“Where the hell are the parachutes?”
The iconic trombonist and musician was boarding a flight to take him from England to France, when he jokingly spoke these ironic last words to Colonel Baesell. Glenn Miller’s plane was lost over the English Channel, the exact cause of the disappearance remains a mystery, and no wreckage was ever found.
“I think I’ll be more comfortable.”
According to some reports, these were the last words of the comedian and actor – asking a nurse to change his position in bed, just before suffering a fatal heart attack. Lou Costello died in Doctors Hospital Beverly Hills, he was aged 52.
“Leave me alone, I’m fine”
These were Barry White’s dying words, stoically spoken to a nurse in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles. The iconic singer and songwriter died from kidney failure at the age of 58.
“Fuck you”
Tupac Shakur was shot four times in a drive by shooting in Paradise Nevada. Mortally wounded, this was his reply when a police officer asked him ‘Who shot you?’
The legendary rapper was taken to hospital and put on life support, but died of internal bleeding from his gunshot wounds. He was aged 25.
“Death can really absorb a person. Like most people, I would find it pleasant not to have to go, but you just accept that it’s more or less inevitable.”
The comedian and actor wrote this speech for his own memorial service and it was read at the funeral by other members of Monty Python. Graham Chapman was 48 years old when he died in hospital of complications resulting from terminal cancer.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“Yes, Jesus Loves Me”
This was the title of the last song that Whitney Houston performed in her final public appearance.
The 48 year old singer and actress was found unresponsive in her hotel room bathtub, and attempts to revive her were unsuccessful. The cause of death was listed as “accidental drowning.”
