His Last Words
Those with him that night can vouch that Kinison then paused as though he were listening to someone. He asked, “But why?” and then another pause. He finally said, “Okay, Okay, Okay.” A friend who was there with him attested: “Whatever voice was talking to him gave him the right answer, and he just relaxed with it.”
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He wasn’t fearful. He died with a fractured skull, a broken neck, a torn stomach, and a heart. He was buried in Tulsa. Inscribed on his grave are the words: “In another time and place, he would have been called a prophet.”