Michael Jackson (1958 – 2009)

“Just make me sleep. Doesn’t matter what time I get up…

“I can’t function if I don’t sleep. They’ll have to cancel it.

“And I don’t want them to cancel it, but they will have to cancel it.”

According to his doctor, who was the last person to see him alive, these were the King of Pop’s final words, asking for the anaesthetic propofol to help him sleep. Michael Jackson was referring to the cancellation of a rehearsal he was due to attend, and died from an overdose of propofol and benzodiazepines. His doctor was charged with involuntary manslaughter.

Leonard Nimoy (1931 – 2015)

“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory.”

The actor and director died at his home in Los Angeles of COPD after falling into a coma. This is his last message on Twitter, sent a few days before his death.

Steve Jobs (1955 – 2011)

“Oh wow oh wow oh wow”

According to his sister, these were the Apple co-founder’s final words after taking one long last look at his family. Steve Jobs died at his Palo Alto home in California due to complications resulting from pancreatic cancer. He was 56.

George Harrison (1943 – 2001)

“Everything else can wait, but the search for God cannot wait, and love one another.”

The musician and ex-Beatle’s final message to the world as relayed by his family. He died from cancer at the age of 58 in a property owned by Paul McCartney.