What These Celebs Said Before They Died Is Simply Remarkable

[post_page_title]George Orwell[/post_page_title]
The 1984 and Animal Farm Author was only 46 when he passed away, which makes his last words even more sensational as they were “At fifty, everyone has the face he deserves”. Seems very fitting for the prophetic novelist. Orwell married his wife, Sonia Brownell on 13 October 1949 three months before he passed away at a wedding that took place at University College Hospital, due to his declining health. Orwell eventually died after an artery burst in one of his lungs on January 21, 1950.

Orwell’s death was extremely surprising since his health was only on the decline since he was diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1947, three years prior to his death. His wife took charge of his business and supported him the whole way through. During his decline, he also had several prominent visitors in the hospital, such as Muggeridge, Connolly, Lucian Freud, Stephen Spender and many more. He clearly was a very respected and loved man. He requested to be buried following the Anglican traditional rites, in the graveyard of the closest church to his place of death. However the graveyards in central London were completely full, and therefore his wife had to get his friends to find him a nearby church to his hometown and place of death, Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire.