A collection of the notable last recorded words of the dying,
"Famous Last Words" is, unexpectedly, bursting with life, hope,
wisdom, and often laughter. Here are writers, philosophers,
athletes, gangsters, kings, queens, movie stars, and politicians,
in all sorts of moods and states of preparedness. Some merely want
to say goodbye to loved ones, others want to create a legacy. And
some are caught completely off guard, like Civil War general John
Sedgwick, answering his troops' urgings to take cover: They
couldn't hit an elephant at this dist-.There's the droll: It's the
wallpaper or me. One of us has to go (Oscar Wilde); the blase How
are the Mets doing today? (Moe Berg); the cranky: It wasn't worth
it (Louis B. Mayer); the wistful: That was the best ice cream soda
I ever tasted (Lou Costello); the optimistic: I shall hear in
heaven (Beethoven); and the overly optimistic: I've never felt
better (Douglas Fairbanks).Ultimately, every one of these parting
statements is a reflection of the person behind it. Each is
accompanied by a mini-biography of the speaker, including the
context of death, from the golf course (That was a great game of
golf, fellers Bing Crosby) to a favorite armchair (Go on, get out.
Last words are for fools who haven't said enough-Karl Marx).
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