Famous people tend to lose their inhibitions as they are dying and say things out of character that have been preying on their minds perhaps for years. Gyles Brandreth has collected last words all of his life. He has also found interesting epitaphs on the tombstones in the English-speaking world which tell a great deal about the people beneath. And for the third kind of last word, he has gathered the best rejoinders and squelches of an insulting nature which really ³put down² stuffy or interfering people. He reveals numerous gems of dark humor, genius and jest from famous people, and for good measure he has provided a quiz.