美国前总统乔治·赫伯特·沃克·布什办公室11月30日晚发表声明说老布什于美国中部时间当晚10时(北京时间12月1日12时)许在休斯敦去世,享年94岁。《纽约时报》曝光了老布什过世前说的最后一句话。
《纽约时报》称,过去几天,老布什的身体状况每况愈下,不吃不喝,下不了床,大部分时间都是在睡眠中度过。他的老朋友和美国前国务卿詹姆斯·贝克于30日早上来到老布什在休斯顿的家中探望他。老布什突然变得警觉起来,睁大眼睛问道:“我们要去哪儿?”“我们要去天堂,”贝克回答道。老布什回复道:“这就是我想去的地方,”13小时后,老布什在朋友和家人的簇拥下撒手人寰。
30日晚上,前总统乔治·沃克·布什(小布什)在达拉斯的家中通过扬声扩音器,向父亲老布什道别,小布什告诉他的父亲,他是一个“了不起的父亲”,他爱他,而老布什用他生前最后一句话回答道:“我也爱你。”
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部分美国已故总统遗言:
George Washington(乔治·华盛顿,1732–1799)
"'T is well."
“很好。”
John Adams(约翰·亚当斯,1735–1826)
"Thomas Jefferson survives." What Adams didn't know was that Jefferson had actually passed away several hours earlier.
“托马斯·杰斐逊还活着。”但他并不知道杰斐逊其实早他几个小时就去世了。
Thomas Jefferson(托马斯·杰斐逊,1743–1826)
"No, doctor, nothing more. Is it the Fourth? I resign my spirit to God, my daughter, and my country."
“可以了,医生,不必再努力了。今天是(七月)四日吗?我把我的心灵寄托给了上帝,我的女儿和我的国家。”
Abraham Lincoln(亚伯拉罕·林肯,1809–1865)
"She won’t think anything about it." His remark was to his wife, who was wondering what their female theater companion would think if she saw Mary Todd "hanging" on her husband so.
在剧院遇刺时,他的妻子“挂”在了林肯的身上,她很疑虑同他们一起前来的女伴会怎么想,于是林肯便对她说:“她什么都不会想的。”
Teddy Roosevelt(西奥多·罗斯福,1858–1919)
"Put out the light." He was speaking to his valet right before he went to sleep. He died sometime during the night.
“关下灯。”罗斯福躺下之后对佣人说道,之后在沉睡中过世。
Calvin Coolidge(卡尔文·柯立芝,1872–1933)
"Good morning, Robert." He greeted a carpenter working on his house, then died of coronary thrombosis shortly thereafter.
What he told a friend not long before his death is perhaps more fitting: "I feel I no longer fit in with these times."
“早上好,罗伯特。”早晨,柯立芝和在他家工作的木匠打了个招呼,之后,柯立芝因为冠状动脉血栓去世。
在他去世前不久,他曾和朋友说过:“我感觉这两天身体不太好。”
Franklin Delano Roosevelt(富兰克林·D·罗斯福,1882–1945)
"I have a terrific headache."
“我的头实在是太痛了。”
Dwight D. Eisenhower(德怀特·艾森豪威尔,1890–1969)
"I want to go. God can take me."
“我想走了。上帝会带我走的。”
John F. Kennedy(约翰·F·肯尼迪,1917–1963)
"No, you certainly can't." Kennedy said this in response to his fellow passenger, Nellie Connally, the wife of governor John Connally. She had just remarked, "You certainly can’t say that the people of Dallas haven’t given you a nice welcome, Mr. President."
Kennedy's last words were “My God, I’ve been hit."
1963年11月22日,美国总统约翰·F·肯尼迪遭暗杀。当时,他和夫人杰奎琳·肯尼迪在德克萨斯州州长和第一夫人的陪同下,乘着轿车,在车队中行进。据称,当时州长夫人奈丽·康娜利看着拥挤的人群说道:“你可不能说我们达拉斯人民没有热烈欢迎你呀。”“是啊,当然不能,”肯尼迪是这么回答的。话音刚落,肯尼迪遭到了枪击,“天哪,我被击中了”。
Lyndon B. Johnson(林登·B·约翰逊,1908–1973)
"Send Mike immediately."
“把迈克叫来,快。”
Richard Nixon(理查德·尼克松,1913–1994)
"Help."
“救我。”
编辑:周俊超
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