“Die, my dear? Why, that’s the last thing I’ll do.”
Marx brothers comedian cracking jokes right until the end. He died in hospital from pneumonia, aged 86.
Groucho Marx (1890 – 1977)
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.
George Best (1946 – 2005)
“Don’t die like I did.”
Iconic soccer star who died from the effects of alcoholism. He died at the age of 59, in Cromwell Hospital, London.
Charlie Chaplin (1889 – 1977)
“Why not? After all, it belongs to him.”
Iconic silent movie star, in response to a priest who said ‘May the Lord have mercy on your soul.’ He died at his home on Christmas day after having a stroke in his sleep, aged 88.
Alfred Hitchcock (1899 – 1980)
“One never knows the ending. One has to die to know exactly what happens after death, although Catholics have their hopes.”
Final words of the movie director and master of suspense, who died at his home from kidney failure aged 80.