I believe you're thinking of George Bernard Shaw, who is purported to
have said, on his deathbed, "Well, it will be a new experience
anyway."
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The end came on November 2 [1950], when his fever soared to 108
degrees. The impudent, irreverent showman whose buoyant wit kept him
in the public eye for more than half a century said wryly to a bedside
visitor: "Well, it will be a new experience anyway," then lapsed into
a coma and was dead an hour later. Those present said Shaw died with a
whimsical smile on his face, "as if he had the last laugh."
from "The Browser's Book of Endings: The End of Practically Everything
and Everybody,"
by Charles Panati (Page 56)
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November 2, 1950- George Bernard Shaw dies at 94. His last words were:
"Oh well, it will be a new experience anyway."
cached copy of Dooney's Cafe
http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:m1RZ5rZ0vEkJ:www.dooneyscafe.com/print.php%3Fstory%3D01/10/30/4982752+shaw+%22new+experience+anyway%22&hl=en
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"Well it will be a new experience anyway."
George Bernard Shaw (d.1950) one hour before his death
Quoted in Jones, Clarence,
The Complete Book of Death and Dying.
New York: Harper Collins. 1997
Dorothy Garske Center: An introduction to advance directives
http://www.dgcenter.org/acp/acpPrimer.htm
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George Bernard Shaw
(died 1950)
Well, it will be a new experience anyway.
ClaimStar: Last Gasps IV
http://www.claimstar.net/main.taf?p=5,2,1,77
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