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All of us know that a time will come for us to take our last breath and leave this human body - yet, the people in this list decided to make their last hours wonderful by doing something they longed to do for a long time.
We live as if there are countless days ahead. We fail to seize the moment and grab the opportunities to enjoy life to its fullest, do things that make our hearts sing, or express how we feel about the ones we cherish the most. It always seems that we will be able to do that 'later', when the only thing we really have is now.
So, what's on your bucket list? Don't wait for later, enjoy your life now.
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#1
When 6-Year-Old Elena Was Diagnosed With Brain Cancer, She Began Hiding Hundreds Of Little Love Notes Around The House For Her Parents To Find After She Was Gone
#2
A Week Before My Grandfather Passed Away, I Snuck His Favorite Beer Into The Nursing Home For Him. It Was His Last Beer Ever
#3
Her Dying Wish Was To See Her Best Friend, Oliver The Cat, One Last Time To Say Goodbye
#4
Homeless Man Learned He Was Dying Of Cancer With Only A Few Weeks To Live And His Only Wish Was For Someone To Adopt His Sweet Dog, Baby
#5
Mom's Last Dance With My Dad The Night Before She Passed Away After A 15 Year Battle With Cancer
#6
Dying 7-Year-Old-Boy Tells His Seriously Ill Mother To Let Him Die So He Can Give Her His Kidney And Save Her
#7
Cancer Patient Mario, 54, Says Goodbye To The Giraffes At Rotterdam Zoo, Whose Enclosure He Used To Clean
#8
Five-Year-Old Girl Suffering From Cystic Fibrosis Is Granted Her Dying Wish To ‘Marry’ Her Best Friend In Heartbreaking Wedding Ceremony Just Hours Before She Passes
#9
Tattoo Artist Grants 12-Year-Old Boy’s Last Wish With Colourful Markers
#10
This Girl Gets Her Dying Wish Of Being Serenaded By Florence And The Machine
#11
Dying Dad Walks His 11-Year-Old Daughter Down The 'Aisle' To Give Her A Lasting Memory
#12
Single Father With Terminal Cancer's Final Wish Came True When He Found A Foster Family For His Four-Year-Old Son Before Dying
Peta Everton 7 years ago
Oh wow. That man would have been in the worst place mentally. Worrying about his sons future. So horrible. I'm glad he found a family.
#13
After 75 Years Of Marriage, This Couple Died In Each Others’ Arms Hours Apart
#14
Cancer-Stricken Son Holds Dying Dad's Hand One Last Time
#15
My Grandma Wanted To See The Ocean One Last Time Before Checking Into Hospice. Her Face Says It All
#16
A Former Show Jumper Crippled By Parkinson's Disease Fulfills Her Dream Of Riding A Horse For The Final Time At The Age Of 87
#17
Dying Vietnam Vet Asks For A Final Meeting With Beloved Horses Outside Hospital
#18
Dying World War Two Engineer Gets Last Wish Granted: To Be Reunited With Iconic Plane, After Bosses See Him Staring Forlornly Through Fence From His Wheelchair
#19
Tijn Has One Last Wish: To Prevent Children Dying From Pneumonia. So He Challenged People To Paint Their Nails And Donate Money. He Has Raised Over 2.6 Million Euros To This Day
#20
Hospice Patient Receives Dying Wish To Snuggle Some Kittens
#21
A Dying Homeless Man’s Last Wish Was To See His Dog One More Time
#22
One More Visit Home To See His Newborn Sister
#23
Dying Father Gets His Final Wish: To See Son Graduate
#24
North Carolina Neighborhood Celebrates Christmas In October So A Dying Woman Can Have Her Last Christmas
#25
Devoted Music Teacher Gives Last Lesson From A Hospital Bed As His Dying Wish To Pass On His Experience To His Students
Caroline Cassano 7 years ago
He must have been a great teacher, look how his students are trying to hide their tears.
#26
Dame Helen Mirren 'Knights' Dying Boy, 10, After Making His Wish For The Queen To Come To Have Tea With Him Come True
#27
Thousands Of Carolers Surround Home Of Dying Girl, 8, To Fulfill Her Wish For A Massive Christmas Sing-Along
Sherry Straus 7 years ago
Chills!! it must have been sooooo beautiful !! such sweetness this little one!
#28
3-Year-Old Old Girl's Last Wish Was To Meet A Prince And Princess
#29
James Wathen Is Reunited With His Dog Bubba One Last Time Before Death
#30
Father Dying Of Terminal Cancer Has Wish To See His Daughter Graduate From His Alma Matter Granted After Texas A&M Brings The Ceremony To Him
#31
Wyatt Gillette, The 8-Year-Old Son Of A Marine Drill Instructor, Was Named An Honorary Marine One Day Before Dying
Peta Everton 7 years ago
Oh that poor boy was so ill. Full of medication causing him to swell.
#32
Terminally Ill Air Force Veteran Granted Last Wish Of Sky Diving
#33
One Terminally Ill Woman's Last Wish Was A Visit To The Hospital To See The Scans Of Her Unborn Grandchild
#34
Jack Benny Arranged To Have A Single Red Rose Sent To His Wife Every Day After He Was Gone
Final score:
141points
#35
One Last Visit To The Grave Of His Daughter
#36
101-Year-Old Meets Newborn Great-Granddaughter Before Dying Days Later
#37
Dying Forest Ranger Was Granted His Last Wish To See His Beloved Woods One Last Time
#38
Last Wish Of A Terminally Ill Woman Was A Private Viewing Of The Rembrandt Exhibition
#39
Angel De Jesus Zamora's Wish Was Fulfilled When He Was Crowned Chief For A Day Because He Will Never Grow Up To Be One
#41
Jonathan’s Last Wish Was To Provide A Much Needed Irrigation System For The Mbuya Nehanda Children’s Home, An Orphanage In Melfort, Zimbabwe
#42
Kailem Married His Girlfriend, Brandi-Lee Wadwell, In A Small Ceremony By His Hospital Bed
Maria Martin 7 years ago
My cousin got married that way and 20 years later she is still single.
#43
Teenager Marries Her Terminally Ill High School Sweetheart In A Heartbreaking Hospital Ceremony Just Days Before He Dies In The Hospital
Jade Carver 7 years ago
This shows true love that she will be able to hold on to a little something of him forever.
#44
Dying Man, 92, Is Granted His Last Wish To Hold Hands With His Wife Of 66 Years As The Couple Meets For The Last Time Two Hours Before He Dies
#45
Miles Scott Got To Be Batkid For A Day
#46
Terminally Ill Dad Leads His Daughter Down The Aisle 2 Weeks Before He Passes
#48
Final Catch. Dying Vietnam Veteran Fulfills His Last Wish By Being Wheeled To Pond In His Hospital Bed To Go Fishing
#49
This Woman's Wish Came True When She Met Lionel Richie
Sherry Straus 7 years ago
Very kind of him to do this for this sweet woman. She must have had many wonderful thoughts and memories from this day.
#50
He Wanted To See The Dolphins Playing For The Last Time
#51
Dying Father Gets His Final Wish: To See Son Graduate When The School Throws An Impromptu Ceremony
#52
All This Woman Wanted Was Saying Goodbye To Her Animals
#53
Terminally Ill Groom Fulfills His Final Wish In This Last Minute Wedding
#54
All This Terminally Ill Man Wanted For His Wish Was To Go Home Again
#55
Linda's Final Wish Was To Raise Enough Money So That Her Parents Didn't Have To Pay For Her Funeral
Sherry Straus 7 years ago
No one should have to worry about that when they are faced with death. So heartbreaking to think this was on her mind when her wish should have been something other than worrying about money.
#57
Hospital Makes Exception And Allows Couple Married 73 Years To Be Together In Same Room
Final score:
94points
#58
Terminally Ill Patient Had "The Best Day Of His Life" When His Wish For The Last Ride Was Fulfilled
#59
Terminally Ill Star Wars Fan Gets His Dying Wish As He's Granted Access To Early Force Awakens Screening
Alusair Alustriel 7 years ago
I read about this one... ech... so sad, yet so nice that he actually could see it.
#60
A Scottish Teen Fulfilled His Dying Wish Of Taking His Girlfriend To The Prom
#61
Cancer Patient Fulfilled Dying Wish To Marry Former College Sweetheart He Dated 30 Years Earlier In Valentine's Day Ceremony
#62
Touching Moment: Crew Stand And Salute Dying Pearl Harbor Sailor As He Is Granted Final Wish To Board The Dewey Again
#63
A Costumed Worker Entertains A Smiling Patient On Her Classic Wish For A 3-Day Trip To Euro Disney
#64
Terminally Ill 14-Year-Old Girl's Last Wish: To Have A Prom
#66
This Woman Got To See The Beach And Feel The Sand One Last Time
Ashleyy Emile 7 years ago
This got to me the most... I'd be lying if I said i wasn't already crying through the other 67, but this one...feeling sand for the last time.. my biggest fear in death is not being able to physically feel anything..not emotionally.
#67
New Hampshire Teacher Harriet Richardson Ames, 100, Meets Dream Of Getting Degree A Day Before Dying
#69
92-Year-Old Grandmother Gets Dying Wish To Fly In A Rainbow Motorized Parachute Fulfilled
#71
Wedding In The Back Yard So Grandpa Could Be There To Give Granddaughter Away..
Final score:
61points
#72
I Didn't Have A Picture But My Grandma Wanted Her Entire Family With Her While She Died
Final score:
1point
Mike Fuller 7 years ago
I don't have a picture either, Julia, but my mother-in-law, in the last sentence I heard her utter from her hospital deathbed, said, "I wish I could go home and cook just one more meal for my family". The power of her words and the love they evoke reminds me how important the simple acts of just living are. Family and mealtime are everything. Your grandmother would be so happy you appreciated and remembered her desire to get her family all together.
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Amanda Panda 7 years ago
These are such beautifully sad endings to these people's life, and the last wishes are so diverse. You never really know how much time you have. Life is too short to go to bed mad, to not tell people how you feel, and to assume you will always have tomorrow. I hope all these sweet people are happy wherever their spirits have gone now.
John L 7 years ago
As I continue to age(I'm 72) I realize that I am getting ever closer to that "one last beer request". I hope there will be someone there to honor it.
Amanda Panda 7 years ago
These are such beautifully sad endings to these people's life, and the last wishes are so diverse. You never really know how much time you have. Life is too short to go to bed mad, to not tell people how you feel, and to assume you will always have tomorrow. I hope all these sweet people are happy wherever their spirits have gone now.
John L 7 years ago
As I continue to age(I'm 72) I realize that I am getting ever closer to that "one last beer request". I hope there will be someone there to honor it.
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