NelC---I think you've got it.
I was there when my dearly beloved Elsie stopped breathing forever.
Her last word was "Momma?" as if she was expecting her mom to be
just around the corner to find her and catch her up and hug her. In
the weeks following her death, I listened to any number of folks
tell me her last words---the last words THEY heard from her, that
is.
The hospice nurse told me later on that most people (male or
female) who die at home in their own beds call for Momma.
I'm guessing the black box is different and "Oh, shit!" is more
common therein.
That said, I think I'd believe a story (the *right* story) where
the last words were "Marry her, Jake" and then "Momma!" The
writer'd have to go some for me to believe "Marry her, Jake" and
then "Oh, shit!"---but I've known writers who could make me believe
that.
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