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Line 58: Harris was executed on April 21, 1992, in the [[gas chamber]] at [[San Quentin State Prison]] – the first execution in California in 25 years. For his [[last meal]], he requested and was given a 21-piece bucket of [[Kentucky Fried Chicken]], two large [[Domino's]] pizzas, a bag of [[jelly bean]]s, a six-pack of [[Pepsi]], and a pack of [[Camel cigarettes]]. At 6:01 a.m., Harris was escorted into the gas chamber. The execution order was given at 6:07 a.m. and Harris died at 6:21 a.m. His body was removed from the chamber at 7:00 a.m. and was taken to a funeral home at 8:15 a.m. Harris' execution is specifically remembered for his choice of final words (recorded by Warden Daniel Vasquez): "You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everybody dances with the grim reaper."<ref>{{YouTube|yeSJh1uBkh8|Robert Alton Harris' final words read out loud by warden Daniel Vasquez}}</ref> It was the subject of a 1995 Dutch documentary film, ''[[Procedure 769, witness to an execution]]''. His words are ==See also== | |||