Famous last meal requests
This represents the items reported requested but does not, in all cases, necessarily represent what the prisoner actually received.
Adolf Eichmann: He declined a special meal, preferring a bottle of Carmel, a dry red Israeli wine. He drank about half of it.[4]
Aileen Wuornos: She declined a special meal, but had a hamburger and other snack food from the prison's canteen. Later, she drank a cup of coffee.[5]
?ngel Nieves D?az: He declined a special meal. He was then served the regular prison meal for that day, but he declined that as well.[6]
Billy Bailey: Steak well-done, a baked potato with sour cream and butter, buttered rolls, peas, and vanilla ice cream.[citation needed]
Bruno Richard Hauptmann: Celery, olives, chicken, French fries, buttered peas, cherries, and a slice of cake.[4]
Desmond Keith Carter: He declined a special meal, but had two cheeseburgers, a steak sub, and two Cokes from the prison canteen, for which he paid $4.20 from his prison account.[5]
Dobie Gillis Williams: Twelve candy bars and some ice cream.[7]
Edward Hartman: A Greek salad, linguini with white clam sauce, cheese cake with cherry topping, garlic bread, and a Coke.[8]
Gary Gilmore: A hamburger, hard-boiled eggs, a baked potato, a few cups of coffee, and three shots of whiskey.[4][9][10]
Gary M. Heidnik: Two slices of a cheese pizza and two cups of black coffee.[11]
Henry Martinez Porter: Flour tortillas, T-bone steak, refried beans, tossed salad, jalape?o peppers, ice cream, and chocolate cake.[12]
James Edward Smith: A small cup of yogurt.[12]
John Wayne Gacy: A dozen deep-fried shrimp, a bucket of original recipe chicken from KFC, French fries, and a pound of strawberries.[9]
Karla Faye Tucker: Banana, peach, and garden salad with ranch dressing.[12]
Leon Jerome Moser: A large cheese pizza, cheese slices, cold cuts, pasta salad, iced cup cakes, and a 2-liter bottle of Coca-Cola.[citation needed]
Morris Mason: Four McDonalds Big Macs, two large fries, two hot fudge sundaes, a hot apple pie, and two large soft drinks.[citation needed]
Perry Smith and Richard Hickock: Shrimp, French fries, garlic bread, ice cream, and strawberries with whipped cream.[4]
Philip Workman: He declined a special meal for himself, but he asked for a large vegetarian pizza to be given to a homeless person in Nashville, Tennessee. This request was denied.[13][14]
Rainey Bethea: Fried chicken, pork chops, mashed potatoes, pickled cucumbers, cornbread, lemon pie, and ice cream.[15]
Robert Alton Harris: A 21-piece bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken, two large Domino's pizzas (no anchovies), ice cream, a bag of jelly beans, a six-pack of Pepsi, and a pack of Camel cigarettes.[16][17]
Ted Bundy: He declined a special meal, so he was given the traditional steak (medium-rare), eggs (over-easy), hash browns, toast, milk, coffee, juice, butter, and jelly.[4][18]
Timothy McVeigh: Two pints of Ben & Jerry's mint chocolate-chip ice cream.[19][20]
Velma Barfield: She declined a special meal, having a bag of Cheez Doodles and a can of Coca-Cola instead.[21]
Victor Feguer: A single olive with the pit still in it.[22]
Wesley Baker:; breaded fish, pasta marinara, green beans, orange fruit punch, bread, and milk (Maryland execution: this was what was on the prison menu that day).[23]
William Bonin: Two pepperoni and sausage pizzas, three servings of chocolate ice cream, and fifteen cans of Coca-Cola.[24]
[edit] Famous fictional last meals
These last meals were featured in various forms of media, including film, books, and television.
David Gale in The Life of David Gale: Pancakes with maple syrup, strawberries, whipped cream, and chocolate shavings.
Lincoln Burrows in Prison Break: Blueberry pancakes.
John Coffey in The Green Mile: Cornbread, meat loaf, mashed potatoes with gravy, okra, and peach cobbler.
Eduard Delacroix in The Green Mile: Chili (requested that the prison's kitchen staff "lay on that hot stuff").
Matthew Poncelet in Dead Man Walking: Shrimp.
Sam Cayhall in The Chamber: A bowl of eskimo pies and a pot of French Market coffee.
Frank Beachum in True Crime (novel) and True Crime (1999 film): Steak, French fries, and a beer.
Cyril O'Reily in Oz: Fluffernutters (peanut butter and marshmallow creme sandwiches).
Ray Kaspo in the Monk episode Mr. Monk Goes to Jail: Chili and Ribs.
Ken Kramer in the CSI: Miami episode Whacked: A single peanut butter and jelly sandwich (no one at the prison knew Kramer had a fatal allergy to peanuts, thus he chose this to commit suicide before being executed).
Homer Simpson in The Simpsons episode The Frying Game: Beer, Donuts, and Fried Chicken.
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