1. Ernest Hemingway
He suffered a stroke outside his home and was asking to be laid on the ground.3. Voltaire
When asked by a priest to renounce Satan.4. L. Frank Baum
The author of The Wizard Of Oz was referring to the Shifting Sands, the desert surrounding Oz .5. George Bernard Shaw
6. Hunter S. Thompson
The last sentence on his suicide note.7. Henrik Ibsen
This was his response to a nurse who said he was a little better.8. Dylan Thomas
9. J.M. Barrie
Author of Peter Pan.10. Louisa May Alcott
Alcott did not have meningitis, though she believed it to be so. She died from mercury poison.11. Hans Christian Andersen
12. Jane Austen
In response to her sister, Cassandra, who was asking her if she wanted anything?13. Anton Chekhov
Dying from Tuberculosis, his doctor had given him champagne to ease the pain.14. Jean Cocteau
15. W.C. Fields
“Carlotta” was Carlotta Monti, actress and his mistress.16. Thomas Hobbes
17. Washington Irving
Speaking to his niece.18. Mark Twain
Speaking to his daughter Clara.19. Leo Tolstoy
20. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
21. James Joyce
22. H.G. Wells
He didn't know he was dying.23. Henry David Thoreau
24. Edgar Allan Poe
25. Alfred Jarry
