Last words
Last words are the final utterances before death. The meaning is sometimes expanded to somewhat earlier utterances.
Last words of famous or infamous people are sometimes recorded (although not always accurately), which then became a historical an ...
are a person's final words spoken before death.
Last Words may also refer to:
History
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List of last words
A person's last words, their final articulated words stated prior to death or as death approaches, are often recorded because of the decedent's fame, but sometimes because of interest in the statement itself. (People dying of illness are freque ...
, collection of last words attributed to historical figures
Film and television
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''Last Words'' (1968 film), a short film directed by Werner Herzog
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''Last Words'' (2020 film), an American film directed by Jonathan Nossiter
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"Last Words" (''How I Met Your Mother''), a 2011 American television episode
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"Last Words" (''Line of Duty''), a 2014 British television episode
Literature
* ''Last Words'', a poem by
Emily Brontë
Emily Jane Brontë (, commonly ; 30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848) was an English writer best known for her 1847 novel, ''Wuthering Heights''. She also co-authored a book of poetry with her sisters Charlotte Brontë, Charlotte and Anne Bront ...
published in ''The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë'' (1908)
* ''Last Words'', a poem by
Anne Brontë
Anne Brontë (, commonly ; 17 January 1820 – 28 May 1849) was an English novelist and poet, the youngest member of the Brontë literary family.
Anne Brontë was the daughter of Maria ( Branwell) and Patrick Brontë, a poor Irish clergyman ...
published in ''Complete poems of Anne Brontë'' (1920)
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Last Words: The Final Journals of William S. Burroughs'', a 2000 book edited by James Grauerholz
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''Last Words'' (book), a 2009 memoir by George Carlin
Music
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The Last Words (band), an Australian punk band
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Last Words: The Final Recordings'', a 2011 album by Screaming Trees
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''Last Words'' (EP), by Ryan Hemsworth, 2012
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”Last Words” (Ai song), 2003
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"Last Words" (Ten Sharp song), 1986
* "Last Words", a song by the Real Tuesday Weld from ''
The London Book of the Dead''
See also
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Last Word
''Last Word'' is a radio obituary series broadcast weekly on BBC Radio 4. Each week, the lives of recently deceased famous people are summarised with narration and interviews with people who knew them. It is normally presented by Matthew Bannis ...
'', a factual BBC radio series broadcast weekly on Radio 4
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List of last words
A person's last words, their final articulated words stated prior to death or as death approaches, are often recorded because of the decedent's fame, but sometimes because of interest in the statement itself. (People dying of illness are freque ...
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Last words of Julius Caesar
The last words of the Roman dictator Julius Caesar are disputed. Ancient chroniclers reported a variety of phrases and post-classical writers have elaborated on the phrases and their interpretation. The two most common theories – prevalent as ...
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Last Words of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius'', an 1844 painting
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Sayings of Jesus on the cross
The sayings of Jesus on the cross (sometimes called the Seven Last Words from the Cross) are seven expressions biblically attributed to Jesus during his crucifixion. Traditionally, the brief sayings have been called "words".
The seven sayings ar ...
, also known as The Seven Last Words
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Last Words of the Executed, a 2010 book by Robert K. Elder
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The Last Words of Dutch Schultz
''The Last Words of Dutch Schultz'' is a closet screenplay by Beat Generation author William S. Burroughs, first published in 1970.
Based upon the life (or, to be more precise, the death) of 1930s German-Jewish-American gangster Dutch Schultz, ...
, an unproduced screenplay by William S. Burroughs
* ''The Last Words of David'', a 1949 choral work by
Randall Thompson
Randall Thompson (April 21, 1899 – July 9, 1984) was an American composer, particularly noted for his choral works.
Career
Thompson attended The Lawrenceville School, where his father was an English teacher. He then attended Harvard University ...
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Famous Last Words (disambiguation)
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