Famous last words from 15 iconic people

“I should have asked for a stunt double!”

—Vic Morrow, American actor, on July 23, 1982.

“We all get the same amount of ice. The rich get it in the summer. The poor get it in the winter.”

—Bat Masterson, gunfighter, on October 25, 1921

“A King should die standing.”

—Louis XVII, King of France, on September 16, 1824

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“Don’t be in such a hurry.”

—Billie Holiday, musical artist, on July 17, 1959.

“I am sorry to trouble you chaps. I don’t know how you get along so fast with the traffic on the roads these days.”

—Ian Fleming, English author, to ambulance drivers in Canterbury, Kent, England, on August 11, 1964

“I’m looking for loopholes.”

—W.C. Fields, comedian, when asked why he was reading the Bible on his deathbed.

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