Famus last words
August 2003
Who said what to who on their death bed?
FAMOUS LAST WORDS
Supplied by Graham Forster
Die my dear doctor? That's the last thing that I shall do.
THE THIRD VISCOUNT PALMERSTON, 1865
Are you sure it's safe?
WILLIAM PALMER MOUNTING THE GALLOWS IN 1856
Do not leave me in suspense.
HENRI DE TALLEYRAND URGING THE HANGMAN TO EXPEDITE HIS TASK, 1827
I shall hear in heaven.
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN, 1827
So little done, so much to do.
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL, 1922
Don't let poor Nelly starve.
KING CHARLES II, 1685
I've had eighteen straight whiskies. I think that is the record.
DYLAN THOMAS, 1953
Graham Forster