Infamous Last Words: Saint Robert Bellarmine (1542–1621)

Infamous Last Words:

Saint Robert Bellarmine, S.J. (1542–1621) was an Italian Jesuit and a Cardinal of the Church. He actively participated in attacking Galileo. He is most famous, however, for his last words. When asked, “Is it safest to trust in Jesus or the Virgin Mary?”

His last words: “Trust in Jesus. As for Mary, just don’t leave me alone with her.”

This is the first expression, in Italian, of the concept “Bros before hoes.”

Infamous Last Words: Saint Robert Bellarmine (1542–1621)

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Infamous Last Words: John Belushi (1949–1982)

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John Adam Belushi (1949–1982) was an American comedian, actor, and musician. Noted for his intense and energetic performances, he starred in Animal House and The Blues Brothers.

His last words: “Just don’t leave me alone with her.”

Infamous Last Words: John Adam Belushi (1949–1982)
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Infamous Last Words: The Venerable Bede (673–735)

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Bede (673–735) also called the Venerable Bede, was a Historian and Doctor of the Church. His his great work was The Ecclesiastical History of the English People.

His last words: “Hold my head, that I may have the pleasure to sit, looking towards my little oratory where I used to prey; that while I am sitting I may call upon my heavenly Father, and on the pavement of his little place sing, Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to … Eccch….

Thus he prayed on the floor, and when he had named the Holy Ghost, he breathed out his soul.

Infamous Last Words: The Venerable Bede (673–735)
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Infamous Last Words: Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803–1849)

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Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803–1849) was an English poet, dramatist and physician. He was obsessed with the idea of death. Unfortunately he was a fairly bad poet—despite his interest in suicide and morbidity and mortality. Weekly reports of his dispepsia were common. Eventually he succeeded (like the late Sylvia Plath) in committing suicide—often a good career move for poets. He swallowed poison and the doctor called to assist him, Dr. Eklin, failed to prevent his death.

His last words: “I wish my corpse to be burned in a funeral pyre by the sea” and “Please buy for Dr. Eklin one of those new devices—I think it’s called Reade’s Best Stomach Pump.”

Infamous Last Words: Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803–1849)

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Infamous Last Words: Johann Bernhard Basedow (1723–1790)

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Johann Bernhard Basedow (1723–1790) was the first educator to recognize the importance of exercise and physical education. He was the son of a hairdresser and was educated at the Johanneum, where he came under the influence of the rationalist H. S. Reimarus (1694-1768), author of the famous Wolfenbiitteler Fragmente (1744). Basedow published his ideas for his students so they might spread them over all Germany, and he engaged in this new project with all his accustomed ardor.

His last words: “I wish my corpse to be dissected for the benefit of Science.”

Some minutes later he called to his student, Emily Holstein, and laid his head on her breast, and said “but not so fast.”

Infamous Last Words: Johann Bernhard Basedow (1723–1790)

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Infamous Last Words: Dr. Thomas John Barnardo (1845–1905)

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Dr. John Thomas Barnardo (1845–1905) was a philanthropist and founder and director of homes for poor children, born in Dublin. He believed in helping the most vulnerable children and that no child should be turned away.

 His last words: “Syrie, you’re so heavy. Why don’t you rest on my face.”

Some minutes later she laid her breasts on his face, he gasped for air (several times) and died.

Infamous Last Words: Dr. Thomas John Barnardo (1845–1905)
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Infamous Last Words: Thomas Washington Barber (1822 - 1855)

Infamous Last Words:

Thomas Washington Barber (1822 - 1855) was an American abolitionist who was killed in Douglas County in 1855 during the fight over slavery in Kansas. As he was riding home from an anti-slavery meeting in Lawrence, Kansas, both he and his horse were shot. He fell to the ground.

Bancoft’s last words: “Oh. … So they hit me.”

He was preceded in death by his horse.

Infamous Last Words: Thomas Washington Barber (1822 - 1855)
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