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Line 1: {{trope}} [[File:~~GoOutWithASmile_1503~~GoOutWithASmile 1503.png\|link=One Piece\|frame\|Sorry, but... I'm dead!]] {{quote\|'''Anakin:''' Now go, my son. Leave me. Line 14: The [[Mercy Kill]] may have the dying person evince some self-awareness to show this; similarly, this might be part of [[Dying as Yourself]]. Compare [[Died Happily Ever After]]. [[When She Smiles]] is this trope without the death. Contrast [[Tearful Smile]]. Often paired with [[~~Pieta~~Pietà Plagiarism]] and [[Cradling Your Kill]]. NOTICE: It is highly likely that simply reading through the examples will be a [[Tear Jerker]] for the reader. It is recommended that a box of tissues be handy~~. And it should go without saying that, being a death trope, '''THERE WILL BE SPOILERS'''~~. {{~~examples~~deathtrope}} {{examples}} == Anime and Manga == * The final episode of ''[[~~Ano~~Anohana: HiThe ~~Mita~~Flower ~~Hana~~We noSaw ~~Namae~~That ~~o Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai\|Ano-Hana~~Day]]'' has Meiko Honma aka "Menma" doing this during their final goodbyes. More exactly, she's already dead and a [[Cute Ghost Girl]], but stuck around due to having [[Ghostly Goals]] and these only were fulfilled by said final episode. * In ''[[One Piece]]'', anybody who has the "Will of the D." (as exposed by having D. as their middle initial) is guilty of this. ** Gold Roger, shown in the flashback that starts every one of the first hundred episodes or so. Line 44 ⟶ 45: * [[Key Visual Arts]] loves this stuff. {{spoiler\|Misuzu Kamio}} of ''[[AIR]]''. Her final smile {{spoiler\|for her true mother Haruko}} is so full of love and so darned ''adorable''. Similarly, {{spoiler\|Nagisa}}'s farewell to {{spoiler\|Tomoya}} in the ''[[Clannad (visual novel)\|Clannad]]'' movie and the Bad Ending route of the original visual novel, dying after giving birth, was a heartwarming smile of how glad she was to meet her daughter and to have met the love of her life. * It also occurs in the [[Kyo Ani]] adaptation, only subtler. {{spoiler\|Makoto}} in ''[[Kanon]]'', as well as {{spoiler\|Ayu}}, although the latter was [[Not Quite Dead]] after all. Line 67 ⟶ 68: * In ''[[Mobile Fighter G Gundam]]'', Schwarz Brudder and {{spoiler\|Domon's brother Kyouji, who he is robot replica of,}} smile as Domon destroys the core of the Devil Gundam. * In ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn]]'', {{spoiler\|1=Daguza Mackle enacts a plan that traps the Sinanju and gives Banagher an opportunity to activate the NT-D. After successfully trapping it in with Banagher (if only for a short while) and damaging its Search Eye, Full Frontal retaliates with a his shield-mounted beam saber, and Daguza uses what time he has left to turn to Banagher with a salute and a smile.}} * In ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam ~~Age~~AGE]]'', {{spoiler\|Yurin}} bears a [[Tear Jerker\|heartbreaking smile]] as she died. * {{spoiler\|Jonathan Joestar}} of Part I of ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' goes out with a triple [[Tear Jerker]]: {{spoiler\|his serene smile is intended for his wife, the readers/viewers, and ''[[Foe Yay\|the villain]]''.}} ** {{spoiler\|Jolyne}} from Part 6 smiles at Emporio before she faces off against Pucci one last time so Emporio can escape. {{spoiler\|Then a page and a half later, [[Curb Stomp Battle\|you see her getting ripped apart like tissue paper by Pucci's stand]]. All that remains is her stand's sunglasses, which quickly disintegrate under accelerated time.}} Line 94 ⟶ 95: * {{spoiler\|Ryoko Asakura}} of ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]'', who despite her {{spoiler\|evil intentions of slicing Kyon to bits with a knife}} maintains a smile throughout most of her battle with Yuki and even keeps a smiling face as she is being dissolved by Yuki. That just makes her ''more'' frightening. ** Actually, she doesn't really see the importance of death. In her [[Image Song]], she even states that ''heartbeats are nothing more than trivial, wave-like patterns''. * In ''[[~~Mai~~My-HiME]]'', {{spoiler\|Takumi Tokiha, Haruka Suzushiro and Yuuichi Tate}} smile as they die as results of the [[There Can Be Only One\|HiME Carnival]]. * Done brutally in ''[[~~Aliv~~Alive: The ~~Final Evolution\|Alive the~~ Final Evolution]]'', when victims of the 'suicide virus' gleefully kill themselves, sometimes relenting long enough to do something important to them or encourage others to do the same. Those who are infected with the virus but have yet to succumb to it, and witness the suicides aren't sure whether to be terrified or be jealous. * {{spoiler\|Princess Emeraude}} in the finale of the first season of ''[[Magic Knight Rayearth]]''. {{spoiler\|She}} even gets to ''thank'' the Knights for killing {{spoiler\|her}}, which means {{spoiler\|she's free from the curse that her life as the [[Barrier Maiden\|Pillar]] was}}. * In ''[[Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto: Natsu no Sora\|Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto [[Natsu no Sora]]]]'', Sora dies smiling in the arms of her mother, after finally fulfilling her late father's request. Line 106 ⟶ 107: If you want to get literal, GN Rei in [[End of Evangelion]] does this. {{spoiler\|Rei 2}} as well in the series. Just as {{spoiler\|her Eva}} is about to detonate, she hallucinates a smiling Gendo and tearfully smiles back before the kaboom. ** Another EoE example is {{spoiler\|[[Woman Scorned\|Ritsuko]]}} whose plan to commit a murder-suicide with Gendo goes up in smoke when [[AIA.I. Is a Crapshoot\|Casper disobeys her]]. Gendo pulls a gun on her and tells her [[The Un-Reveal\|something we don't get to hear]]. Her response is a bitter smile and calling him a liar before he pulls the trigger. * Misty Honey from ''[[Cutey Honey]]'' does after delivering a cheering speech to the main heroine * Keisei in ''[[Shikabane Hime]]''; if he didn't, he'd have turned into an undead monster. Line 127 ⟶ 128: * In ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]'', this is both played straight and subverted. {{spoiler\|Shion smiles (a sad one albeit) in Meakashi-hen when she is falling to her death and mentally promising to not repeat her mistakes; however, it quickly turned into shock when she neared the ground.}} Played straight with {{spoiler\|Rena in Onikakushi-hen. She tries to give a delusional and paranoid Keiichi a [[Cooldown Hug\|hug]], but is beaten to death.}} * ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (anime)\|Yu-Gi-Oh]]'': Following her [[Heroic Sacrifice]], Kisara smiles as she [[Died in Your Arms Tonight\|is cradled in Seto's arms]] and reaches up to tenderly touch his face, just before falling limp. * In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's\|Yu-Gi-Oh 5 Ds]]'' {{spoiler\|Carly, after her transformation to a Dark Signer}}, loses the Duel of Darkness against {{spoiler\|Jack Atlas. She charges him to save the world, smiling as she tells him she'll be cheering for him, and confesses her love as she crumbles into dust.}} {{spoiler\|Fortunately, [[Back ~~From~~from the Dead\|she gets better]] due to a [[Deus Ex Machina]] at the end of the season.}} ** {{spoiler\|Bruno isn't so lucky. Having declared that the loser of his duel against Yusei will disappear, he pushes his Delta Eagle to its limits just to get Yusei out the Black Hole they're in and back to the Arc Cradle. While Yusei calls out to him and reaches out, Bruno just smiles in the last shot we get of him.}} * In Rukia's flashback in ''[[Bleach]]'', {{spoiler\|Kaien smiles in her arms after being {{spoiler\|run through by her sword}}, saying that he's [[Tear Jerker\|glad that he can leave his heart there with her.]]}} Line 155 ⟶ 156: * ''[[Kowarekake no Orgel]]'': Flower goes out with a song. * A chilling version in ''[[Gunslinger Girl]]''. Brainwashed cyborg {{spoiler\|Henrietta has a smile on her face as she's lying dead after carrying out her [[Suicide Pact]] with her beloved handler Jose.}} * ''[[Ranma ½~~\|Ranma One Half~~]]'': Before Akane's eyes close completely, signifying her death, she smiles at Ranma, then lets herself go. It's followed shortly by an [[Anguished Declaration of Love]] from Ranma. [[Disney Death\|Of course she wakes up 5 minutes later, but...]] * ''[[The Idolmaster (anime)\|THE iDOLM@STER]]'' - Parodied by Ami when she has to leave for an interview and left her sister to take care of finding out who stole the [[It Makes Sense in Context\|pudding from the freezer.]] == Comic Books == Line 170: '''Parademon:''' HAHAHA! See? I told you you were funny... }} ** Made even sadder later when Ragdoll says Parademon was his best friend. == Fan Works == Line 177 ⟶ 176: {{quote\|{{spoiler\|'''Carrot Top'''}}: Smile, Derpy... I don’t want... to see... to remember your face... being sad... when I will sleep... [[Tear Jerker\|Please..... smile]].}} == Film ~~- Animated~~ ==▼ ▲== Film - Animated == * {{spoiler\|Ray the firefly}} in ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]''. * Surprisingly perhaps, the titular individual in ''[[The Iron Giant]]'' qualifies. Although it turns out he is [[Not Quite Dead\|able to reassemble himself]]. Line 185 ⟶ 183: In the censored version, Joker dies via electrocution, and it's mentioned that he did indeed have a smile on his face. On the other hand he does laugh hysterically when the titular character of ''[[Batman: Mask of the Phantasm]]'' prevents his escaping a massive explosion. He survives, of course, thanks to [[Joker Immunity]], but at the moment it didn't seem like he had any means to get out alive. * ''[[~~Goldeneye~~GoldenEye (film)\|GoldenEye]]''. When Bond finds the Canadian admiral, he's in rigor mortis with a gigantic grin thanks to [[Famke Janssen]]'s [[Murderous Thighs]].▼ ~~== Film - Live Action ==~~ ▲* ''[[Goldeneye]]''. When Bond finds the Canadian admiral, he's in rigor mortis with a gigantic grin thanks to [[Famke Janssen]]'s [[Murderous Thighs]]. {{quote\|'''[http://www.empireonline.com/features/movie-finishing-moves/default.asp?m{{=}}12 Empire Magazine]''': There can't be too many gentlemen of a heterosexual persuasion who, if asked how they'd want to die, wouldn't tick the box marked 'crushed to death between Famke Janssen's thighs'.}} * In ''[[Sin City]]'', while Kevin is being cut up and fed, he's still smiling. That's not a tear jerker, though, that's just ''intensely fucking creepy''. Line 217 ⟶ 212: * In the 1962 movie version of ''[[Billy Budd]]'', you get this for the villain, but it's definitely not the "sniff sniff" version. The SOB dies with ''a smile of victory'', knowing the hero who pwn'd him is doomed. Add that said character is played by Robert Ryan. The guy was really creepy. * In the 2010 version of ''[[Clash of the Titans]]'', this happens when [[Cynical Mentor]] Draco aids Perseus in his climactic battle with Medusa. He knowingly sacrifices himself to stall her by impaling her tail with a stalactite. As she turns her petrifying gaze towards him, he calmly tells the hero to tell all that "men did this," before smiling smugly as he is turned to stone. An enraged Medusa shatters his petrified form afterward. * In the 1973 ''[[The Tall Blond Man ~~With~~with One Black Shoe]]'', government intelligence high-up Bernard Milan gets shot along with a bunch of operatives - when he finds out the title character everyone was shooting each other over was {{spoiler\|just a decoy set up by his long-time agency rival}}, he manages to laugh about it as he's dying. * ''[[Star Trek Generations]]'': "It was... ''fun.'' Oh my..." * In ''[[The Fountain]]'', Tom the space traveler finally achieves peace with death moments before the nearby star goes nova. He's smiling as he's vaporized. Line 243 ⟶ 238: ** Of course, he lives through this. * [[Redemption Equals Death\|Sydney Carton]] from [[Charles Dickens]]'s ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'': "I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord?" * In [[Graham McNeill]]'s [[Warhammer ~~40000~~40,000]] [[Ultramarines (novel)\|Ultramarines]] novel ''Dead Sky Black Sun'', Larana Utorian, dying and deranged by her suffering at the hands of the Chaos forces, nevertheless manages to collect her wits and smile at the dying {{spoiler\|Leonid}}, thus giving him the courage to {{spoiler\|set off a grenade, [[Heroic Sacrifice\|killing them]] and the Chaos forces that could have pursued those of their party who could escape}}. * In ''[[Dracula (novel)\|Dracula]]'', every vampire that gets killed leaves a smiling corpse, with the implication that their vampiric nature was a curse they're glad to be free of. (Even Dracula himself, in the moment between his death and his body crumbling to dust.) Van Helsing stated that this was the main reason he was able to keep executing the helpless ~~brides -- because~~brides—because he was saving their souls by doing so. {{spoiler\|Quincy Morris died this way as well after taking down Dracula and saving Mina's soul from his taint.}} {{quote\|{{spoiler\|"And, to our bitter grief, with a smile and in silence, he died, a gallant gentleman."}}}} ** In [[Fred Saberhagen]]'s ''[[The Dracula Tape]]'', the Count hangs a somewhat cynical lampshade on this by observing that nothing seems to make a vampire look more 'at peace' to breathing humans than the knowledge that he or she is finally safely dead. * Played straight in the last ''[[Harry Potter (novel)\|Harry Potter]]'' book when {{spoiler\|Fred}} is crushed in a bomb-like explosion ~~[[Go Out with a Smile\|~~laughing.]] ** Not to mention {{spoiler\|Sirius}}, whose laughter "Had not quite died from his face" before falling through the veil. * [[The Thrawn Trilogy\|Thrawn]], after he is finally defeated and then [[Bodyguard Betrayal\|stabbed by his bodyguard]], smiles and tells Pellaeon "[[Famous Last Words\|But... it was so artistically done.]]" before [[Eye Lights Out\|his eyes go out]]. Line 258 ⟶ 253: * In ''They Shoot Horses, Don't They?'', Gloria often tells her only friend, Robert that she wishes she were dead, and finally [[I Cannot Self-Terminate\|asks him to shoot her, because she doesn't have the courage to kill herself]]. He obliges, and [[In Medias Res\|at the beginning of the book]], recalls her expression as she died: "She was relaxed and comfortable and she was smiling. It was the first time I had ever seen her smile." * In the short story "Call me Joe", when a man is dying (after dumping most of his mind into an artificial body, similar to the ending of the [[Avatar (film)\|Avatar]]), the doctor remarks that he saw many people who didn't want to live, but this is the first one to smile until the last moment. * In a short story by [[Robert Sheckley]], a planet has a civilization of [[Death Seeker~~\|Death Seekers~~]]s, who believe that the only way to heaven is violent death, the more painful, the better (with every person having his own death, so wars are nonexistent). Naturally, whenever that is achieved (whether by real accident, through priests' decision, or by self arranged "accidents"), the trope is followed most literally, including with one guy who sawed a thorny bush until it fell on him (took him an hour to die). * "[[The Little Match Girl]]" * ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' has Tywin Lannister who almost never smiled in life practically grinning during his funeral. This is something of a subversion, because most of the characters are convinced that his mouth is twisting as a side effect of the corpse rotting, but [[Even Evil Has Loved Ones\|Tywin's sister Genna]] seems to hope that it is this trope. * In ''[[Jurassic Park]]'', Malcolm, after chapter upon chapter of getting angry at Hammond's ignorance and scientists in general, dies with a smile. {{spoiler\|He gets better, though.}} == Live -Action TV ==▼ ▲== Live Action TV == * Subverted in the ''[[Supernatural (TV series)\|Supernatural]]'' episode "No Rest For The Wicked". Dean might have smiled at his crying brother but it's one of those smiles that you do when you're trying to be brave, trying not to throw up from fear and trying not to cry yourself. And then he sees the Hellhound come to kill him, freaks and runs into another room with Sam and Ruby, and is torn apart in there a few minutes later while Sam watches helplessly. * In ''[[Smallville]]'', right before Jonathan Kent succumbs to his heart attack, he attempts to smile one last time to his family and tell them "I love you." [[Tear Jerker\|Oh geeze]]... Line 282 ⟶ 276: * In ''[[The Mentalist]]'', Bosco not only smiles himself, but manages to make a tearful, distraught Lisbon who loves him (and they've just had an [[Anguished Declaration of Love]]), smile. Just the most heart-wrenching death. * Narrowly [[Averted Trope]] in ''[[Merlin (TV series)\|Merlin]]'' after Lancelot is captured and about to be executed after securing Guinevere's escape from a warlord's keep. When he's threatened with a slow and painful death, he only gives a beautific smile and tells them that because Guinevere is safe, he dies happy. Only for the men to drag a recaptured Guinevere back into the arena. But then Prince Arthur saves them both anyway. ** At the start of the fourth series Lancelot gets another chance to [[Go Out with a Smile]], and manages it this time when he walks into the veil into the spirit world, thereby healing the rift between the worlds. * Beautifully done in ''[[Farscape]]''. After absorbing a lethal amount of radiation the clone of John Crichton smiles at Aeryn Sun and delivers one of the most heartbreaking lines in the series. "Don't worry about me, I've never felt better." * Archie Kennedy in the sixth installment of the [[Horatio Hornblower]] mini-series, after saving Horatio's life and career. Albeit something of a tearful-looking smile (and largely there for Horatio's sake), but still one that could light up a room. Line 288 ⟶ 282: * {{spoiler\|Philip}} in ''[[Kamen Rider Double\|Kamen Rider W]]''. Large portions of the episode are devoted to the characters wanting to make sure he does so, rather than go out in pain. * {{spoiler\|H.G. Wells}} in ''[[Warehouse 13]]'' does this for {{spoiler\|Myka after safely sealing her and Pete and Artie in a force field to protect them from an impending explosion but leaves her unprotected to be hit full force by the blast.}} == Music == Line 299 ⟶ 292: ''I'm never giving in'' ''On with the show!'' }} == Video Games == Line 336 ⟶ 328: * Just before being [[Ret-Gone\|erased out of existence]], [[The King of Fighters\|Ash Crimson]] smiles one last time for his childhood friend Elizabeth. * Although he doesn't die, [[Dawn of War\|Sergeant Cyrus]] believes in this. As he knows that he will die one day in battle, regardless of his skill or experience, he's come to realize that death is not exactly the best thing to do. When Sergeant Thaddeus asks him, Cyrus merely tells him to save some of the victory feelings he gets when he has beaten a very tough opponent, so that when the end does come, you can remember the feeling you got when you won and not have bad things to consider. * In the True Ending of ''[[~~Blaz Blue~~BlazBlue: Continuum Shift]]'', {{spoiler\|just as Hazama is about to deliver the killing blow to Ragna, Lambda teleports in front of Ragna and [[Taking the Bullet\|takes the blow for him]]. She dies peacefully in Ragna's arms while telling him how much she loves him and how happy she was to sacrifice herself for him}}. * After an [[Best Boss Ever\|epic battle]] with his pupil [[Asura's Wrath]], {{spoiler\|[[Old Master\|Aug]][[Blood Knight\|us]] dies smiling, content that his last battle was as exhilarating as he had hoped, even [[Graceful Loser\|giving Asura his blessing]]}}. {{spoiler\|Yasha dies smiling after his last battle with Asura, in hope that the now powered up Asura can save the world.}} Line 350 ⟶ 342: Also in ''Mass Effect 3'': {{spoiler\|Anderson dies with a peaceful smile after telling Shepard how proud he is of her/him. Shepard seems just about ready to do the same before a call from Hackett and an intervention from the Catalyst pull her/him out of it.}} === Visual Novels ===▼ ▲== Visual Novels == * In ''[[Ribbon of Green]]'', the Good ending has {{spoiler\|Hanyuan fade away with a smile}}. Subverted as she is [[Dead All Along]]. * In ''[[Fate/stay night\|Fate Stay Night]]'', both the Fate and Unlimited Blade Works' scenarios endings. {{spoiler\|Archer}}'s death in UBW is perhaps made more poignant by the fact that {{spoiler\|he knows very well that he's going back to his own Special Hell where he'll see the evils of humanity over and over again}}, but still smiles and reassures his ex-partner that he'll be fine. Line 359 ⟶ 350: * ''[[Tsukihime]]'' plays it straight in {{spoiler\|Hisui's True Ending with Akiha}}. It then completely subverts this when {{spoiler\|Kohaku [[Driven to Suicide\|kills herself]]; Kohaku dies smiling, but she just revealed that [[Emotionless Girl\|she can't feel anything]].}} * Cruelly played with in one of the ''[[School Days]]'' bad endings. [[Yandere\|Kotonoha]] has an insane, lifeless smile on her lips when she [[Driven to Suicide\|throws herself off a building]], after Makoto picks her love rival Sekai over her. They end up traumatised forever and split up after some time. == [[Web Comics]] == Line 376 ⟶ 366: * Pauline from ''[[Our Little Adventure]]'' dies this way, probably because she knows she will be able to be with her husband and son who were murdered some time before. * {{spoiler\|1=[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20061215 Lars]}} from ''[[Girl Genius]]''. Although she wasn't in love with him, Agatha did not [[Heroic BSOD\|take it]] [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge\|well.]] == Web Original == * In ''[[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog\|Doctor Horribles Sing Along Blog]]'', {{spoiler\|Penny}} dies with a slight smile on her face while attempting to reassure Billy that "Captain Hammer will save us." * [[Half Life: Full Life Consequences\|"John Freeman had Gordon Freeman and saw eyes shut and the breath stopped but Gordon Freeman had smiles on face."]] * ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'' has a few, the most recent (and gut-wrenching) being [https://web.archive.org/web/20160411073829/http://s10.zetaboards.com/SOTF_V2/topic/7292280/1/?x=20 Eve Walker-Luther's death] by [[Cold-Blooded Torture]] at the hands of Sarah Atwell. ** Craig Hoyle pulls one of these off as well, causing quite a bit of pain for his accidental killer, Nik Kronwall. * {{spoiler\|Irv}} in ''[[The Kingdom (~~novel~~web original)\|The Kingdom]]'' AU ''Shadows Prove The Sunshine'' == Western Animation == * In ''[[Justice League (animation)\|Justice League]]'', [[Darkseid]] was left to die on an exploding asteroid after being beaten by Superman. Darkseid's only reaction to his impending death? Sneer and mock Superman's failure to kill him personally. {{quote\|'''Darkseid''': Heh. ''Loser''.}} * When ''[[Transformers Armada]]'' {{spoiler\|Starscream}} does his death monologue with a sword through his chest, he's got a heartbreakingly peaceful smile on his ~~face--the~~face—the first he's had in the entire series. Similar thing happens with {{spoiler\|Prowl}} in ''[[Transformers Animated]]''. Cue crying fangirls. * Cue [[Tear Jerker\|crying]] ''everyone''. Line 397 ⟶ 385: * In the ''[[American Dad]]'' episode "Rapture's Delight" {{spoiler\|Stan}} takes a shot meant for {{spoiler\|Jesus}} and also sets off a time bomb meant to destroy the lair of the Anti-Christ. While he is offered the chance of being raptured to Heaven {{spoiler\|Stan}} turns it down because the bomb will go off before {{spoiler\|Jesus}} can perform the spell. After kissing Francine {{spoiler\|Stan}} is left alone with a cigar and a grin just as the bomb goes off, promptly killing him. * ''[[Samurai Jack]]'', "Jack and the Lava Monster" - '''FREE'''. == Real Life == Line 405 ⟶ 392: * [[Four-Star Badass\|Admiral Horatio Nelson's]] last words were "thank God I have done my duty." * In 2011 in the Seattle area, a middle-aged (not old) hobby fisherman caught a 20-lb. salmon, the biggest fish of his life. He turned to a stranger, said happily, "This is the fish of my dreams," then fell into the river and died of a heart attack. They barbecued the salmon and ate it at his wake. Not such a bad way to go, yes? * Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was laughing at this line when he was shot. Katherine M. Evans, a young actress in the play, who was offstage when Lincoln was shot but rushed onstage afterwards stated "I looked and saw President Lincoln unconscious, his head dropping on his breast,his eyes closed, but with a smile still on his face". As he died his breathing grew quieter, his face more calm. According to some accounts, at his last drawn breath, on the morning after the assassination, he smiled broadly and then expired. A New York Times reporter said "I had never seen upon the President's face an expression more genial and pleasing." * Lieutenant Alec S. Paterson of No. 3 Squadron AFC, viewing Manfred von Richthofen`s body before his burial, wrote: "he was about 5 7 well proportioned, fair hair closely cropped and small hands and feet and although dead, had a smile on his face". {{reflist}} [[Category:~~Go Out with a Smile~~{{PAGENAME}}]]▼ [[Category:Death Tropes]] [[Category:Smile Tropes]] [[Category:Tear Jerker Tropes]] ▲[[Category:Go Out with a Smile]]