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    24 Of History's Most Epic Last Words

    "I'll sleep well tonight." —Henry Ford

    1. "Happy." —Raphael, Italian Renaissance painter

    2. “Swing low, sweet chariot.” —Harriet Tubman, American abolitionist leader

    3. “I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have.” —Leonardo Da Vinci, Italian Renaissance polymath

    4. "Fuck you." —Tupac Shakur, rapper

    5. “A dying man can do nothing easy.” —Benjamin Franklin, Founding Father of the United States

    6. “One never knows the ending. One has to die to know exactly what happens after death, although Catholics have their hopes.” —Alfred Hitchcock, film director

    7. “I’m bored with it all.” —Winston Churchill, former British prime minister

    8. “I’m going away tonight.” —James Brown, singer-songwriter

    9. "Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow." —Steve Jobs, co-founder and former CEO of Apple

    10. “I must go in, for the fog is rising.” —Emily Dickinson, poet

    11. "Pardon me, sir, I meant not to do it." —Marie Antoinette, queen of France

    12. "Yolanda, in room 158." —Selena, singer

    13. "You are only going to kill a man." —Che Guevara, revolutionary

    14. "Kurt Russell." —Walt Disney

    15. "I want nothing but death." —Jane Austen, novelist

    16. "Applaud, my friends, the comedy is finished." —Beethoven, composer

    17. "I hope the exit is joyful and hope never to return." —Frida Kahlo, painter

    18. "Why not? After all, it belongs to him." —Charlie Chaplin, comic

    19. "It's very beautiful over there." —Thomas Edison, inventor

    20. "Where is my clock?" —Salvador Dalí, surrealist painter

    21. "Pam, are you still there?" —Jim Morrison, frontman of the Doors

    22. "I'll sleep well tonight." —Henry Ford, industrialist

    23. "Don't be in such a hurry." —Billie Holiday, musician

    24. "Drink to me." —Pablo Picasso, painter