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As this earth will suffocate me, I implore you to have my body opened so that I will not be buried alive. Not any more. Play Mozart in memory of me and I will hear you.
Who: Frederic Chopin, Polish composer and pianist.
— Note: He had a neurotic fear of being buried alive.
— The first quote was written on a note some hours before his death.
— The second quote was spoken to his physician when asked if he was suffering greatly; he died about two hours later.
— The third quote is what Chopin reportedly murmured on his death-bed (The opera reader, Biancolli, 1953, p. 271).
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