{"id":4236,"date":"2018-12-17T05:18:09","date_gmt":"2018-12-17T13:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imortuary.com\/blog\/?p=4236"},"modified":"2018-12-13T09:50:54","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T17:50:54","slug":"the-most-famous-famous-last-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imortuary.com\/blog\/the-most-famous-famous-last-words\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Famous Famous Last Words"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"attachment_4240\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imortuary.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Famous-last-words_final.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4240\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4240\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imortuary.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Famous-last-words_final-350x298.jpg\" alt=\"The Most Famous Famous Last Words\" width=\"350\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.imortuary.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Famous-last-words_final-350x298.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.imortuary.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Famous-last-words_final-768x654.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.imortuary.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Famous-last-words_final-1024x871.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.imortuary.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Famous-last-words_final.jpg 1504w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" title=\"The Most Famous Famous Last Words\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4240\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Most Famous Famous Last Words<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Few of us get the chance to be immortalized in the moment right before death occurs. For most people, death is a quiet affair that involves healthcare professionals and maybe a few loved ones&mdash;we want it to be peaceful and dignified, and those are the only real considerations. <\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, when your life is one of fame, historical or political importance, and\/or literary success, the whole world tunes in to hear the last bit of wisdom you will ever share with the world. These famous quotations not only capture the personalities and beliefs of those who said them, but also share what it means to be human and leaving the only world that all of us know.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alexander Hamilton (Politician, 1804): &ldquo;This is a mortal wound, doctor.&rdquo;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Charles Frohman (Theater Producer, 1915): &ldquo;Why fear death? It&rsquo;s life&rsquo;s greatest adventure.&rdquo;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">David Bowie (Musician, 2016): &ldquo;Music has been the doorway of perception and the house that I live in.&rdquo;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eugene O&rsquo;Neill (Playwright, 1953): &ldquo;I knew it! I knew it! Born in a hotel room and, goddamn it, dying in a hotel room.&rdquo;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frida Kahlo (Artist, 1954): &ldquo;I hope the exit is joyful and hope never to return.&rdquo;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Groucho Marx (Comedian and Actor, 1977): &ldquo;This is no way to live.&rdquo;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jack Daniel (Distiller, 1911): &ldquo;One last drink, please.&rdquo;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer, 1750): &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t cry for me, for I go where music is born.&rdquo;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John Quincy Adams (Politician, 1848): &ldquo;This is the last of earth. I am content!&rdquo;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leonard Nimoy (Actor, 2015): &ldquo;A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory.&rdquo;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leonardo da Vinci (Inventor and Artist, 1519): &ldquo;I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have.&rdquo;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nostradamus (Philosopher and Seer, 1566): &ldquo;Tomorrow, at sunrise, I shall no longer be here.&rdquo;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">P. T. Barnum (Circus Showman, 1891): &ldquo;Nancy, I want you to know my last thoughts are of you.&rdquo;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spike Milligan (Comedian, 2005): &ldquo;I told you I was ill.&rdquo;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thomas Edison (Inventor, 1931): &ldquo;It&rsquo;s very beautiful over there.&rdquo;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Winston Churchill (Politician, 1965): &ldquo;I&rsquo;m bored with it all.&rdquo;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Few of us get the chance to be immortalized in the moment right before death occurs. 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