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John Wayne's last role was in 1976's The Shootist. As The Duke suffered from cancer, faced death, and took this last role as a gunfighter with cancer who decides he'd rather die from bullets than the disease. Some complain about the movie deviating from the novel, with a less cynical ending. But I'm glad the greatest movie star went out as he did. (With the great Jimmy Stewart by his side.)

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I’m not sure if it can qualify as “best performance ”, but I absolutely loved Robin Williams final performance as Theodore Roosevelt in Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb.

Robin Williams always brought so much vulnerability to his roles, but the final scene of this movie was all the more poignant because of the parallels that could be drawn between the end of his life and his character's.

Teddy is saying goodbye to Ben Stillers character because he knows it’s his last night to be “alive” and his final line is, “Smile my boy, it’s sunrise”. I cry big ugly tears every time I see it.

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Great answer, and I echo the sentiment precisely.

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Might be hard to follow in his father's footsteps ("Enter The Dragon"), but I think Brandon Lee's, "The Crow" is pretty noteworthy.

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I was actually thinking about picking Bruce Lee’s final performance for my answer, but decided to go with the one closest to my heart. Bruce Lee is definitely a contender for the win. It’s tragic that both father and son’s death were so similar. And the weird controversies surrounding The Crow and Lee’s death are 🤔🤔🤔

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I thought about that as well but Enter The Dragon isn't as great a movie as me and my bros thought it was back in the 90's.

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There's an obvious one that I'll leave for someone else. I'm choosing Paul Newman as Doc in Carrs. His gruff sarcasm made that character.

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I wonder if I’m thinking of the same one you are 🤔

I, too, felt like there was an obvious one that deserves the #1 spot, but the role and the actors demise is so dark that I couldn’t bring myself to choose it.

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I guess we'll have to wait and see.

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👍🏻😁

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Ehhh, someone might throw a flag at me for this one, but I’m gonna say River Phoenix in The Thing Called Love, finished a couple months before he died. He sang, wrote music, wooed the girl, totally blew it, and pulled it together again, sorta, by the end. It’s a quirky, fun movie with characters that are believably real people. (Technically, he did have a later movie but it wasn’t completed until 19 years after his death, so I’m gonna say that one doesn’t count.)

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Looks like we've got a tie this week. Standby.

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Well, despite my best efforts to bribe the judge, Shannon has determined that Maggie made a great case for Robin Williams' final scene. Congratulations, Maggie, you get to choose Monday's question.

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