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  2. List of last words (20th century) - Wikipedia

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    Geoffrey Saxton White VC, Royal Navy officer (28 January 1918), before being killed by a shell on the deck of HMS E14 in the Dardanelles during World War I "Throw up your hands! Throw up your hands!" [90] — Thomas Kane Wooten, Graham County, Arizona Deputy Sheriff (10 February 1918), prior to death in Power's Cabin shootout "Never." [91]

  3. Western Attitudes Toward Death from the Middle Ages to the ...

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    [17] Death, being sorrowful and ugly, was therefore denied. Expressing sadness or emotional turmoil, Ariès argues, is likely to be equated with bad manners, mental instability, and unnecessary morbidity. Referencing anthropologist Geoffrey Gorer, Ariès states that death has replaced sex as western society's greatest taboo. Children are less ...

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    Associated with dying cowboys, along with "Going to that big ranch in the sky." Go to one's reward [2] To die Euphemistic: Final reckoning, just deserts after death Go to one's watery grave [1] To die of drowning: Literary: Go to a Texas cakewalk [11] To be hanged Unknown Go the way of all flesh [2] To die Neutral Go west [2] To be killed or ...

  5. Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep - Wikipedia

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    The poem is recited at the funeral of Sir Freddy Butler (played by Joss Ackland) by Lady Annabel Butler (played by Siân Phillips) in the Episode 3 of Season 9 of Midsomer Murders ("Vixen's Run"). The poem was recited on live broadcast at the funeral of Michael Hutchence , the founding member and lead singer of rock band INXS , by his sister ...

  6. Deathbed confession - Wikipedia

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    A deathbed confession is an admittance or confession made by a person on their deathbed, i.e., when they are nearing death.. Such confessions may help alleviate any guilt or regrets the dying person has, by allowing them to spend their last moments free from any secrets or sins they have been hiding for a long part of their life.

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  8. 38 Best Dumbledore Quotes From 'Harry Potter' - AOL

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    Behold, below we've gathered 38 of the best Dumbledore quotes about life, love, friendship, Muggles, and, of course, magic. Related: 'Harry Potter' Actor Michael Gambon Dead at 82. Dumbledore ...

  9. Ingersoll Lectures on Human Immortality - Wikipedia

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    1966: Wilfred Cantwell Smith — Eternal Life; 1967: Jürgen Moltmann — Resurrection as Hope; 1968: Walter N. Pahnke — The Psychedelic Mystical Experience in the Human Encounter with Death; 1970: Elisabeth Kübler-Ross — On Death and Dying; 1971: Liston O. Mills — ? 1977: Jane I. Smith — Reflections on Aspects of Immortality in Islam