“I love you and my head hurts”
The star of TV show Diff’rent Strokes spoke these dying words to ex-wife Shannon when he was in hospital. He had fallen at home, hitting his head and suffered brain hemorrhaging. Gary Coleman died two days later he was 42 years old.
“Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, Lucy.. how can I ever forget them?”
Charles Schulz’ last words came in the form of a goodbye message to his fans that was published in the very last edition of the original ‘Peanuts’ comic strip. The 77 year old cartoonist died of a heart attack in his sleep the night before that final Sunday strip was published.
“Maybe I’m dying”
The puppeteer and animator, most famous for creating the Muppets, spoke these final deathbed words to his ex-wife Jane. Jim Henson was 53 years old when he died in hospital of organ failure resulting from streptococcal toxic shock syndrome.
“Damn it, don’t you dare ask God to help me.”
The Oscar winning actress scolded a maid who prayed for her as she was dying from a heart attack. Joan Crawford died in her New York apartment, her age was reported to be 69.
“Just don’t leave me alone”
The comedian and actor’s dying words were to a friend who woke him in the morning and then left shortly afterwards.
John Belushi died alone in his bungalow at the age of 33, the cause of death was an overdose from cocaine and heroin.
“Drink to me, drink to my health, you know I can’t drink any more.”
Pablo Picasso spoke these final words on the evening before his death, when he and his wife had been entertaining friends for dinner. The 91 year old painter and sculptor died the following morning from a heart attack brought on by pulmonary edema.
“The ladies have to go first.. Get into the lifeboat, to please me.. Goodbye, dearie. I’ll see you later.”
The businessman and financier, thought to be among the richest people in the world at that time, was on the Titanic when it sank after hitting an iceberg. Astor perished when the ship went down, his last words were to his pregnant wife Madeleine as he helped her into a lifeboat.
“Goodnight, my kitten”
These were Ernest Hemingway’s final words spoken to wife Mary shortly before killing himself with a shotgun. The 61 year old novelist and journalist had been suffering from depression and poor mental health leading up to his death.
“Valerie”
The poet and playwright, perhaps best known for his poem The Waste Land, was only able to whisper one word as he lay dying – the name of his beloved wife Valerie.
Thomas Stearns Eliot died of emphysema at his home in London, he was aged 76.
“Let ‘er rip”
Leslie Nielsen had one final joke with this inscription on his tombstone – a reference to his favorite practical joke the fart machine or whoopee cushion, and a play on the acronym of Rest In Peace.
The 84 year old actor and comedian died in his sleep of pneumonia, with family and friends at his bedside, in Holy Cross Hospital Florida.
