we will all have them but these guys
really made them count welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 famous
last words
when it goes one in one out for this
list we’ve collected the best most
profound and most memorable last
utterances before deaths ever documented
we’ve not included anything biblical
however and last words based on myths or
legends do not qualify it to brew tea
then fall season number 10 one last
drink please Jack Daniel charcoal mellow
drop by drop for smooth sipping the
Tennessee way which is not the easy way
but it was his way Jack Daniel is so
embedded in the history of American
liquor even his last words are related
the exact circumstances of mr. Jack’s
death are contentious but the majority
of sources report that the great
distiller died from infection gained
after kicking his safe as he couldn’t
remember its code the infection spread
from his toes through his body and in
his final minutes he presumably needed
something to take the edge off the
experience for Jack whiskey was a
lifelong dedication and his dying wish
Jack damaged
tennessee whiskey number nine pardon me
sir i meant not to do it Marie
Antoinette
now you must bid farewell to your party
and leave all of Austria behind an
Austrian Archduchess who married into
the French royal family Marie Antoinette
is a famous figure due partly to her
supposedly extravagant lifestyle and
partly to her bitter end
a royal who lost significant favor with
her public before her demise the
Austrian woman as she came to be known
was an important character in the French
Revolution after house arrest an escape
attempt and imprisonment it was finally
her conviction of high treason that led
to her death her contrite final words
were not atonement for her supposed
crime however they were an apology to
the executioner for stepping on his foot
number 8 they couldn’t hit an elephant
at this distance John Sedgwick
well-known for the sad irony of his
final comment Civil War General John
Sedgwick stated this phrase right before
he was shot by a Confederate bullet
moments before falling to his death
Sedgwick was documented to be
questioning his men asking them why they
were flinching and ducking for cover
during the Battle of Spotsylvania why
are you dodging like this is what
preceded his memorable last words sombre
as it is Sedgwick answered his own
question
number seven damn it don’t you dare ask
God to help me Joan Crawford
now look Miller don’t go too far one of
these days I’ll call your bluff oh no
you’re not calling me I’m calling you
famous last words rarely get more badass
or blasphemous than Joan Crawford’s who
remained defiant until the last but you
owe it to your public the studio gets
thousands of letters asking for more
Joan Crawford movies that’s very
gratifying I don’t want to work
reportedly spoken in response to a
nearby maid who offered prayer at the
actresses bedside Crawford was not going
to let religious faith infringe upon her
final moments even though she identified
as a Christian Scientist later in life
the Golden Age icon was set on stepping
into the great unknown entirely unaided
and independent and besides what’s one
last curse between a woman and her maker
and as far as killing me well I don’t
think you’re that good a shot
number six Thomas Jefferson still
survives John Adams the second president
of the United States John Adams final
words refer to the nation’s third leader
do they think that we vote ire of
Independence that our nation is family
Adams and Thomas Jefferson were among
the last surviving signatories of the
Declaration of Independence when they
both died exactly fifty years later on
July 4 1826 of a disconcerting lack of
faith in your fellow man mr. a and then
yourself when I say yes and you display
a dangerous excess of faith in your
fellow man mr. Jefferson the pair had
been political rivals through much of
their lives before mutual respect won
out and they became friends in old age
Adams final phrase was difficult to
discern but is often cited as Thomas
Jefferson still survives survives
unbeknownst to Adams though Jefferson
hadn’t survived him as he had died
earlier that day
number five let’s cool it brothers
brothers brothers please this is a house
of peace Malcolm X who taught you to
hate your own kind who taught you to
hate the race that you belong to the
exact phrase spoken by Malcolm X seconds
before he was fatally shot varies from
source to source but his meaning is
clear we didn’t land on Plymouth Rock
Plymouth Rock landed on us an extremely
influential civil rights leader Malcolm
X was assassinated on February 21st 1965
by the Nation of Islam movement of which
he had previously been a member if I
turn around quickly and the next thing I
saw was Malcolm falling back in a decade
killed shortly after his own Muslim
pilgrimage to Mecca he had exhaustively
rallied for equality throughout his life
but sadly was still calling for peace at
the moment of his death number four I
know you’re here to kill me shoot coward
you are only going to kill a man Ernesto
Che Guevara Padilla
a leader of the revolution until his
last breath
when Che Guevara came face to face with
his executioner he understood that
despite his own imminent death his ideas
would survive the socialist icon was
captured by US backed bolivian forces on
October 8 1967 before being held
overnight and shot the next day
finished him off with another burst
something like nine bullets that entered
his mom Mario Tehran who had lost three
friends in a fight with Guevara forces
volunteered to carry out his execution
don’t shoot from here up shoot from here
down we go he supposed to die from
combat one just before Tehran fired
Guevara parted with a reminder that a
man’s principles do not necessarily die
with the man himself shoot coward you’re
only gonna kill a man in other words
you’re not gonna kill my ideas I don’t
know man
number three of course I know who you
are you’re my girl I love you John Wayne
an undisputed American icon John Wayne’s
final words are perhaps the most
touching of all in today’s top ten now
Katherine are you going to believe what
you see or what I tell you the model of
masculinity he succumbed to stomach
cancer in June 1979 but not before
leaving his daughter Aissa with a
heartfelt final message
well baby sister you better try and get
some sleep
Wayne’s condition had deteriorated
during the days leading up to his death
and he’d been slipping in and out of
consciousness the desperate situation
caused is’t to ask do you know who I am
Wayne’s answer was beautifully simple
and simply beautiful another day let’s
hope not a dollar number two last words
are for fools who have it said enough
Karl Marx one of the most important and
influential people of the 19th century
if not human history Karl Marx certainly
spoke and wrote more powerfully than
most during his lifetime
the author of the Communist Manifesto
and Das Kapital Marx’s theories and
thinking had a profound influence on
modern political economic and social
thought Marx believed that the pumping
out of surplus from the workers labor
power gave capitalism its revolutionary
force his final words were Joan Crawford
like in that they were spoken in
frustration at his housekeeper when
pressed for his final thoughts Marx
clearly felt as though he’d already said
enough
and it’s difficult to disagree before we
unveil our top pick here are some
honorable mentions
number one I’m bored with it all Winston
Churchill and for the good of all walk
together in majesty injustice and envy
the Prime Minister of Great Britain
during World War two Winston Churchill
is most famous for his rousing speeches
and never give up philosophy violent and
dire event will open if so we shall
confront them with fortitude that makes
his final words all the more potent the
wartime leader reportedly relayed his
boredom
shortly before slipping into a stroke
induced unconsciousness from which he
would never wake Churchill died aged 90
but had already offered his thoughts on
death 15 years previous I am ready to
meet my Maker he’d said whether my maker
is prepared for the ordeal of meeting me
is another matter clearly death did not
worry Winston why in our lifetime as the
long arm of fate reached out across the
oceans to bring the United States into
the forefront of the battle do you agree
with our list whose last words did we
miss what’s Spanish for a breakfast for
more unforgettable top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com well I’d rather say that
in the States there’s a law that has
recently been passed our decision handed
down by the court wherein if you call
someone an Uncle Tom they can sue you
for libel
really made them count welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 famous
last words
when it goes one in one out for this
list we’ve collected the best most
profound and most memorable last
utterances before deaths ever documented
we’ve not included anything biblical
however and last words based on myths or
legends do not qualify it to brew tea
then fall season number 10 one last
drink please Jack Daniel charcoal mellow
drop by drop for smooth sipping the
Tennessee way which is not the easy way
but it was his way Jack Daniel is so
embedded in the history of American
liquor even his last words are related
the exact circumstances of mr. Jack’s
death are contentious but the majority
of sources report that the great
distiller died from infection gained
after kicking his safe as he couldn’t
remember its code the infection spread
from his toes through his body and in
his final minutes he presumably needed
something to take the edge off the
experience for Jack whiskey was a
lifelong dedication and his dying wish
Jack damaged
tennessee whiskey number nine pardon me
sir i meant not to do it Marie
Antoinette
now you must bid farewell to your party
and leave all of Austria behind an
Austrian Archduchess who married into
the French royal family Marie Antoinette
is a famous figure due partly to her
supposedly extravagant lifestyle and
partly to her bitter end
a royal who lost significant favor with
her public before her demise the
Austrian woman as she came to be known
was an important character in the French
Revolution after house arrest an escape
attempt and imprisonment it was finally
her conviction of high treason that led
to her death her contrite final words
were not atonement for her supposed
crime however they were an apology to
the executioner for stepping on his foot
number 8 they couldn’t hit an elephant
at this distance John Sedgwick
well-known for the sad irony of his
final comment Civil War General John
Sedgwick stated this phrase right before
he was shot by a Confederate bullet
moments before falling to his death
Sedgwick was documented to be
questioning his men asking them why they
were flinching and ducking for cover
during the Battle of Spotsylvania why
are you dodging like this is what
preceded his memorable last words sombre
as it is Sedgwick answered his own
question
number seven damn it don’t you dare ask
God to help me Joan Crawford
now look Miller don’t go too far one of
these days I’ll call your bluff oh no
you’re not calling me I’m calling you
famous last words rarely get more badass
or blasphemous than Joan Crawford’s who
remained defiant until the last but you
owe it to your public the studio gets
thousands of letters asking for more
Joan Crawford movies that’s very
gratifying I don’t want to work
reportedly spoken in response to a
nearby maid who offered prayer at the
actresses bedside Crawford was not going
to let religious faith infringe upon her
final moments even though she identified
as a Christian Scientist later in life
the Golden Age icon was set on stepping
into the great unknown entirely unaided
and independent and besides what’s one
last curse between a woman and her maker
and as far as killing me well I don’t
think you’re that good a shot
number six Thomas Jefferson still
survives John Adams the second president
of the United States John Adams final
words refer to the nation’s third leader
do they think that we vote ire of
Independence that our nation is family
Adams and Thomas Jefferson were among
the last surviving signatories of the
Declaration of Independence when they
both died exactly fifty years later on
July 4 1826 of a disconcerting lack of
faith in your fellow man mr. a and then
yourself when I say yes and you display
a dangerous excess of faith in your
fellow man mr. Jefferson the pair had
been political rivals through much of
their lives before mutual respect won
out and they became friends in old age
Adams final phrase was difficult to
discern but is often cited as Thomas
Jefferson still survives survives
unbeknownst to Adams though Jefferson
hadn’t survived him as he had died
earlier that day
number five let’s cool it brothers
brothers brothers please this is a house
of peace Malcolm X who taught you to
hate your own kind who taught you to
hate the race that you belong to the
exact phrase spoken by Malcolm X seconds
before he was fatally shot varies from
source to source but his meaning is
clear we didn’t land on Plymouth Rock
Plymouth Rock landed on us an extremely
influential civil rights leader Malcolm
X was assassinated on February 21st 1965
by the Nation of Islam movement of which
he had previously been a member if I
turn around quickly and the next thing I
saw was Malcolm falling back in a decade
killed shortly after his own Muslim
pilgrimage to Mecca he had exhaustively
rallied for equality throughout his life
but sadly was still calling for peace at
the moment of his death number four I
know you’re here to kill me shoot coward
you are only going to kill a man Ernesto
Che Guevara Padilla
a leader of the revolution until his
last breath
when Che Guevara came face to face with
his executioner he understood that
despite his own imminent death his ideas
would survive the socialist icon was
captured by US backed bolivian forces on
October 8 1967 before being held
overnight and shot the next day
finished him off with another burst
something like nine bullets that entered
his mom Mario Tehran who had lost three
friends in a fight with Guevara forces
volunteered to carry out his execution
don’t shoot from here up shoot from here
down we go he supposed to die from
combat one just before Tehran fired
Guevara parted with a reminder that a
man’s principles do not necessarily die
with the man himself shoot coward you’re
only gonna kill a man in other words
you’re not gonna kill my ideas I don’t
know man
number three of course I know who you
are you’re my girl I love you John Wayne
an undisputed American icon John Wayne’s
final words are perhaps the most
touching of all in today’s top ten now
Katherine are you going to believe what
you see or what I tell you the model of
masculinity he succumbed to stomach
cancer in June 1979 but not before
leaving his daughter Aissa with a
heartfelt final message
well baby sister you better try and get
some sleep
Wayne’s condition had deteriorated
during the days leading up to his death
and he’d been slipping in and out of
consciousness the desperate situation
caused is’t to ask do you know who I am
Wayne’s answer was beautifully simple
and simply beautiful another day let’s
hope not a dollar number two last words
are for fools who have it said enough
Karl Marx one of the most important and
influential people of the 19th century
if not human history Karl Marx certainly
spoke and wrote more powerfully than
most during his lifetime
the author of the Communist Manifesto
and Das Kapital Marx’s theories and
thinking had a profound influence on
modern political economic and social
thought Marx believed that the pumping
out of surplus from the workers labor
power gave capitalism its revolutionary
force his final words were Joan Crawford
like in that they were spoken in
frustration at his housekeeper when
pressed for his final thoughts Marx
clearly felt as though he’d already said
enough
and it’s difficult to disagree before we
unveil our top pick here are some
honorable mentions
number one I’m bored with it all Winston
Churchill and for the good of all walk
together in majesty injustice and envy
the Prime Minister of Great Britain
during World War two Winston Churchill
is most famous for his rousing speeches
and never give up philosophy violent and
dire event will open if so we shall
confront them with fortitude that makes
his final words all the more potent the
wartime leader reportedly relayed his
boredom
shortly before slipping into a stroke
induced unconsciousness from which he
would never wake Churchill died aged 90
but had already offered his thoughts on
death 15 years previous I am ready to
meet my Maker he’d said whether my maker
is prepared for the ordeal of meeting me
is another matter clearly death did not
worry Winston why in our lifetime as the
long arm of fate reached out across the
oceans to bring the United States into
the forefront of the battle do you agree
with our list whose last words did we
miss what’s Spanish for a breakfast for
more unforgettable top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com well I’d rather say that
in the States there’s a law that has
recently been passed our decision handed
down by the court wherein if you call
someone an Uncle Tom they can sue you
for libel
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