"You're next": People are sharing the last words they heard someone say as they were dying, and they're not all inspiring
05/26/25 at 03:00 AM
"You're next": People are sharing the last words they heard someone say as they were dying, and they're not all inspiring
BuzzFeed; by Mike Spohr; 5/21/25
There's so much we don't understand about the end of life. Recently, we shared a post where Quora users shared their experiences being present for the final moments of someone's life...and hearing their last words. Well, as it turns out, BuzzFeed's readers wanted to share their experiences hearing someone's last words too, so we rounded them up here:
- ... "I'm going." ...
- ... "You're next!" ...
- ... "Look at all the beautiful flowers!" ...
- ... "I wish I was with you in Hawaii so we could walk together again." ...
- ... "Oh please don't sit there--my angel is sitting there!"
- "I'm a former pediatric emergency registered nurse and have a heartbreaking one. I'm crying even now remembering it. A 5-year-old girl was about to die, and she said to her mother, 'Oh, look, Mama! Grandma is coming to take me to that park! She said she loves you and we'll see you later. Love you, Mama! Bye bye.' She fell asleep. And she was gone 15 minutes later."
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