“I am no traitor and I am ready to die. For the name of Jesus and the protection of the church, I am ready to embrace death.”
Archbishop of Canterbury, Christian saint and martyr, at the age of 51 Thomas Becket was killed in Canterbury cathedral by four knights. The King is rumored to have said “Will noone rid me of this turbulent priest?” and the knights interpreted this as a royal command to kill the Archbishop.
“I am just going outside and may be some time.”
Antarctic explorer’s last words to his companions – in an attempt to save them he sacrificed his life by going outside the tent into a -40f / -40c blizzard. Lawrence Oates died from hypothermia aged 32, his body was never found.
“Nothing soothes as much as the human touch.”
The chess grandmaster died of degenerative kidney failure at Landspítali Hospital in Iceland, he was aged 64.
“THAT’S ALL FOLKS”
Animation voice actor famous for voicing many of the Looney Tunes cartoon characters. This headstone inscription was the catchphrase spoken by Porky Pig at the end of each cartoon.
“When you are a genius, you do not have the right to die, because we are necessary for the progress of humanity.”
The surrealist painter spoke these words during a public appearance in 1986. He died in hospital of a heart attack at the age of 84, and was buried in a crypt below the stage of his Theatre-Museum, just 450 meters from the house where he was born.
“Well, boys, do your best for the women and children, and look out for yourselves.”
After giving these orders to his crew, the Captain of the Titanic remained at his post on the bridge and went down with the ship.
“Now is not the time for making new enemies.”
Deathbed words of the writer and philosopher, when asked by a priest if he renounced Satan.
“I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.”
The physicist and natural philosopher died in his sleep in London, at the age of 84.
“Applaud, friends, the comedy is over.”
The last words of Ludwig van Beethoven, composer and pianist, after taking ill and becoming bedridden.
“Lord, into Your Hands I commend my spirit.”
Quoting the final words of Jesus, the Holy Roman Emperor died in his bed after a deep depression and falling ill of pleurisy.
