("მე ესე რა წარვალ წინაშე ღმრთისა ჩემისა, და ვმადლობ სახელსა მისსა、რამეთუ არა დამაკლო გამორჩეულთა წმიდათა მისთა。 აწ გამცნებ თქუენ、რათა მტკიცედ სარწმუნოებასა ზედა სდგეთ და ეძიებდეთ ქრისტესთჳს სიკუდილსა სახელსა მისსა ზედა、რათა წარუვალი დიდება მოიგოთ。 მე ჴორციელებრითა დიდებითა გადიდენ თქუენ ნათესავთა ჩემთა。 და სახლსა ჩუენსა ნუ შეურაცხჰყოფთ, და ()
—John F. Kennedy, 35th president of the United States (22 November 1963), replying to co-passenger Nellie Connally saying, "You certainly can't say Dallas doesn't love you, Mr. President" while traveling through Dallas in a motorcade, shortly before he was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald.[143]
"I know this beach like the back of my hand."[144]
—Pete Maravich, American basketball player (5 January 1988), before dying of an undiagnosed heart defect during a pickup game in Pasadena, California.
"I told u I was hardcore[...] u are so fucking stupid"
—Brandon Vedas (12 January 2003), American computer enthusiast talking on Internet Relay Chat (IRC) during a fatal drug overdose that ultimately killed him.[148]
—William Donaldson, British satirist and playboy (22 June 2005), to the caretaker of his building, who had collected pills for him on which he would later overdose.[26]
—Charlie Kirk (10 September 2025), after being asked how many mass shooters were active in the United States over the previous ten years. He was then fatally shot in the neck.[153]
"I can't die now."
—Lindsey Graham, American senator (11 July 2026), after shrugging off a sudden illness, saying he still had work to do, such as "get Iran sorted out." He soon collapsed and died.[154]
Independently notable last words
This section is for last words that pass Wikipedia's notability guidelines and have therefore warranted their own article.
—Archimedes, Greek mathematician (c. 212 BC), to a Roman soldier who interrupted his geometric experiments during the capture of Syracuse, whereupon the soldier killed him
—Todd Beamer, American passenger on United Airlines Flight 93 (11 September 2001), signaling the start of the revolt against the flight's hijackers, resulting in the plane crashing in the ensuing struggle for the controls, killing all 44 aboard.
—Eric Garner, American former horticulturist (17 July 2014), after being put in a chokehold by an arresting NYPD shortly before losing consciousness and dying.
See also
Last words, about the actual final utterings of dying patients
↑This sentence marks the end of the official testament of Ḫattušili I, and contains his last recorded words. HittitologistTrevor R. Bryce argued that the sentence was unintentionally included in the document and actually only meant for the king's companion, not for posterity: He points out that the sentence clashed in tone and content with the rest of the document, and was only written down because a scribe had been hastily ordered to document all words of Ḫattušili I when it was feared that the king might pass away at any moment due to his illness.[5]
↑Also reported as, "In Greece, where I traveled to learn the literature and manners of the country, I was allowed to remain in safety; but in my own soil, envy has been the cause of my death."[15]:129
↑There are multiple accounts of Pythagoras' death.[15]:130
↑Also reported as, "Beloved Bickus, the principle of existence, and mutability carries with it the principle of destruction. Never forget this; let your minds be filled with this truth; to make it known to you I have assembled you."[11]:65
↑Also reported as, "No intelligent ruler arises to choose me as his master"[15]:39 and as "I have taught men how to live."[11]:38
↑Also reported as, "O Pericles! those who need a lamp take care to feed it with oil" (when Pericles visited him while he was starving himself to death after his exile).[15]:129
↑Alternatively, Alexander's last words may have been "tôi Kraterôi"—"to Craterus", the general leading his Macedonian troops home and newly entrusted with the regency of Macedonia, but with these last words being willfully or erroneously misheard by his successors.[8][20]
↑Also reported as, "I come of my own accord; why then call me?"[23] and "Earth, dost thou demand me? I am ready."[11]:188[15]:126
↑Also reported as, "Strike!"[17] and as "Here, veteran–if you think it right, strike."[37]:23
↑Also reported as, "It is well done, Eros, you show your master how to do what you had not the heart to do yourself" (to his servant, who had stabbed himself).[8]
↑Also reported as, "Livia, conjugii nostri memor, vive, et vale" ("Livia, live on mindful of our union, and farewell") (to his wife)[15]:21 and as "Forty young men are carrying me off."[37]:91
↑It is also said that Augustus' last words were "Behold, I found Rome of clay, and leave her to you of marble." This is not entirely incorrect, as these words were his last spoken in public.[33][39][40]
↑Three of the four canoncial gospels agree on the final sequence before Jesus's death: he consumed vinegar, made an utterance and died. Only the Gospel of John specifies the words Jesus said during his final utterance; both the Gospel of Matthew and Gospel of Mark mention him making some sort of vocalization. In contrast, the Gospel of Luke's narrative inserts a longer conversation between his fellow condemned that instead ends with the loud utterance being a quote Psalm 31:5: "Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit," a quote not found in any of the other three gospels. For more information, see sayings of Jesus on the cross. Further note that Jesus also has last words attributed to him after his resurrection and before his ascension.)
↑Marvin incorrectly gives Arria's date of death as "about the year B. C., 42."[11]:6
↑Also reported/translated as, "This side enough is toasted, so turn me, tyrant, eat, And see whether raw or roasted I make the better meat"[17] and as "This side is roasted enough. Turn up, oh tyrant great, assay whether roasted or raw thou thinkest the better meat."[37]:50 Lawrence is also reported to have said afterwards, "I thank thee, O my God and Saviour, that I have been found worthy to enter into thy beatitude."[11]:96–97
↑Also reported/translated as, "I am trying to lift up the divine within me to the divine in the All", "I am trying to reconcile the divine in myself [or, in us] to the divine in the All", "Try to reconcile the god in yourselves to the divine in the All", or "Try to reconcile the divine in yourselves to the divine in the All."[51]
↑Also reported as, "I have not so behaved myself among you, that I should be ashamed to live longer: nor am I afraid to die, because we have a good master", then shouting "He is old but good!" three times when Simplician was mentioned, and as "I see the Lord Jesus at my bedside, smiling at me."[8]
↑Also reported as, "Glory to God in the highest."[15]:168
↑Also reported as, "O Allah, be it so! Henceforth among the glorious host of paradise"[11]:114[17] and as "O Allah, pardon my sins. Yes, I come, among my fellow labourers on high."[11]:114
↑Also reported as, "Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost."[11]:12[17]
↑Also reported as, "I desire to leave to the men that come after me a remembrance of me in good works."[8]
↑This quotation is traditional,[8] and is described by Gibbon as "an authentic memorial which was found in the closet of the deceased caliph."[61]
↑Also reported as, "You urge me in vain. I am not the man to provide Christian flesh for Pagan teeth, by robbing my flock to enrich their enemy."[8][17]
↑Also reported as, "Lift me up that I may die standing, not lying down like a cow."[17]
↑Also reported as "To my Lady, the Holy Mary, I commend myself; that she, by her prayers, may reconcile her beloved Son to me."[17]
↑Also reported as, "Today, on the day of His Epiphany, my Lord Jesus Christ will appear to me, either for Glory, as I in my repentance should like, and as I hope, or for Condemnation, as others would like, and as I fear."[8]
↑Also reported as, "I shall gladly obey His call; yet I should also feel grateful if He would grant me a little longer time with you, and if I could be permitted to solve a question–the origin of the soul."[8]
↑Also reported as, "I know not to which I ought to yield—to the love of my children, which urges me to stay here, or to the love of God, which draws me to Him."[8]
↑Also reported as, "I commend myself to God, the Blessed Mary, St. Denis, and the patron saints of this Church" and "Father, into your hands I commend my spirit" (quoting Jesus).[68]
↑Also reported as, "The righteous wait expectant till I receive my recompense" (as members of his order knelt around his bed)[11]:59 and as "Welcome, Sister Death."[70]
↑Also reported as, "Commend your souls to God, for our bodies are the foes'!"[11]:115
↑Also reported as, "I will enter now into the house of the Lord"[11]:99[17] and as "We will go to Jerusalem."[11]:99
↑Also reported as, "Let evil swiftly befall those who have wrongly condemned us. God will avenge us."[37]:51
↑Also reported as, "No, I take God to witness I preached none but his own pure doctrines, and what I taught I am ready to seal with my blood" (refusing to recant).[11]:87
↑Also reported as, "Bring thy torch hither; do thine office before my face; had I feared death I might have avoided it" (to his executioner) and as "This soul in flames I offer, Christ, to thee."[11]:91–92
↑Year of death incorrectly given as 1492 by Salsa.[76]
↑Also reported as, "Those voices have not deceived me. My revelations came from God; and all that I have done, has been done by his command"[15]:121 and as "Jesus! Jesus![11]:92[17] Jesus! Blessed be God."[17]
↑Also reported as, "I pray you all pray for me"[11]:10[17] and as "Why should I die, having so much riches? If the whole realm would save my life, I am able either by policy to get it, or by riches to buy it. Fie! will not death be hired, nor will money do nothing? When my nephew of Bedford died, I thought myself half up the wheel; but when I saw my other nephew of Gloucester deceased, then I thought myself to be equal with kings, and so thought to increase my treasure in order to have worn a triple crown. But I see now the world fadeth me, and so I am deceived,—praying you all to pray for me."[15]:179–180
↑Also reported as, "O Florence, what has thou done to-day?" and as "The Lord hath suffered as much for me."[11]:143
↑Also reported as, "That is a great falsehood! As sure as my last moments are at hand; I never had a thought except of the most faithful and loyal devotion to my king nor had any other desire than to increase his dominions with power and ability."[8]
↑Snopes rates this account of Leonardo's last words as "Unproven".[86]
↑Also reported as, "Pity me not: I die as a man of honor ought, in the discharge of my duty: they indeed are objects of pity who fight against their king, their country and their oath....God and my country!" (to Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, who had expressed pity for him).[8]
↑Also reported as, "Master Kingston, farewell! My time draweth on fast. Forget not what I have said and charged you withal; for when I am dead ye shall, peradventure, understand my words better."[11]:185
↑Agrippa's last words according to a traditional story.[8]
↑Also reported as, "I pray you, I pray you Mr Lieutenant, see me safely up. And[37]:53[92]:51 for my coming down let me shift for myself",[11]:117[17][37]:53[92]:51"Stay friend till I put aside my beard; for that never committed treason",[11]:117 and as "Pluck up thy spirits, man, and be not afraid to do thine office. My neck is very short; take heed therefore and do not strike awry for the saving of thine honesty" (to the executioner).[37]:53
↑Also reported as, "Lord Jesus, receive my soul"[15]:20 and as "It [her neck] is very small, very small."[11]:19[17]
↑Also reported as, "Lord, open the eyes of the King of England."[11]:170
↑Also reported as, "Father, into Thy hands I commend my spirit" (quoting Jesus)[15]:177 and as "Yes" (when asked whether he stood by his teachings of Scriptural doctrine).[11]:102
↑Also reported as, "For the sake of the true gospel, given one by the grace of God, I suffer this day with a glad heart. Behold and consider this visage. Ye shall not see me change color. I fear not this fire."[11]:184
↑Also reported as, "I come not here to deny my Lord and Master."[8]
↑Also reported/translated as, "Let down the curtain, the farce is over",[11]:133"I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor",[15]:72[39][99]"I am just going to leap into the dark"[15]:72 and "Je m'en vais chercher le grand peut-être" ("I am going to seek a great perhaps").[11]:133[37]:34[99]
↑Also reported as, "My soul is as pure from trespass against Queen Mary, as innocence is from injustice; I only consented to the thing I was forced into."[15]:12
↑Also reported as, "That which I said then I said, but that which I say now is true."[11]:187
↑Also reported as, "Good people, give me more fire" and as "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."[11]:82
↑Also reported as, "Lord receive my spirit."[11]:164
↑Also reported as, "This is the hand that wrote it, and therefore shall it suffer first punishment" (referring to his right hand, with which he had signed his recantations) and "I have sinned, in that I have signed with my hand what I did not believe with my heart. When the flames are lit, this hand shall be the first to burn",[93] or "That unworthy hand! That unworthy hand!",[17] after which he reportedly thrust his right hand into the heart of the fire.
↑Also reported as, "Keep the rats away now that I am all greased up."[8][102]
↑Year of death incorrectly given by Marvin as 1568.[11]:111
↑Also reported as, "My soul I resign to God, my body to the earth, and my worldly possessions to my relations;[11]:24[17] admonishing them that through their lives and in the hour of death they think upon the sufferings of Jesus Christ. And I do desire that my body be taken to the city of Florence for its last rest."[11]:24–25
↑Also reported as, "Live in Christ, live in Christ, and the flesh need not fear death."[11]:96
↑Also reported as, "Lord, now is the time to arise and go! The good time which I welcome, which is Thy will; the hour when I must leave my exile, and my soul shall enjoy the fulfillment of all her desire!"[70]
↑Also reported as, "Tie a rope round my body, pull me out of bed, and lay me in ashes, that I may die with repentant prayers to an offended God.[17][84] O! I in vain wish for that time I lost with you and others in vain recreations."[84]
↑Also reported as, "Who dares to take my head?"[76]
↑Also reported as, "Why dost thou not strike. Strike, man!"[11]:133[15]:69 Raleigh also said to his executioner, "Let us dispatch. At this hour my ague comes upon me. I would not have my enemies think I quaked with fear."[114] After he was allowed to see the axe that would behead him, he mused: "This is a sharp Medicine, but it is a Physician for all diseases and miseries"[39][114] (also quoted as "Doest thou think that I am afraid of it? This is that that will cure all sorrows"[99] or "'Tis a sharp remedy, but a sure one for all ills"[99]). Another version of Raleigh's last words is "So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lieth",[11]:133[99]"It matters little how the head lies",[17] or "No matter how the head lies, so that the heart be right."[15]:69
↑Also reported/translated as, "Be quick about it. Be quick"[8][15]:33 and as "Oh, God, what then is man?"[8]
↑Also reported as, "It is safest to trust in Jesus" (in response to being asked whether it was safer to trust in the Virgin Mary or in Jesus).[8][11]:14
↑Also reported as, "My name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, to foreign nations and to the next age" (the last line of his will).[8][17]
↑Also reported as, "Traitor, thou killest me"[15]:109 and as "God's wounds! the villain hath killed me."[11]:174–175
↑Also reported/translated as, "Your ungrammatical style is putting me off them."[37]:33
↑Also reported as, "I repent of my life except that part of it which I spent in communion with God, and in doing good"[11]:49 and as "Though of myself I have nothing to present to my God but sin and misery; yet I know He looks not upon me now as I am in myself, but as I am in my Saviour, and hath given me even now some testimonies by His Holy Spirit that I am of the number of His elect. I am therefore full of inexpressible joy, and shall die in peace."[110]
↑These last words have been misattributed to Robert the Bruce.[68][77] Marvin quotes the detailed story providing the context for Bruce's last words.[11]:22–23
↑Also reported as, "I am the King of Sweden, and I seal with my blood the liberty and the religion of the whole German nation"[15]:16 and as "My God!"[17]
↑Year of death incorrectly given by Marvin as 1633.[11]:37
↑Also reported as, "True glory is in virtue. Ah, I would willingly give all the applause I have received to have performed one good action more."[37]:45
↑Also reported as, "Be of good cheer, be of good cheer; whether we live or die we are the Lord's."[8][118]
↑Also reported as, "I have lived my life in a laborious doing of nothing"[84] and as "I heard your voice; but did not understand what you said" (to Quistorpius, a clergyman who had said a prayer in German).[11]:70
↑Year of death incorrectly given by Marvin as 1646.[11]:109
↑Year of death incorrectly given by Marvin as 1654.[11]:164
↑Also reported as, "Lord, forgive my sins; especially my sins of omission" and as "God be merciful to me, a sinner."[11]:170
↑Also reported as, "My desire is to make what haste I may to be gone."[11]:40
↑Also reported as, "How human you are still!" (to her weeping nuns).[8]
↑Also reported as, "Blessed be God, I have kept a conscience void of offence to this day, and have not deserted the righteous cause for which I suffer."[11]:171
↑Also reported/translated as, "May God never forsake me!"[11]:129
↑Also reported as, "I am taking a fearful leap in the dark"[15]:78and as "If I had the whole world, I would give it to live one day.[102] I shall be glad to find a hole to creep out the world at.[11]:80[102] About to take a leap into the dark!"[102]
↑Also reported as, "I am glad to hear it; but, O brother Payne! the long-wished-for day is come at last, in which I shall see that glory in another manner than I have ever done, or was capable of doing, in this world" (to Rev. William Payne, who had informed him that his Meditations on the Glory of Christ was on the press).[11]:125–126
↑Also reported as, "Don't forget poor Nell"[17] or "Don't let poor Nellie starve."[11]:33[15]:24[17]
↑Also reported as, "I have pain—there is no arguing against sense—but I have peace, I have peace! I am almost well."[8][11]:9
↑These last words are legendary and unconfirmed. Noyes is also traditionally supposed to have died by choking on his own blood 25 years later.[123][124][125]
↑Also reported as, "More rocks"[126] and "Damn you. I curse you and Salem!"[127]
↑Only the Gospel of John specifies the words Jesus said during his final utterance, though both the Gospel of Matthew and Gospel of Mark mention him making some sort of vocalization between drinking the beverage and dying. In contrast, the Gospel of Luke's narrative inserts a longer conversation between his fellow condemned that instead ends with Jesus quoting Psalm 31:5: "Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit," a quote not found in any of the other three gospels. For more information, see sayings of Jesus on the cross. Further note that Jesus also has last words attributed to him after his resurrection and before his ascension.)
↑According to Aviel Roshwald, the authenticity of Trumpeldor's final utterance is well-attested and not questioned by historians despite a widespread belief that they are apocryphal.[155]
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Further reading
Read, Michael (January 16, 2019). "What People Actually Say Before They Die. Insights into the little-studied realm of last words". The Atlantic.