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Billy Wayne Waldrop was convicted of capital murder in 1983. He was executed by electric chair in 1997. For his last meal, he asked for steak, onions, baked potato, salad, and chocolate cake.
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John Wayne Gacy was convicted of serial murder in 1978, after authorities learned he was responsible for the deaths of over 33 young men and boys. He was executed by lethal injection in 1994. For his last meal he asked for a bucket of KFC chicken, 12 fried prawns, a pound of strawberries, french fries and a Diet Coke.
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John David Duty was convicted of murder in 2001. He was executed by lethal injection in 2010. For his last meal, he asked for a double cheeseburger with mayonnaise, a foot-long hot dog with cheese, mustard, and extra onions, a cherry limeade, and a large banana milkshake.
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Ted Bundy was convicted of serial murder in 1978 after he confessed to murdering 30 young women and girls. However, the exact number of victims is suspected to be much higher. He was executed by electrocution in 1989. He declined a special last meal, so he was given the traditional steak (cooked medium-rare), eggs over easy, hash browns, toast, milk, coffee, juice, butter, and jelly, but he did not eat any of it.
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Aileen Wuornos was convicted of serial murder after killing six people. She was executed by lethal injection in 2002. She declined a special last meal but drank a cup of coffee. There are also unconfirmed reports that she ate a hamburger and other snacks from her prison’s canteen.
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Marion Albert Pruett was convicted of capital murder in 1982. He was executed by lethal injection in 1999. For his last meal, he asked for a stuffed-crust pizza from Pizza Hut, four Burger King Whoppers, a large order of French fries, three two-liter bottles of Pepsi, a bucket of ice, a bottle of ketchup, salt, fried eggplant, fried squash, fried okra, and a pecan pie.
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Timothy McVeigh was convicted of domestic terrorism and mass murder. He was executed by lethal injection in 2001. For his last meal, he asked for two pints of mint chocolate chip ice cream.
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Jeffrey Hutchinson was convicted of murder in 1998. He was executed by lethal injection in 2025. For his last meal, he asked for salmon, mahi-mahi, asparagus, baked potato, and iced tea.
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Thomas Knight was convicted of murder. He was executed by lethal injection in 2014. For his last meal, he asked for sweet potato pie, coconut cake, banana nut bread, a quarter bottle of Sprite, two tablespoons of strawberries, butter-pecan ice cream, vanilla ice cream, and Fritos.
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Clarence Ray Allen was convicted of murder in 1980. He was executed by lethal injection in 2006. For his last meal, he asked for buffalo steak, frybread, KFC, sugar-free pecan pie, sugar-free black walnut ice cream, and whole milk. He let the ice cream melt for an hour and turned it into a milkshake by hand.
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Allen Lee Davis was convicted of murder. He was executed by electrocution in 1999. For his last meal, he ate one lobster tail, fried potatoes, a half-pound of fried shrimp, six ounces of fried clams, half a loaf of garlic bread, and 32 ounces of A&W root beer.
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Burton Abbott was convicted of murder and rape. He was executed by gas chamber in 1957. For his last meal, he ate French fried butterfly jumbo prawns with cocktail sauce, one order of ravioli, tossed green salad (mostly romaine lettuce) with vinegar and oil dressing, chocolate cake, and a pack of Salem cigarettes.
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Stephen Wayne Anderson was convicted of murder. He was executed by lethal injection in 2002. For his last meal, he chose two grilled cheese sandwiches, one pint of cottage cheese, a hominy-corn mixture, radishes, one slice of peach pie, and one pint of chocolate chip ice cream.
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Robert Lee Massie was convicted of murder. He was executed by lethal injection in 2001. For his last meal, he chose two vanilla milkshakes, extra crispy french fries, extra crispy fried oysters, and soft drinks.
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Thomas Martin Thompson was convicted of murder. He was executed by lethal injection in 1998. For his last meal, he chose Alaskan king crab with melted butter, spinach salad, pork fried rice, Mandarin-style spare ribs, a hot fudge sundae, and a six-pack of Coca-Cola.
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Finally, Ronald Clark O’Bryan was convicted of murder. He was executed by lethal injection in 1984. For his last meal, he ate a T-bone steak, french fries with ketchup, whole kernel corn, sweet peas, a lettuce and tomato salad with sliced egg and French dressing, iced tea, sweetener, saltines, Boston cream pie, and rolls.
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