32 Deathbed Confessions & Other Events You Didn’t Know About

When aviation pioneer Otto Lilienthal was on his deathbed after sustaining a fatal injury from a crash, his last words were “Small sacrifices must be made.”

27. On his deathbed, Walt Disney scrawled his final words on a piece of paper: "Kurt Russell."

28. When Roman soldiers stopped the late senator Cicero, his final words before dying were “There is nothing proper about what you are doing, soldier, but do try to kill me properly”. He then bowed to the soldiers and was promptly decapitated.

29. On his deathbed, the last words of the French Grammarian Dominique Bouhours was “Soon I shall, or soon I will die: both are correct.”

30. A gangster named Frank Gusenberg was shot 14 times in the St. Valentine’s Day massacre, but refused to identify his killer. His final words were, “I ain’t no copper.”

"Van Halen!" were the final words spoken by Dimebag Darrel (Darrell Abbott), former guitarist of Pantera and Damageplan moments before he was shot and killed on stage.

32. Elizabeth McWilliams was a nurse’s aide who took care of influenza patients in 1918. She worked tirelessly for patients before contracting the illness herself and dying. Her last words on her deathbed were “I am happy because I’ve tried to be a real American.”