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The following is a list of last words uttered by notable individuals during the 20th century (1901-2000). A typical entry will report information in the following order: Last word(s), name and short description, date of death, circumstances around their death (if applicable), and a reference.
The following is a list of comic strips. Dates after names indicate the time frames when the strips appeared. Dates after names indicate the time frames when the strips appeared. There is usually a fair degree of accuracy about a start date, but because of rights being transferred or the very gradual loss of appeal of a particular strip, the ...
The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books. Only six books topped the list that year. The most popular titles were Gentlemen's Agreement (14 weeks) and House Divided, which spent much of the last quarter of the year at the top of the list and a total of 15 weeks at the top overall.
Created by Dayton, Ohio, publisher George A. Pflaum, who started Pflaum Publishing in 1885, [4] and debuting March 12, 1946, as Treasure Chest of Fun & Facts, [5] Treasure Chest was distributed in parochial schools and published biweekly throughout the school year until the 1960s, when it became monthly and doubled the number of pages.
Both Eastern and Western cultural traditions ascribe special significance to words uttered at or near death, [4] but the form and content of reported last words may depend on cultural context. There is a tradition in Hindu and Buddhist cultures of an expectation of a meaningful farewell statement; Zen monks by long custom are expected to ...
Amazing Heroes, Fantagraphics Books (1981–1992) Amazing Stories (1926–2005) The American Boy (1899–1941) American Health, Reader's Digest Association, (1981–1999) (folded into Health) The American Home (1928–1977) The American Jewess (1895–1899) The American Magazine (1904–1956) American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining ...
The following list ranks the number-one best-selling fiction books, in the combined print and e-books category. The most frequent weekly best seller of the year was It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover with 10 weeks at the top of the list, followed closely by Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros with 9 weeks. For a second consecutive year, Colleen ...
(15 August 2023). "Have fun." [255] — Jimmy Buffett, American singer-songwriter (1 September 2023), speaking his final words to his sister Lucy "Twenty-seven years ago, I was an alcoholic and a drug addict. I did things that have hurt a lot of people—not only the victims and their families and friends, but my own family and friends as well.