“I’m losing”
The entertainer’s final words to his wife Barbara as she encouraged him to keep fighting, he died in hospital of a heart attack.
Frank Sinatra (1915 – 1998)
Prince (1958 – 2016)
“Wait a few days before you waste your prayers on me.”
The iconic pop star’s last words on stage, spoken shortly before his death from an overdose of fentanyl at his home in Paisley Park.
David Bowie (1947 – 2016)
“Look up, I’m in heaven.”
These are the first words from a new album released just two days before his death, the rock musician died at his apartment from liver cancer.
George Michael (1963 – 2016)
“Thank you London, we love you – see you soon.”
The singer and songwriter’s final words spoken on stage after a concert at Earl’s Court. He died in his home of heart disease on Christmas day.
Spike Milligan (1918 – 2002)
“I told you I was ill.”
Goon comedian having the last laugh, this is the inscription on his tombstone. He died at his home from kidney failure.
Voltaire (1694 – 1778)
“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.
Isaac Newton (1643 – 1727)
“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.
Thomas Paine (1737 – 1809)
“Taking a leap into the dark. O mystery!”
The American founding father and political activist died in Greenwich Village, New York City, aged 72.
Horatio Nelson (1758 – 1805)
“Thank God I have done my duty.”
British naval commander mortally wounded by musket shot at the Battle of Trafalgar.
Beethoven (1770 – 1827)
“Applaud, friends, the comedy is over.”
The last words of Ludwig van Beethoven, composer and pianist, after taking ill and becoming bedridden.