People of Reddit who have heard someone say their “dying words,” what were they and how did they impact you?

1. My grandpa had Alzheimer’s. I don’t think he could speak for the last month of his life. I don’t believe he said anything close to his death. Before he entirely lost his speech though, I was visiting him in the nursing home. He looked up at me with the most love and happiness I had ever seen on his face and said, “Irma?” Irma was his first wife who committed suicide before he ever met my grandmother. My grandmother was horribly abusive to him and never allowed anyone to talk about Irma, including my aunt who was Irma’s only daughter. It broke my heart that he didn’t know me, but I was thankful he had forgotten what happened to her. It’s fitting that was the last thing I ever heard him say. Edit: Wow. Thank you for all the comments and the gold. I’m amazed by how many people read and appreciated my grandpa’s story. I know he would be touched.
   — roseangel663


2. My father had been moved to hospice and I had been called to come because he was going to die soon. When my father saw me, he said, "I know why you're here," (looks at my sister) because *she* thinks I'm going to die (turns to me), but I'm not gonna do it!" He never spoke again, slipped into a coma and died three days later. My Dad. Stubborn fellow.
   — HillbillyBorg


3. “Save my baby.” I was doing a impromptu c-spine on a woman in a car crash. She said it right before she passed out. She was 5 months pregnant. I’ll never forget her voice. Edit: a c-spine is a technique used to help people who may have suffered neck/spine trauma keep from further injuring themselves. You basically hold their head for them until a backboard or collar can be applied. I was off duty on my way to buy paint and was trying to help until paramedics arrived with proper equipment.
   — knowledgekills12






4. "I want to go now". From my grandad who had spent days being kept alive by machines, he said that just after the last of our family arrived to say goodbye.
   — b-3po


5. My uncle died when he was 22 (I was 19). When hospice came they told him they couldn’t leave without him understanding that he’s dying. After the nurse left he told me, “call my friends. I want to see everyone before I die. But not the shitheads, don’t call them”. It was so funny and heartbreaking at the same time. They weren’t his final words but that night he died and it was devastating. But I always think back to the things he said to us that final night. So many funny and wonderful things that were also so heartbreaking
   — IAmUnicornia


6. My dad loved us kids, but he ADORED our mama. We always knew mama came first. They'd been married 54 years when he had a severe reaction to his first (only) chemo treatment and died within a week. His last words were an answer to my question, "Do you want mama to lie with you?" He said yes. My brother and I moved him to the side of the bed the helped our mom crawl up on the bed and lie in his arms. My dad never opened his eyes but he puckered his lips for a kiss and mom gave him a kiss. It was the most awful, beautiful thing I have ever seen. He lived a few more days but never regained consciousness. I took a picture because it was so beautifully sad, one day after my mom has passed I will share it, as it truly is the face of love and devotion.
   — slhopper






7. My brother was briefly conscious and said to me "I was dreaming." He died shortly afterward. After nine years with ALS, I hope it was a good dream. But it somehow made me realize what a lot of fun we had growing up together. That was 18 years ago and I still miss him every day. EDIT: Many thanks, kind internet strangers.
   — Nagsheadlocal


8. Worked as a career for elderly people. One lady was 92, had been married for 70 years to her husband who passed away 1 week before. He told her he’d “wait by their tree with the roses for her” because she was scared to die. When it came to be her turn, she woke up for the first time in days, opened her eyes and said “I knew you’d be there waiting” and passed away. Just shows that some people are made to be together. Made us all cry though.
   — kimmil23


9. After a number of strokes and living in an assisted care facility, my dad's organs were starting to give up. He was adamant about not receiving any treatment and we respected that so we knew it would only be a matter of days. The last time I visited him before he slipped into a coma I told him I loved him when I left - like I always did. He said: "I love you too, my girl." At that stage he had barely been able to make himself understandable for months because the strokes had severely affected his speech. He was the best dad ever and although we knew how much he loved us, he was not one to say it often. Those few words gave me peace. And that's the best thing one can ask for when a loved one dies.
   — NauntyNienel






10. My father passed after a long battle with cancer when I was 15. His last words to me were “You will always be my favorite memory”. The cancer was affecting his brain at that point, so it was one of the only lucid ish things he said to me that day. Got it tattooed to me the day I turned 18.
    — hails224


11. A customer was complaining to me about his rental car's auto stop feature. Then he started making a death rattle sound and fell to the ground with a heart attack. It felt like it took the medics forever to get there, and afaik he didnt make it. It bothered me for a while that I was part of what was most likely this man's last conversation, and it was so meaningless, and he was at the airport by himself. It was so sad.
    — stitchedlamb


12. My mother's last rational words to me, before she went to sleep for a week and the dementia and cancer took her, were "I fucking hate this."
    — HavTuf






13. "That really fucking hurt," said by the 16-year-old who ran a stop sign in front of my truck. He'd been drinking, celebrating getting his driver's license at about 2:30 p.m., April 25, 1986. I gave up driving for more than a month. Stopped eating and taking care of myself until I got therapy.
    — MrDreamThief


14. Was in the back of an ambulance doing CPR, defibrillated the guy, he came around for a second, looked us dead in the eye and said calmly and clearly "could I please have another pillow", then he died.
    — Gnarbuttah