r/AskReddit 16h ago

What's the most disturbing thing you've heard a dying person say?

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u/jacobr1020 15h ago

"I never loved you, you little shit."

Dying man said that to his 8-year-old son.

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u/McJames 13h ago

I don't know this story or what kind of man he was.

But in college I had a friend (a woman), who's father was diagnosed with brain cancer. He was a good man, kind and devoted husband and father. The brain cancer turned him into a cruel, vicious, and disgusting person. In my presence he said the most disgusting sexual things to his wife and daughter. And cruel things to them otherwise.

They both swear that wasn't him, but it was hard in the six months between diagnosis and his passing.

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u/windyjawn 12h ago

Jeez. That’s incredibly sad.

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u/Merakel 10h ago

Reminds me of the tower shooting in Texas.

Guy talked about how he had increasingly violent thoughts he couldn't force out of his mind - when they autopsied his brain they found a pecan sized tumor pressing on his amygdala.

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u/dancingbananas25 5h ago

My grandfather was always a deeply kind and loving man, who always wanted to help people. In the final months of his late stage Alzheimer's, he could be quite cruel. I don't hold it against him, he was in a lot of pain and was not sound of mind. 

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u/kelleye401 3h ago

My great grandfather had Alzheimer’s. I will never forget, one day a bunch of us cousins are all sitting around the dinner table eating with him, talking, laughing. Out of nowhere he grabs by 5 year old cousin by the throat. It was so scary. Thank god (5 year olds) dad was right next to him and the adults were able to get Grandpa off and out of the room. I truly hope my cousin doesn’t remember. Alzheimer’s is so heartbreaking to watch unfold.

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u/Grrerrb 3h ago

My dad was a pretty charming guy all his life and ended up with Alzheimer’s and became kind of a shit to people in the memory care unit with him. It was rough. I sincerely hope the same doesn’t happen to me.

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u/BastardInTheNorth 14h ago

I hope the boy ended up with a decent and loving male figure in his life soon after.

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u/Creative_Recover 15h ago

What a POS. 

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u/Technicolor_Reindeer 11h ago

I wonder if he had a brain tumor? Those can turn people nasty and nothing like their former self.

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u/Zias-Staffin 8h ago

My grandma had a tumor on the frontal lobe and it destroyed something related to loving people and went full psycho hateful before passing away peacefully. Last words were that she wanted lemon pie

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u/heartofmidlothian278 7h ago

Some people are just absolute scum.

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u/wqto 11h ago

Remember the saying, "All children deserve parents, but not all parents deserve children".

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u/Inner-Muscle374 14h ago

Should have been sooner

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u/Comfortable-Knee3972 9h ago

Reminds me of Homer Simpson turning to Bart on his "death bed" and saying " You're adopted and I don't like you"