John Belushi
- "Milan: What a beautiful place to die." — John Carradine
- "I think I'll sleep now." — George Washington Carver
- "...it's better to burn out than to fade away." — Kurt Cobain (last line of his suicide note)
- "I'd hate to die twice. It's so boring." — Richard Feynman
- "I've had a hell of a lot of fun and I've enjoyed every minute of it." — Errol Flynn
- "Thank you for everything." — Blessed Father Carlo Gnocchi
- "Mehr Licht." — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (translated as "more light")
- "I did not get my Spaghetti-O's, I got spaghetti. I want the press to know this." — Thomas J. Grasso (executed in 1995)
- "I love you." — Oliver Hardy, spoken to his wife
- "Sleep well, my sweetheart. Please don't worry too much." — Rob Hall, lead guide of the disastrous 1996 Mount Everest expedition. Said to his wife via satellite phone as he lay dying from exposure.
- "Everything is an illusion." — Mata Hari
- "It was the food! Don't touch the food!" — Richard Harris, spoken to fellow hotel guests as he was wheeled through the foyer by paramedics.
- "Turn up the lights — I don't want to go home in the dark." — O. Henry (William Sydney Porter)
- "Surprise me." — Bob Hope, when asked by his wife where he wanted to be buried
- "Well, I've had a happy life." — William Hazlitt
- "I am better now." — Robert G. Ingersoll
- "Ah well, I suppose it has come to this… Such is life." — Ned Kelly
- "I'm a fucking doctor." — R. D. Laing. He suffered a fatal heart attack in public, and as people gathered round the spot, someone said 'Get a doctor.'
- "Die, my dear? Why, that's the last thing I'll do!" — Groucho Marx
- "Go on, get out! Last words are for fools who haven't said enough!" — Karl Marx, when asked by his housekeeper what his final words were
- "It's all been rather lovely." — John Le Mesurier
- "Do dupy." — Agnieszka Osiecka (translation: This sucks.)
- "Every damn fool thing you do in this life you pay for." — Edith Piaf
- "Don't pull down the blinds. I feel fine. I want the sunlight to greet me!" — Rudolph Valentino
- "Thank God. I'm tired of being the funniest person in the room." — Del Close
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