“If I die tonight, then I guess I die tonight
Let me go on.”
Conor Oberst (1980) American musician
Falling Out Of Love At This Volume
A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995-1997 (1998)
During the final confrontation in which he was fatally wounded, as quoted in Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains (1919) by Charles Alexander Eastman
“If I die tonight, then I guess I die tonight
Let me go on.”
Conor Oberst (1980) American musician
Falling Out Of Love At This Volume
A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995-1997 (1998)
“Let me die in my footsteps before I go under the ground.”
Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
Song lyrics, The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961-1991 (1991), Let Me Die In My Footsteps (recorded 1962)
“Max-Dogs, dogs, go away, let me live another day.”
James Patterson (1947) American author
Source: The Angel Experiment
Benedict Arnold (1741–1801) Continental and later British Army general during the American Revolutionary War
Unverified, but reportedly said by Arnold on his deathbed in 1801, requesting to wear the uniform of the Colonial Army from before his defection to the British, as quoted in The Picturesque Hudson http://www.kellscraft.com/PicturesqueHudson/PicturesqueHudson08.html (1915) by Clifton Johnson
“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