Infamous Last Words: Martin Louis Amis (1949-2000?)

Infamous Last Words:

Martin Amis (1949-2000? [not actual physical death, but the death of the soul]) is an English novelist. best-known for the novels Money (1984) and London Fields (1989). Some people believe that he is still alive, but others insist that his body and soul have disappeared and been replaced by a misshapen and wizened demon who resembles a hairless Capuchin monkey and is constantly obsessed with sex—which helps to explain why the substitution has gone practically unnoticed for so many years.

His last words: “The point about Karen and her being nine-feet-six inches was that I was then about five-foot-two (and had only another four inches to go). Everyone kept saying to me, 'You'll suddenly shoot up', and, after a while I kept saying to everyone, 'What's all this about me suddenly shooting up! She’s 9’6”—how can I not shoot up?’”

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

Infamous Last Words: Martin Louis Amis (1949-2000?)

Infamous Last Words: Lt. Col. Norman Baesell (d. 1944)

Infamous Last Words:

Lt. Col. Norman Baesell (d. 1944) was an American flyer who was riding in an aircraft over the English Channel with famed bandleader Glenn Miller. Miller was on his way to a Christmas performance in Liberated Paris. The ride turned out to be fairly rough, with cold, ice and fog.  Heard over the radio were Glenn Miller’s last words, “Where the hell are the parachutes!”

The Colonel’s last words: “What’s wrong Miller? You want to live forever?”

Infamous Last Words: Lt. Col. Norman Baesell (d. 1944)

Infamous Last Words: Maximillian “Max” Baer (1909–1959)

Infamous Last Words:

Maximillian “Max” Baer (1909–1959) was an American boxer from Nebraska and one-time Heavyweight Champion of the World. He was also the father of of actor Max Baer, Jr. (best known as Jethro Bodine on The Beverly Hillbillies). He died in a hotel room, after calling the Front Desk and asking for a doctor. The concierge told him, “I will send up the hotel doctor.”

His last words: “I believe I need a people doctor, not a hotel doctor.”

Infamous Last Words: Maximillian “Max” Baer (1909–1959)
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Infamous Last Words: Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

Infamous Last Words:

Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626) was an English lawyer, statesman, essayist, historian, intellectual reformer, philosopher and scientist. Sir Francis (later Lord Verulam and the Viscount St. Albans) was a firm believer in the scientific method, and in 1626 was involved in experiments using snow and cold as a way of preserving food. In his last experiment, he thrust a chicken into a snowbank to see if the cold would preserve the meat. He contracted pneumonia shortly after and died.

His last words: “I believe I have proven that frozen chicken lasts longer than bacon.”

Infamous Last Words: Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

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Infamous Last Words: Eduardo Hidalgo (1838-1879)

Infamous Last Words:

Colonel Eduardo Abaroa Hidalgo (1838-1879) was a Bolivian military officer: He was a hero of the War of the Pacific and died defending a bridge over the river Topater.

His last words: “¿Rendirme yo? ¡Que se rinda su abuela, carajo!” which in English meant: “Surrender? Your grandmother surrendered, you bastard!”

Infamous Last Words: Eduardo Hidalgo (1838-1879)


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Infamous Last Words: Jonathan B. Aurthur (1948-2004)

Infamous Last Words:

Jonathan B. Aurthur (1948-2004) was the father of Charley Aurthur who committed suicide in 1996 by leaping onto a highway. Jonathan became obsessed with his son’s death and wrote a book: The Angel and the Dragon: A Father's Search for Answers to His Son's Mental Illness and Suicide. Over the next few years Jonathan became increasingly despondent over his son’s suicide. He also became obsessed with large bodies of water. Not to be outdone by his son, in 2004 Jonathan jumped to his death from a high and pronounced man-made reservoir in Angeles National Forest.

His suicide note read: “Best death by a dam site.”

Infamous Last Words: Jonathan B. Aurthur (1948-2004)

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Infamous Last Words: John James Audubon (1785-1851)

Infamous Last Words:

John James Audubon (1785-1851) was famous for his paintings of birds and earned the nickname: "The American Woodsman." At the end of his life he became rather eccentric. Devoted to birdwatching, his sense of his calling persisted right up to the end of his life, when he uttered what were apparently his last words: 

"Yes, yes, Billy! You go down that side of Long Pond and I'll go this side and we'll get those snipes!"

Infamous Last Words: John James Audubon (1785-1851)

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