Funny how someone’s always hanging around to jot down the last words of well-known people.
These last words fall into (many) categories:
Incomprehensible: “Moose Indian” (Thoreau).
Moral / religious: “See in what peace a Christian can die!” (Addison).
Visionary: “Mozart . . .” (Gustav Mahler).
Egotistical: “What an artist dies with me!” (Nero).
Mysterious: “More light!” (Goethe).
Sardonic: “Are they lighting the fires already?” (Voltaire).
Stoic: “Livia, remember the days of our married life” (Augustus Caesar).
But let’s face it: the moment of death is probably very scary.
So let’s think of the boxer Buddy Baer, who sat up in bed a moment before he died, and said, simply:
“Oh my god, here I go!”
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