EPITAPHS

1. Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last. Martin Luther King

2. That's all Folks! that's all Folks! Mel Blanc. (cartoon character Porky Pig)   

3. Called back. Emilie Dickinson (me llaman) 

4. So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past (Cómo traducir el golpeteo de las palabras beat, boats y borne back? ... Y así bregamos, barcos a contracorriente, bogando sin cesar hacia el pasado.

5. I have nothing further to say.

6. Don't try. Charles Bukowski

7. A tomb now suffices him for whom the world was not enough. Alexander the Great

8. The best is yet to come. Frank Sinatra.

9. I may be gone but Rock and Roll lives on.  John Belushi (The Blues Brothers)

10. Here lies a man who knew how to enlist the service of better men than himself.

11. I told you I was sick

12. My brother was good at pissing people off (a head-scratcher: a mystery, a puzzle)

13. Damn It's dark down here

14. Well, this sucks (¡Vaya mierda! / marron, ¡Que putada!) (a man who apparently passed away at 45. Gone way too soon, and indeed, it's a bummer.

Go away. I'm asleep

 

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Epitaph. Full definition: A saying in honor of a dead person, often engraved on a headstone or plaque.

Definition of EPITAPH for Kids: a brief statement on a tombstone in memory of a dead person

Something written or said in memory of a dead person; especially: words written on a gravestone.

The Famous Last words of many celebrities are often intriguing, thought provoking and sometimes humorous.

The epitaphs can be found in crypts, tomb, graveyards, mausoleums and other types of last resting places. At this time they have the right and power to say whatever they want without any repercussions so they are invariably truthful and often controversial.

If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph: "THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD WAS MUSIC"                

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (1917-1963)
"If someone is going to kill me, they will kill me." (On arrival at Dallas)

Gandhi, Indira (1917-1984)
 "I don't mind if my life goes in the service of the nation. If I die today every drop of my blood will invigorate the nation." (Assassinated by Sikh militants the following day.)

Dean, James (1931-1955)
 "My fun days are over." (Shortly before his fatal car crash.)

Flynn, Errol (1909-1959)
"I've had a hell of a lot of fun and I've enjoyed every minute of it."

Eastman, George (1854-1932)
 "My work is done, why wait?" (Suicide note.)
 
Marx, Karl (1818-1883)
"Go on, get out. Last words are for fools who haven't said enough."

Danton, Georges-Jacques (1759-1794)
"Thou wilt show my head to the people; it is worth showing." (To his executioner)

Malcolm X (1925-1965)
"Cool it, brothers..." (His last words before being assassinated.)

Louis XIV (1638-1715)
"Why are you weeping?  Did you imagine that I was immortal?"  (To his deathbed attendants .)

Dickinson, Emily (1830-1886)
"... the fog is rising."

Coward, Noel (1899-1973)
 "Goodnight my darlings, I'll see you tomorrow." (On retiring to bed.)

Costello, Lou (1906-1959)
 "That was the best ice-cream soda I ever tasted."

Cleveland, Grover (1837-1908)
 "I have tried so hard to do the right."

Claudel, Paul (1868-1955)
"Doctor, do you think it could have been the sausage?"

Bevan, Aneurin (1897-1960)
 "I want to live because there are a few things I want to do." (During final illness.)

Beecher, Henry Ward (1813-1887)
 "Now comes the mystery."  

Beck, Martha ( -1951) (Murderess) 
"My story is a love story, but only those who are tortured by love can understand what I mean. I was pictured as a fat, unfeeling woman. I am not unfeeling, stupid or moronic. My last words and my last thoughts are: Let him who is without sin cast the first stone." (Before execution.)

The celebrated preacher and activist Martin Luther King Jr is famous for, among many other speeches and activities, the iconic “I have a dream” speech
Free at last, Free at last, Thank God Almighty. I’m Free at last.

I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter. ~ Winston Churchill

The best is yet to come. ~ Frank Sinatra

"This is it. I'm going. I'm going."

"Now I have finished with all earthly business, and high time too.

"I wish I'd drunk more champagne."

Don’t Try. ~ Charles Bukowski

So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald (same as the last line of The Great Gatsby.) 

Workers of all lands unite. The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it. ~ Karl Marx