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** And Ganthet, the one who gave him his Ring, was the last of the Guardians of the Universe.
*** Before that, Appa Alli Apsa, also known as the Old Timer, was the last of the Guardians, not because the others had died, but because they had [[Ascended to A Higher Plane of Existence|left for another dimension]]. The Old Timer couldn't take it, and the others had to come back to stop him.
** [[Captain Patriotic|American Eagle]] in ''[[Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew (Comic Book)|Captain Carrot And The Final Ark]]'' is the last bald eagle in the United Species of America.
* In the [[Marvel Universe]], [[Galactus]] is the last of his entire ''universe'', which was reincarnated into the one with [[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]], the [[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Fantastic Four]], and all the rest.
** The Elders of the Universe are somewhat younger, each of them immortal due to having become a one-person [[Planet of Hats|Species of Hats]]--they REALLY ticked off Death.
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* Jean Kennedy Smith is the last of the nine children of Joseph and Rose Fitzgerald-Kennedy. Although she has many of her own children and she is an aunt to a whole bunch.
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15480741 The last known living weapons master of the Indian martial art of Shastar Vidya is attempting to pass on his knowledge.]
* From around 1982 to his retirement after the 1986 season, [[Useful Notes/American Football|NFL kicker]] Mark Mosley was both the last of the "straight ahead" kickers and the last NFL player to sport the [http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/1001/nfl.playoffs.best.nfc.championship.games/images/1983-redskins-49ers-joe-theismann-mark-mosley.jpg "single-bar" face mask] on his helmet.
* From 2002 to its demolition in 2005, Busch Stadium in St. Louis was the last of the great "Cookie Cutter" stadiums - five near-identical mufti-purpose stadiums built in the late 60's. The other stadiums were (in order of demolition: Atlanta Fulton County, Three Rivers (Pittsburgh), Riverfront (Cincinatti) and Veterans' (Philadelphia).
* From the mid-1990s until the 2010 revival of ''[[Let's Make a Deal]]'', ''[[The Price Is Right]]'' was the last of the network daytime game shows.