Early 20th Century

Agatha Christie

“She died peacefully at her home.”

“You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.”

B.B. King

“He died peacefully in his sleep in Las Vegas.”

Benito Mussolini

“Shoot me in the chest.”

“He died in his sleep at home.”

“That was a great game of golf, fellas.”

“Someday they'll go down together; they'll bury them side by side.”

“I'm rather too tired. Good night.”

Charles Lindbergh

“Is the minister here? Is Helen here? I have very little pain.”

“He died watching television in a friend's apartment.”

Chuck Berry

“He died peacefully at his home in Missouri.”

Chuck Berry

“He died peacefully at his Missouri home.”

Claude Debussy

“He died during the German bombardment of Paris.”

“He died peacefully on Christmas morning.”

“He died peacefully on Christmas morning.”

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“This is the end. For me, the beginning of life.”

“He died quietly at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital.”

Enrico Caruso

“I can't get my breath.”

“You are always wanting me to give up something. What do you want me to give up now?”

“How hard it is to die.”

Franklin D. Roosevelt

“I have a terrific headache.”

“This is a hell of a way to die.”

“Dying is easy. Comedy is hard.”

George Burns

“He died peacefully in his Beverly Hills home.”

“What is the answer?... In that case, what is the question?”

Gustav Mahler

“Mozart!”

H.G. Wells

“Go away. I'm all right.”

“He died peacefully at his Baltimore home.”

Helen Keller

“She died in her sleep at home.”

“I'll sleep well tonight.”

Igor Stravinsky

“He died peacefully in New York City.”

“He died from what was officially listed as uremia.”

“He died peacefully at home in Finland.”

“He died peacefully at home.”

“He was shot dead outside the Biograph Theater.”

“He died in exile in the Netherlands.”

“She died peacefully at New York Presbyterian Hospital.”

“I do not know — I do not think I will survive this attack. Stalin has finally accomplished the task he atte…”

Little Richard

“He died peacefully at his home.”

“Hey Ram! (Oh God!)”

“See main entry.”

“He died under mysterious circumstances in Rome.”

“I have always lived by duty and striven for perfection.”

“He died peacefully in his sleep.”

“Everything would have been different if I had been stronger.”

“Everything would have been different if I had been stronger.”

“He died peacefully in his sleep.”

Nikola Tesla

“He died alone in his hotel room. No final words recorded.”

“Good night, my darlings. I'll see you tomorrow.”

“Turn up the lights. I don't want to go home in the dark.”

“Don't worry about it.”

“He died peacefully in Philadelphia.”

Scott Joplin

“His final words are not recorded.”

“Dear hands.”

“He died alone in a clinic outside Rome.”

Thelonious Monk

“He spent his final years in silence.”

“What? What?”

“If I die, give what's left of me away to children and old men that wait to die.”

“On the whole, I'd rather be in Philadelphia.”

“That's good. Read some more.”

Woodrow Wilson

“The machinery is broken. I am ready.”

“She perished in a fire at her mental institution.”