“As far as having a New Year’s resolution, I’d love to have a child next year.”
The actress and singer spoke these words in an interview 17 days before her death. Brittany Murphy died at the age of 32 after collapsing at her home, the cause of death was given as pneumonia.
“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.
“He seized life with joy. He gave to life generously. He leaves a legacy of love and laughter.”
The actor and filmmaker died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 54. This is the inscription on his headstone.
“I’ll finally get to see Marilyn”
The baseball legend spoke these final deathbed words referring to ex-wife Marilyn Monroe. He died at his home of lung cancer aged 84.
“A Genius of Comedy His Talent Brought Joy and Laughter to All the World.”
The comedy actor’s epitaph on his tombstone. Oliver Hardy died of cerebral thrombosis at his home aged 65.
“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.
“She did it the hard way”
The Hollywood actress died from breast cancer at the age of 81. She was entombed in Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles, and this is the epitaph on her tombstone.
“Good friend for Jesus’ sake forbear, To dig the dust enclosed here. Blessed be the man that spares these stones, and cursed be he that moves my bones.”
This is the inscription on the famous playwright’s gravestone. The Bard died on his birthday at the age of 52, and was buried at the Holy Trinity Church next to wife Anne.
“I’m not. I’d rather be doing that than getting all these needles stuck in me!”
Minutes before his death, the comedy actor joked to his nurse he would rather be skiing and her reply was ‘I didn’t know you were a skier.’ Stan Laurel died at the age of 74 in his apartment, four days after suffering a heart attack.
“Goodbye Kid. Hurry back”
The iconic actor best known for his tough guys roles, died in hospital from cancer of the oesophagus at the age of 57. These were his final words to wife Lauren Bacall as she left his bedside to pick up their children, when she returned he had entered a coma and never recovered consciousness.
