Thomas Jefferson--still survives...
~~ John Adams, US President, d. July 4, 1826
(Actually, Jefferson had died earlier that same day.)

A dying man can do nothing easy.
~~ Benjamin Franklin, statesman, d. April 17, 1790

Let us cross over the river and sit in the shade of the trees.
Killed in error by his own troops at the battle of Chancellorsville during the US Civil War.
~~ General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, d. 1863

Is it the Fourth?
~~ Thomas Jefferson, US President, d. July 4, 1826

They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist. . . .
Killed in battle during US Civil War.
~~ General John Sedgwick, Union Commander, d. 1864

I feel here that this time they have succeeded.
~~ Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, d. 1940

I die hard but am not afraid to go.
~~ George Washington, US President, d. December 14, 1799

I am ready.
~~ Woodrow Wilson, US President, d. 1924

This is the last of earth! I am content.
~~ John Quincy Adams, US President, d. February 21, 1848

I love you Sarah. For all eternity, I love you.
Spoken to his wife.
~~ James K. Polk, US President, d. 1849

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

Let's cool it brothers . . .
Spoken to his assassins, 3 men who shot him 16 times.
~~ Malcolm X, Black leader, d. 1966

I have a terrific headache.
He died of a cerebral hemorrhage.
~~ Franklin Delano Roosevelt, US President, d. 1945

Put out the light.
~~ Theodore Roosevelt, US President, d. 1919

Curtain! Fast music! Light! Ready for the last finale! Great! The show looks good, the show looks good!
~~ Florenz Ziegfeld, showman, d. July 22, 1932

Why not? Yeah.
~~ Timothy Leary, d. May 31, 1996

Do you hear the rain? Do you hear the rain?
Minutes before her plane crashed.
~~ Jessica Dubroff, seven-year-old pilot, d. 1996

Now comes the mystery.
~~ Henry Ward Beecher, evangelist, d. March 8, 1887

I die hard but am not afraid to go.
~~ George Washington, US President, d. December 14, 1799

Please know that I am quite aware of the hazards. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others.
Last letter to her husband before her last flight.
~~ Amelia Earhart, d. 1937

KHAQQ calling Itasca. We must be on you, but cannot see you. Gas is running low.
Last radio communiqué before her disappearance.
~~ Amelia Earhart, d. 1937

How were the receipts today at Madison Square Garden?
~~ P. T. Barnum, entrepreneur, d. 1891

I am ready.
~~ Woodrow Wilson, US President, d. 1924

I have tried so hard to do the right.
~~ Grover Cleveland, US President, d. 1908

It is very beautiful over there.
~~ Thomas Alva Edison, inventor, d. October 18, 1931