| Last Words (Date of Death) | Person | Context |
| I know you have come to kill me. Shoot, coward. You are only going to kill a man. (October 9, 1967) | |
| Is it the Fourth? (July 4, 1826) | |
| Hold the cross high so I may see it through the flames! (May 30, 1431) | |
| Tomorrow, I shall no longer be here. (July 2, 1566) | |
| I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis. (January 14, 1957) | |
| Hey, fellas! How about this for a headline for tomorrow’s paper? ‘French Fries’! (August 10, 1966) | |
| No, you certainly can’t. (November 22, 1963) | |
| Do not disturb my circles. (212 BC) | |
| I am still alive! (41 AD) | |
| Show my head to the people, it is worth seeing. (April 5, 1794) | |
| Damn it . . . Don’t you dare ask God to help me. (May 10, 1977) | |
| Why do you weep. Did you think I was immortal? (September 1, 1715) | |
| They couldn't shoot an elephant from this dist-. (May 9, 1864) | |
| I’ve had eighteen straight whiskies, I think that’s the record . . . (November 9, 1953) | |
| Ask Bailey what the box office was at the Garden last night (April 7, 1891) | |
| I knew it. I knew it. Born in a hotel room – and God damn it – died in a hotel room. (November 27, 1953) | |
| Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something. (July 20, 1923) | |
| This is no time to make new enemies. (1778) | |
| It's very beautiful over there. (October 18, 1931) | |
| I've had a hell of a lot of fun and I've enjoyed every minute of it. (October 14, 1959) | |