List of last words (21st century)
List of last words (21st century)
• Last word(s), name and short description, date of death, circumstances around their death (if applicable), and a reference.
2001–2009
"Okay, just wondering.": — Dale Earnhardt Sr., American race car driver (18 February 2001), after asking teammate Andy Pilgrim if he had any advice for him prior to his fatal crash in the 2001 Daytona 500
2001–2009
"It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.": — Timothy McVeigh, American domestic terrorist (11 June 2001). Convicted of the Oklahoma City bombing, McVeigh chose "Invictus" (Latin for "unconquered"), an 1875 poem by the British poet William Ernest Henley, as his final statement prior to his execution by lethal injection.
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