“We are on the line 157 337 flying north and south. We will repeat this message. We will repeat this on 6210 kilocycles.”
This was the last voice transmission from Amelia Earhart’s plane before it disappeared, and is assumed to have crashed in the Pacific Ocean. The pioneering aviator was officially declared dead in 1939, two years after her disappearance.
“Redmond”
Repeating the name of her only child Redmond these are the final words of the glamorous actress and Charlie’s Angels star. Farrah Fawcett died of terminal cancer at the age of 62, by her side was partner Ryan O’Neal, the father of her son.
“Surprise me.”
The actor and entertainer, on his deathbed, jokingly answered wife Dolores after she asked him where he wanted to be buried. These were his last words, and Bob Hope died of pneumonia at his home in California, at the ripe old age of 100.
“I’m dying.”
The dying words of the ‘Crocodile Hunter’ and TV personality, calmly uttered to friend Justin after he was stung by a stingray in the heart. Steve Irwin had been filming an underwater television documentary in the Great Barrier Reef, when he was stung by a stingray several times through the heart, causing him to bleed to death.
“Goodnight, my love… goodnight, goodnight.”
These were the final words of the actor and comedian, spoken to wife Susan the night before he was found dead. Robin Williams had been suffering from depression and hung himself at his home, aged 63 years old.
“Katie, Katie, look, it’ll be fine. I just need to get some sleep.”
The talented Oscar-winning actor spoke these last words to his sister the day before he was found dead – she warned him against taking sleeping tablets on top of the pills he was already taking for pneumonia. Heath Ledger died from an accidental overdose of prescription medication, at the age of 28.
“No, they sure can’t”
The former President’s final words after Nellie Connally asked him “Mr. President, they can’t make you believe now that there are not some in Dallas who love and appreciate you, can they?” JFK was assassinated with a gunshot to the head, aged 46.
“I have a terrific headache.”
Former American President and war leader during World War 2, died of a stroke while sitting for a portrait at his personal retreat the Little White House, in Warm Springs Georgia. He was aged 63.
“Is it the fourth?”
American Founding Father died at the age of 83 on the 4th of July, the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.
“My fun days are over.”
The iconic actor spoke these words a short time before his fatal car accident, he was 24 years old at the time of his death.
