Chavez’s last words: Please don’t let me die

President Hugo Chavez died of a heart attack after great suffering and inaudibly mouthed his desire to live, said the head of Venezuela’s presidential guard.

Chavez’s last words: Please don’t let me die

“He couldn’t speak but he said it with his lips... ‘I don’t want to die. Please don’t let me die,’ because he loved his country, he sacrificed himself for his country,” said General Jose Ornella.

The general said he spent the last two years with Chavez, including his final moments, as Venezuela’s president of 14 years battled an unspecified cancer in the pelvic region.

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