Last words of great people

Probably, many people are interested in what they will think about in the last moments of their lives. In the face of death, everyone thinks and talks about their own things - someone says goodbye to their relatives and friends, others try to do their favorite thing until the very end, and still others find nothing better to do than to utter some kind of barb addressed to those present.

Here are the dying statements of individuals who, one way or another, left their mark on history.

1. Rafael Santi, artist

"Happy."

2. Gustav Mahler, composer

Gustav Mahler died in his bed. In his last moments he felt as if he was conducting an orchestra, and his final word was: "Mozart!"

3. Bessie Smith, singer

"I am leaving, but I am leaving in the name of the Lord."

4. Jean-Philippe Rameau, composer

The dying composer did not like the priest singing psalms at his deathbed, and he said: "What the hell do I need all these songs for, Holy Father? You're singing out of tune!"

5. Frank Sinatra, singer

"I'm losing him."

6. George Orwell, writer

"At fifty every man has the face he deserves." Orwell died at the age of 46.

7. Jean-Paul Sartre, philosopher, writer

In the last moments of his life, Sartre, addressing his beloved, Simone de Beauvoir, said: “I love you so much, my dear Beaver.”

8. Nostradamus, physician, alchemist, astrologer

The thinker's dying words, like many of his statements, turned out to be prophetic: "Tomorrow at dawn I will be gone." The prediction came true.

9. Vladimir Nabokov, writer

In addition to his literary work, Nabokov was interested in entomology, in particular the study of butterflies. His last words were: "Some butterfly has already flown."

10. Marie Antoinette, Queen of France

Having stepped on the foot of the executioner who was leading her to the scaffold, the queen said with dignity: "Please forgive me, monsieur. I did not mean to."

11. Sir Isaac Newton, physicist, mathematician

"I do not know how the world perceived me. To myself I always seemed like a boy playing on the seashore and amusing myself by looking for beautiful pebbles and shells, while the great ocean of truth lay before me unknown."

12. Leonardo da Vinci, thinker, scientist, artist

“I have offended God and people, because in my works I have not reached the heights to which I aspired.”

13. Richard Feynman, physicist, writer

"Dying is boring."

14. Benjamin Franklin, politician, diplomat, scientist, journalist

When his daughter asked the 84-year-old, seriously ill Franklin to lie down differently so that he could breathe more easily, the old man, sensing his imminent end, grumpily said: “Nothing comes easy to a dying man.”

15. Charles "Lucky" Luciano, gangster

Luciano died while filming a documentary about the Sicilian mafia. His dying words were: "One way or another, I want to get into the movies." The mafioso's last wish came true - several feature films and documentaries have been made based on Luciano's life, and he was one of the few gangsters who died a natural death.

16. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, writer

The creator of Sherlock Holmes died in his garden of a heart attack, at the age of 71. His last words were addressed to his beloved wife: "You are wonderful," the writer said and passed away.

17. William Claude Fields, comedian, actor

Dying, the great American said to his mistress Carlotta Monti: "May God curse this whole damn world and everyone in it except you, Carlotta."

18. Percy Grainger, pianist, composer

On his deathbed, the composer confessed to his wife for the last time: “You are the only one I wanted.”

19. Oscar McIntyre, journalist

When one of the most talented American journalists of the early 20th century was dying, he asked his wife, who had turned away, unable to bear to see her husband's agony: "My curious one, please turn this way. I like to admire you."

20. John Wayne, actor

Before he died, the 72-year-old actor, who is called the "king of the western", found the strength to declare his love to his wife one last time: "I know who you are. You are my girl, I love you."

21. Ernest Hemingway, writer

On July 2, 1961, Hemingway said to his wife, "Goodnight, kitten." He then went to his room, and a few minutes later his wife heard a loud, abrupt sound—the writer had committed suicide with a gunshot to the head.

22. Eugene O'Neill, playwright, writer

In his final moments, O'Neill exclaimed, "I knew it! I knew it! I was born in a hotel and I'm dying in a goddamn hotel!" Eugene O'Neill was born in a hotel room at the Broadway Hotel on October 16, 1888, and died at the Boston Hotel on November 27, 1953.

23. Josephine Baker, dancer, singer, actress

Josephine Baker knew how to have fun. All her life she gave people the joy of music and dance, and on the last night of her life, leaving yet another party, this extraordinary woman said goodbye to her guests: "You are young, but you act like old people. You are boring."

24. Groucho Marx, comedian, actor

"You won't live like that."

25. Leonard Marx, comedian, actor, brother of Groucho Marx

Before his death, one of the famous comic brothers reminded his wife: "Darling, don't forget what I asked you to do. Put a deck of cards and a pretty blonde in my coffin."

26. Wilson Mizner, playwright, entrepreneur

When a priest approached Wilson, who was on his last legs, and said, "Perhaps you want to talk to me?" Mizner, known for his sharp tongue, responded, "Why should I talk to you? I just spoke to your superiors."

27. Alfred Hitchcock, film director, master of suspense

"Nobody knows what the ending will be. To know exactly what happens after death, you have to die, although Catholics have some hopes for this."

28. Peter "Pistol Pete" Maravich, basketball player

The great American athlete collapsed with a heart attack during a basketball game, managing to say only: "I feel great."

29. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, revolutionary

Before his death, Vladimir Ilyich, turning to his beloved dog, who brought him a dead bird, said: “Here is a dog.”

30. Sir Winston Churchill, politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain

"I'm so sick of all this."

31. Joan Crawford, actress

With one foot in the grave, Joan turned to the housekeeper who was praying: "Damn it! Don't you dare ask God to help me!"

32. Bo Diddley, singer, founder of rock and roll

The famous musician died while listening to the composition Walk Around Heaven by American singer Patti LaBelle. According to eyewitnesses, Diddley said "Wow!" before his death.

33. Emily Dickinson, poetess

"I have to go in so the fog can clear."

34. Joseph Henry Green, surgeon

In the last minutes of his life, the doctor checked his pulse. The last thing he said was: "It stopped."

35. Steve Jobs, entrepreneur, founder of Apple

"Wow. Wow. Wow!"