Last Words

And now, in keeping with Channel 40's policy of always bringing you the latest in blood and guts, in living color, you're about to see another first -- an attempted suicide.

-- Chris Hubbock, who shot herself during a broadcast

This is the fourth?

-- Thomas Jefferson, dying words

Such is life.

-- Ned Kelly, Last words, before being hung at Old Melbourne Gaol

Go on, get out. Last words are for fools who haven't said enough.

-- Karl Marx, dying words to his housekeeper

Drink to me.

-- Pablo Picasso, dying words

Why yes -- a bulletproof vest.

-- James Rodges, murderer, on his final request before the firing squad

They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist---

-- John B. Sedgwick, general, dying words, 1864

Crito, I owe a cock to Asclepius; will you remember to pay the debt?

-- Socrates, dying words

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