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Last Words
- Waiting are they? Waiting are they? Well--let 'em wait." (In response to an attending doctor who attempted to comfort him by saying,
"General, I fear the angels are waiting for you.")...
- Am I dying or is this my birthday?" (When she woke
briefly during her last illness and found all her family...
- Codeine . . . bourbon." ~~ Tallulah Bankhead, actress,
d. December 12,...
- Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him." ~~ John Barrymore,
actor, d. May 29,...
- Now comes the mystery." ~~ Henry Ward Beecher, evangelist,
d. March 8,...
- Friends applaud, the comedy is finished." ~~ Ludwig van Beethoven,
composer, d. March 26,...
- I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis." ~~ Humphrey Bogart,
actor, d. January 14,...
- Oh, I am not going to die, am I? He will not separate us,
we have been so happy." (Spoken to her husband of 9...
- That was the best ice-cream soda I ever tasted." ~~ Lou Costello,
comedian, d. March 3,...
- Damn it . . . Don't you dare ask God to help me." (To her housekeeper,
who had begun to pray aloud.) ~~ Joan Crawford, actress...
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