Religious Figures
44 famous religious figures and their final words
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Alexander Pope
“Here am I, dying of a hundred good symptoms.”
Dropsy and asthma Age 56
Religious Figures 2007
Benazir Bhutto
“Long live Bhutto!”
Assassination (gunshot/bomb blast) Age 54
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Bonhoeffer
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Religious Figures 1963
C.S. Lewis
“Unknown — he died at his home.”
Heart failure Age 64
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Carlo Acutis
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
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Christ On The Cross
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
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Christ Seven
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
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Christs
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
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Diane Hegarty
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“This is the end. For me, the beginning of life.”
Hanging Age 39
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Fidel Castro
“Unknown — he died peacefully at age 90.”
Natural causes Age 90
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Fred Rogers
“You make each day a special day by just your being you.”
Stomach cancer Age 74
Religious Figures 1881
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
“It is finished! I always knew that I would die on this day.”
Pulmonary hemorrhage (from emphysema) Age 59
Religious Figures 1978
Golda Meir
“She died peacefully in Jerusalem.”
Lymphoma Age 80
Religious Figures 1984
Indira Gandhi
“I don't mind if my life goes in the service of the nation. If I die today, every drop of my blood will invi…”
Assassination (gunshot) Age 66
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Jan Hus
“What I taught with my lips I now seal with my blood.”
Burned at the stake Age 45
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Jesus' Seven
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
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Joan of Arc
“Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!”
Execution by burning at the stake Age 19
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Joan of Arc
“Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!”
Burned at the stake Age 19
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John Huss
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
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John Macarthur
“Not applicable — still living.”
Still alive
Religious Figures Not applicable — still living
John Macarthurs
“Not applicable — still living.”
Still alive
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John Wesley
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
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Joseph Smith
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
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Kenneth Hagin
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
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Lonnie Frisbee
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
Religious Figures 1965
Malcolm X
“Brothers! Brothers, please! This is a house of peace—”
Assassination (gunshot) Age 39
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Marco Polo
“I have not told half of what I saw.”
Natural causes Age 69
Religious Figures 2013
Margaret Thatcher
“She died peacefully following a stroke.”
Stroke Age 87
Religious Figures 1940
Neville Chamberlain
“Everything would have been different if I had been stronger.”
Bowel cancer Age 71
Religious Figures 1940
Neville Chamberlain
“Everything would have been different if I had been stronger.”
Bowel cancer Age 71
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Oscar Romero
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
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Pope
“Into your hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit.”
Natural Causes
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Pope Francis
“I love you all. Pray for me.”
Stroke and heart failure Age 88
Religious Figures 2005
Pope John Paul II
“Let me go to the house of the Father.”
Heart failure Age 84
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Popes
“Into your hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit.”
Natural Causes
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Prophet Muhammad
“O Allah, with the supreme communion.”
Fever — possibly meningitis or poisoning Age 62
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Ravi Zacharias
“Not applicable — still living.”
Still alive
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St Therese
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
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St Therese Of Lisieux
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
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Thomas Aquinas
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
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Thomas Cromwell
“I die in the traditional faith of Holy Church.”
Beheading Age 55
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Thomas Merton
“I have lived my truth.”
Natural Causes
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Voltaire
“Now, now, my good man, this is no time for making enemies.”
Fever Age 83