From the song "James Dean" on the album Carwreck Conversations (2004)
“I like Brando's acting … and James Dean … and Richard Widmark. Quite a few of 'em I like.”
Elvis Presley (1935–1977) American singer and actor
When asked to name his favorite male actors, in "Elvis Exclusive Interview" with Ray Green in Little Rock, Arkansas (16 May 1956), as published in Elvis — Word for Word : What He Said, Exactly As He Said It (1999)
Anastacia (1968) American singer-songwriter
"I don't fear death" http://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/mar/15/popandrock1, The Guardian.com, March 15, 2004. <br class="br">General Quotes
“I don't want to die. Please don't let me die.”
Hugo Chávez (1954–2013) 48th President of Venezuela
Last words (mouthed). http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/03/07/heart-attack-killed-suffering-hugo-chavez-head-venezuela-presidential-guard/ <br class="br">2013
Ashraf Pahlavi (1919–2016) Iranian royal
In Bitter American Exile, the Shah's Twin Sister, Ashraf, Defends Their Dynasty (1980)
“I don't want to die as long as I can work; the minute I can not, I want to go.”
Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906) American women's rights activist
Jack Handey (1949) American comedian
Saturday Night Live (1993)
“I just don't want them to change me, if I'm going to die I still want to be me.”
Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games
Variant: They don't own me. If I'm gonna die, I wanna still be me.
Source: The Hunger Games
“If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.”
Will Rogers (1879–1935) American humorist and entertainer
Edouard Manet (1832–1883) French painter
remark to his friend Antonin Proust; as cited in: Manet by Himself, p. 304; as quoted in The private lives of the Impressionists Sue Roe; Harpen Collins Publishers, New York 2006, p. 241
Antonin Proust had recently become minister of Arts in France
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