Gore Vidal last words were "Stop it!", Writer, novelist, essayist and American Icon, Gore Vidal left a huge legacy behind him when he passed away. Many people don’t know that when he died at his home in Hollywood Hills, California, at about 6:45 p.m. PDT July 31, 2012, of complications from pneumonia, his last words were “Stop it!”.
Gore Vidal last words were “Stop it!”
People’s last words can be funny, poignant or somewhat nonsensical. Either way, they are often the way in which a person is remembered. As the living, we look to last words in an effort to glen some of our own personal meaning. What can we learn from someone who is close to the end of life? Some of the best last words of all time are:
“Is it not meningitis?” – Louisa M. Alcott, writer, d. 1888
“Waiting are they? Waiting are they? Well–let ‘em wait.” (In response to an attending doctor who attempted to comfort him by saying, “General, I fear the angels are waiting for you.”) – Ethan Allen, American Revolutionary general, d. 1789
“Am I dying or is this my birthday?” (When she woke briefly during her last illness and found all her family around her bedside.) – Lady Nancy Astor, d. 1964
“Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him.” – John Barrymore, actor, d. May 29, 1942
“Now comes the mystery.” – Henry Ward Beecher, evangelist, d. March 8, 1887
“Friends applaud, the comedy is finished.” – Ludwig van Beethoven, composer, d. March 26, 1827
“You be good. See you tomorrow. I love you.” Spoken by Alex, an African Grey Parrot used in comparative psychology research at Brandeis University.
“To the strongest!” Spoken by Alexander the Great.
