NBA star Pete Maravich died playing basketball with friends. His final words? "I feel great."

The black box from an Aeroflot jet that crashed into a mountain in 1994 revealed that the last words spoken on the flight were: "Daddy, can I turn this?"

In 1981, Bob Marley died of melanoma under a toe nail after declining an amputation for religious reasons. Before passing, he spoke his final words to his son, Ziggy: "Money," he said, "can't buy life."

Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin was killed by a stingray. His last words were: "Don't worry, they don't usually swim backwards."

Groucho Marx's last words were a joke: "Die, my dear? Why, that's the last thing I'll do!"

In 1965 Malcolm X was shot during a speech in Manhattan. His last words were: "Brothers! Brothers, please! This is a house of peace!"

Wizard of Oz author L. Frank Baum whispered his final words to his wife: "Now I can cross the shifting sands."

Jack Daniel's last words were used in an ad campaign for his whiskey: "One last drink, please."

Oscar Wilde's last words? "My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us has to go."

At the guillotine, Marie Antoinette stepped on the executioner's foot. Her last words were: "Pardon me, I didn't do it on purpose."