Famous Last Words: 37 Icons & Their Apparent Final Thoughts – Part 2

American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer’s last words were “I don't care if I live or die. Go ahead and kill me” to the fellow inmate who was just about to beat him to death.

27. The last words of Irish playwright Oscar Wilde were "My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us has to go.

28. American criminal John Frederick Thanos’ last word was "Adios."

29. In 79 AD, as the Emperor Vespasian neared death, he said “Vae! Puto deus fio” which can be translated to “Dammit! I think I'm becoming a god.” He later died of a sudden attack of diarrhea.

30. The last words of convicted war criminal Harry Morant to his firing squad was "Shoot straight, you bastards. Don't make a mess of it!"

The last words of the first president of the United States George Washington reassuring his secretary were "Tiss well. I die hard, but I am not afraid to go."

32. The last words of American serial killer Ted Bundy was "Give my love to my family and friends."

33. Venetian traveler Marco Polo's last words were "I have not told half of what I saw."

34. Benito Mussolini's last words were "Shoot me in the chest!", while facing a partisan leader.

35. Italian artist Raphael's last word was “Happy.”

English writer Virginia Woolf addressed her husband Leonard in her suicide note. Her last written words were "I don’t think two people could have been happier than we have been."

37. American aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart (c. 2 July 1937), reporting to her headquarters in her last known radio transmission was "We are running on line north and south", shortly before her disappearance.