Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by his pen name Mark Twain, died at his home, Stormfield, in Redding, Connecticut in April 1910, at the age of 74 of a heart attack. Mark Twain recognized his daughter, and spoke to her. Feeling unequal to the conversation, he wrote with a pencil 'Give me my glasses.' These were his last words. . . . . Mark Twain was renowned for his use of humor and satire to address serious issues. Do you ever find humor in serious situations?

Oscar Wilde's reported last words, according to an obituary in The New York Times, were: "This wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. Either it goes or I do". Wilde died in Room 16 of the Hôtel d'Alsace in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris at the age of 46 of cerebral meningitis. . . . . . Many people are fond of Oscar Wilde's wit. Are you?

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, author of "The Little Prince", famously said: "If I am killed, I have someone to wait for in eternity", before disappearing on a reconnaissance flight in July 1944 . . . . . . Would you wait for someone in eternity?

Winston Churchill's last words, spoken to his son-in-law Christopher Soames, were, "I'm so bored with it all." He uttered these words after opening his eyes briefly following a stroke, shortly before slipping into a coma. Churchill died on January 24, 1965, in London, at the age of 90. . . . . . . Are you bored with it all?

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