Business & Tech

24 famous business & tech and their final words

Business & Tech 1919

Andrew Carnegie

“I hope they would simply say I tried to live a noble life.”
Bronchial pneumonia Age 83
Business & Tech 1987
Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol

“Unknown — he died in his sleep following gallbladder surgery.”
Cardiac arrhythmia following gallbladder surgery Age 58
Business & Tech Unknown
Benjamin Guggenheim

Benjamin Guggenheim

“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Business & Tech N/A — Still Living
Bill Gates

Bill Gates

“Still alive — co-founded Microsoft.”
N/A
Business & Tech Unknown
Bin Laden

Bin Laden

“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Business & Tech Unknown
Charlie Munger

Charlie Munger

“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Business & Tech 1926
Claude Monet

Claude Monet

“I have always had a horror of the word eternal.”
Lung cancer Age 86
Business & Tech 1910

Florence Nightingale

“She died peacefully in her sleep.”
Natural causes Age 90
Business & Tech c. 483 BC

Gautama Buddha

“All composite things decay. Strive diligently.”
Food poisoning or natural causes Age 80
Business & Tech 1947

Henry Ford

“I'll sleep well tonight.”
Cerebral hemorrhage Age 83
Business & Tech c. 30 AD

Jesus of Nazareth

“Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.”
Crucifixion Age 33
Business & Tech 1937
John D. Rockefeller

John D. Rockefeller

“I have made many millions, but they have brought me no happiness.”
Arteriosclerosis Age 97
Business & Tech 1999

John F. Kennedy Jr.

“Can you hear me?”
Plane crash into Atlantic Ocean Age 38
Business & Tech Unknown
John Jacob Astor

John Jacob Astor

“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Business & Tech Unknown
Madam Cj Walker

Madam Cj Walker

“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Business & Tech Unknown
Mohammed

Mohammed

“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Business & Tech Unknown
Muhammads

Muhammads

“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Business & Tech 2011
Osama bin Laden

Osama bin Laden

“He was shot dead during a raid on his compound.”
Shot by U.S. Navy SEALs Age 54
Business & Tech 1973

Pablo Picasso

“Drink to me, drink to my health. You know I can't drink any more.”
Heart failure Age 91
Business & Tech Unknown
Prophet Muhammad

Prophet Muhammad

“Into your hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit.”
Natural Causes
Business & Tech 1992

Sam Walton

“I blew it.”
Hairy cell leukemia Age 74
Business & Tech 1939

Sigmund Freud

“My dear Schur, you certainly remember our first talk. You promised me then not to forsake me when my time c…”
Physician-assisted suicide (morphine overdose) Age 83
Business & Tech 2011
Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs

“Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow.”
Pancreatic cancer Age 56
Business & Tech N/A — Still Living

Steve Wozniak

“Still alive — co-founded Apple with Steve Jobs.”
N/A