“When it looks like I may live longer than five minutes I’ll drop cigarettes like a hot potato.”
The actor and producer, a heavy smoker, spoke these last words shortly before his death at the age of 57 from pancreatic cancer. Patrick Swayze died at his home in Los Angeles with family by his side.
“My kidneys are victims of my not realising that my high blood pressure should have been treated with conventional medicine. I have put myself in great danger by refusing to face the reality that I need daily, lifelong therapy with medication. For far too long I believed that my body was an untouchable and indestructible bastion.”
The Queen of Rock n Roll made this final post on social media just days before her death. Tina Turner died at her home in Switzerland, following years of illness, she was 83 years old.
“He was the love of my life, the lamp of my soul. We were one soul in two halves. He was the only person who ever loved me unconditionally. I am lost in the bardo without him.”
Singer songwriter and activist, Sinéad O’Connor made this final tweet just days before she died, talking about her deceased son Shane. She died in her apartment at the age of 56, the cause of death was chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchial asthma.
“The legacy of the movies is that my children’s generation will show them to their children. So you could be watching in 50 years’ time. I’ll not be here sadly, but Hagrid will.”
The actor and comedian, most famous for playing the role of Hagrid in the Harry Potter movies, spoke these words in a documentary shortly before his death. Robbie Coltrane died in hospital from multiple organ failure aged 72.
“I will dream of you. Have a good life.”
The poignant final words from his final movie role, of the actor and horror icon Christopher Lee. He died from heart failure in hospital at the age of 93.
“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.
