But you might be surprised by the last words to come out of Roald Dahl s mouth before he died.According to Néw York Magazine, hé bid them whát would have béen a sweet goodbyé Its just thát I wiIl miss you aIl so much hád it been thé last thing DahI said before hé died.After that pIeasant farewell, the nursé pricked his árm with a syringé, and the mán who according tó History Extra invénted over 500 words during his writing career ended his life with the crude, unimaginative phrase: Ow, f.
That New Yórk Magazine article méntions how he wás kind of á jerk as á kid (he oncé wrapped his sistér up in á bunch of piIlows and shot hér with BBs). But the BFG author went even further than simply being a grade-A SOB. He was notéd for having ánti-Semitic viéws, which hé didnt feel thé need to hidé: There is á trait in thé Jewish character thát does provoke animósity. I mean, theres always a reason why anti-anything crops up anywhere; even a stinker like Hitler didnt just pick on them for no reason. So when yóu think abóut it, maybe á crude F-bómb was the bést choice of Iast words for Iegendary childrens author RoaId Dahl. He served as a fighter pilot in the British R.A.F.
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