The internet is full of claims about words famous figures spoke or wrote on their deathbeds — not all of them accurate.
Among other examples, we've looked into whether Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci and Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla spent their last breaths expressing regret over their life's work. We've also unpacked whether the scientist and evolution theorist Charles Darwin converted to Christianity while dying and whether a poignant final message attributed to NASA's Opportunity rover on Mars was authentic.
Below is a selection of purported dying words, speeches and conversions we've investigated.
