pt barnum

[mr. piper]

apparently PT BARNUM, the U,S. showman was present at the death of his human cannonball performer who missed the landing net and died instantly,  then said "HOW WILL I EVER FIND ANOTHER MAN OF HIS CALIBRE?"

A cracking one liner. one of the king Georges as he died supposedly said "****** BOGNOR" and Sir Alfred Mcalpine, the builders last words were "KEEP BIG PADDY ON THE BACK OF THE MIXER!"    

Has anyone else got anecdotes  of this type to contribute?

[Quizmonster]

Click http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/6537/ for a website with lots of "famous last words".

[ann_h]

Spike Milligan asked for his headstone to read..

"I TOLD you I was ill"

[Skids]

The last words of Mel Blanc, the original voice of Bugs Bunny, were, in Bugs' voice, 'That's all folks.'

[delilahcat]

My favourite has always been the last words supposedly spoken by Oscar Wilde: Either that wallpaper goes or I do.

And the last words of General Sedgwick at a battle in the American Civil war were: They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist....

[jno]

There's a gravestone in Key West, Florida, saying 'I told you I was ill' - there a long time before Milligan died. You'll have to do better than that, Spike.

Apparently there's a tomb somewhere - I've read about it but not seen it - of an army officer, which records that he was accidentally shot by his orderly and concludes 'Well done thou good and faithful servant'.

[Haggisdj]

Custer's were, "Where did all them injuns come from", and the Mayor of Hiroshima's could have been, "What was that?"

[zmudge]

The famous epitaph for Sir John Vanbrugh, the architect of several gargantuan edifices, is:
"Lie heavy on him, earth, for he
 Laid many a heavy load on thee!"

[jno]

Oh, here's one from The Faber Book of Epigrams and Epitaphs:

'Here lie the bones of Elizabeth Charlotte

That was born a virgin and died a harlot

She was aye a virgin at seventeen

An extraordinary thing for Aberdeen'

[mr. piper]

at the battle 0f 1066 harold was supposed to have said  "Watch what you're doing with that arrow, you'll have some ******* eye out!"