Mr Toms himself will bow out with fireworks after the British speedway grand prix on 1 June.
And Cunningham had to bow out with four successive Grand Final defeats, to add to his four earlier wins.
And should Calzaghe bow out with his unblemished record intact, the ultimate boxing immortality alongside fellow unbeaten hero Rocky Marciano would be rightly assured.
In 1976, the group decided to bow out with an all-star concert, "The Last Waltz, " filmed by Martin Scorsese and considered one of the great music concert documentaries.
The group, who announced last October they were splitting after 14 years, are set to bow out with a final concert at Dublin's Croke Park on 23 June.
It would have been fitting for Kumble to bow out with a win but following Australia's tremendous batting performance and two late wickets on day four, India did well to claim a draw.
Matt Gidley, Bryn Hargreaves and Matty Smith are also set to bow out, along with Saints coach Mick Potter.
Such a great violinist with such masterful control of the bow and why don't we go out with a little more Paganini.
"Two or three times, we've been backstage, he's grabbed my hand, said, 'Put on some makeup, ' and taken me out with him for a bow, " says Silvana.
You can switch out weapons by pausing the game, so you might start a battle off with a bow and a sword, and then switch out the bow for some other closer or middle-ranged weapon.
There is no incentive for those with nothing to lose to bow out gracefully.
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The 38-year-old American will bow out after an 18-year professional career and with a record of 44 wins, nine losses, one draw and a no contest.
That said, I have spoken to big investors, who tell me that they were generally impressed with his performance before he was forced to bow out - and would be happy to have him back, so long as he works in a way that doesn't burn himself out.
The bulk of the Spanish team wasn't even alive the last time that happened more than 30 years ago, at the 1982 World Cup, when it lost to West Germany (2-1) and then limped out of the tournament following a 0-0 draw with England, becoming the first host nation ever to bow out of soccer's biggest showcase in the first round.
The trouble with that hope is that those who confess would probably have to bow out of public life as the price of their new-found honesty.
She also said her decision to bow out of a 2014 race wasn't influenced by fears that she might lose an expected rematch with hotelier Jim Graves, a Democrat, who fell short by 4, 200 votes last year in her district outside the Twin Cities.
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