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Elvis Presley - The King had eaten four scoops of ice cream and six chocolate chip cookies before being found dead on the bathroom floor.
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George Armstrong Custer - This U.S. officer had roasted buffalo steaks, beans with molasses, roasted wild corn, and prairie hen as his final meal, according to Fun Cage.
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Jimi Hendrix - The famous musician had a tuna sandwich for his final meal.
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Mahatma Gandhi - He may have gone on a hunger strike but Gandhi was indeed able to enjoy a final meal before his death. He had goat’s milk, cooked vegetables, oranges, and a drink mix of ginger, sour lemons, and strained butter with aloe juice.
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John F. Kennedy - Before being assassinated, the 35th POTUS had breakfast at his hotel. He ordered coffee, orange juice, two boiled eggs, and toast with marmalade on the side.
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Grigori Rasputin - Rasputin of Russia ate honeyed cakes, Madeira wine, black bread, and Russian appetizers before his assassination.
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John Lennon - On the night he was shot, the famous Beatle had had a corned beef sandwich earlier in the afternoon.
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Ernest Hemingway - The novelist had a New York strip steak, baked potato, Caesar salad, and wine before he committed suicide.
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Jim Morrison - Jim Morrison (second from the right) had Chinese food prior to his death. He ate sweet and sour chicken with beer.
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Marilyn Monroe
- For her final meal, this blonde bombshell had a feast that was as fabulous as she was: stuffed mushrooms and meatballs with champagne!
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Cleopatra - The queen of Egypt's last meal was a basket of figs.
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Whitney Houston - Photos obtained by TMZ show Houston's final meal before her passing. She ordered hamburger, fries, a turkey sandwich, and jalapenos. A Heineken can and an empty champagne glass are also seen in the images.
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Brittany Murphy - The beautiful actress died in 2009 at just 32 years old. She had eaten leftover Thai food, Gatorade, water, tea with lemon, and noodles the evening before, according to MTV.
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Saddam Hussein - Before being hung, this president ate boiled chicken and rice, along with several cups of hot water with honey.
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James Gandolfini - For his last meal, this 'Sopranos' actor feasted on eight alcoholic beverages, fried king prawns, and foie gras, as reported by The Washington Times.
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Philip Seymour Hoffman - The American actor went to a burger joint for his last meal and enjoyed a burger, naturally, before his passing.
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Keith Moon
- Keith Moon of the The Who's last meal was breakfast. He ate steak and eggs.
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Cass Elliot - It was widely believed that Cass Elliot choked on a sandwich but this wasn't the cause of death. However, a half eaten sandwich was found so it is a safe bet that this was the last thing the singer was munching on before her passing.
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Liberace - The American pianist had a bowl of Cream of Wheat hot cereal with half & half and brown sugar, according to his cook, as reported in The Guardian.
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Abraham Lincoln - Before being brutally murdered, mock turtle soup, roast Virginia fowl with chestnut stuffing, baked yams and cauliflower with cheese sauce was on the menu the night Lincoln was shot, according to History.
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Princess Diana - Before the fatal car crash that took her life, Lady Diana Spencer ate at the Ritz Paris and had Dover sole, vegetable tempura, and a mushroom and asparagus omelette.
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Ronnie Lee Gardner - Before being executed, special last meals are sometimes granted to inmates before their death. Murderer Ronnie Lee Gardner, who was executed by firing squad, requested steak, lobster tail, apple pie, vanilla ice cream, and 7-Up, according to ABC News.
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Lawrence Russell Brewer - This death row inmate was the last to be offered a special meal before Texas changed this and started offering death row inmates the same, standard meals as everyone else. He requested two chicken fried steaks, a triple-meat bacon cheeseburger, fried okra, a pound of barbecue, three fajitas, a meat lover's pizza, a pint of ice cream, and a slab of peanut butter fudge with crushed peanuts, and three root beers. When his massive order arrived, he lost his appetite.
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Andrew Chan - Kentucky Fried Chicken was the meal of choice for this drug ringleader before his killing.
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Myuran Sukumaran - His partner in crime had the same.
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Timothy McVeigh - The man responsible for the Oklahoma City bombing opted for two pints of mint chocolate chip ice cream.
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Teresa Lewis - When this murderer was sentenced to death she requested two chicken breasts, sweet peas with butter, a Dr. Pepper, and an apple pie for her final feast, according to Mirror Online.
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Troy Davis
- This inmate actually denied the offer of a special last meal. Instead he just had the standard grilled cheeseburgers, oven browned potatoes, baked beans, coleslaw, cookies and a grape beverage, according to Wave 3 News. He was executed on April 30, 1991. See also: Criminal couples: The most nefarious unions in history
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The Last Supper: famous final feasts
Over the course of December 29-30, 1916, Grigory Rasputin was murdered. And how about that famous last meal?
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Whether the following famous folk knew it was their last meal or not, it is interesting to learn what many famous faces ate before leaving this earth! Be they an iconic celebrity, a powerful president, or even a famous death row inmate being granted his last special meal, check out this gallery to see what the following famous people munched on during their last precious moments.
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