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
“Unknown — he died in his sleep following gallbladder surgery.”
Cardiac arrhythmia following gallbladder surgery Age 58
Business & Tech Unknown
Benjamin Guggenheim
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Business & Tech N/A — Still Living
Bill Gates
“Still alive — co-founded Microsoft.”
N/A
Business & Tech Unknown
Bin Laden
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Business & Tech Unknown
Charlie Munger
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Business & Tech 1926
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
“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
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Business & Tech Unknown
Madam Cj Walker
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Business & Tech Unknown
Mohammed
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Business & Tech Unknown
Muhammads
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Business & Tech 2011
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
“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
“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.”
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