Then there is Saints' other, more illustrious home-town departee, the already legendary Cunningham, who has marked his last three games for Saints with tries and is surely destined to go out with a bang.

BBC: Saints' Mick Potter keen to exit with Grand Final win

The German-born millionaire, womanizer, photographer, art collector and man-about-globe had followed the fast-living course of his life to its end: Better to go out with a bang than with a whimper (Sachs was believed to have Alzheimer's disease).

WSJ: Death of a Playboy

The third film served up the perfect way for this franchise to go out with a bang.

FORBES: Connect

This is our last go-around, we want to go out with a bang.

NPR: UConn Women Rout Kentucky, Advance To Final Four

If these are indeed the last days for the Hoyas in the super-sized Big East, they're certainly poised to go out with a bang.

WSJ: Georgetown in favor of quick Big East breakup

Everyone came off the pitch knowing the only positive thought we had is that we are playing them again and we want to go out with a bang.

BBC: Tom Shanklin's column

Apparently, she wanted to go out with a bang.

FORBES: Hill Staffers' Plan To Party Their Way Through December Thwarted By Public Tweets

We want to go out with a bang.

NPR: Notre Dame And UConn Headline Women's Final Four

"Knowing this was likely to be the last work that Thora would do, I wanted her to go out with a bang and certainly with a laugh, even if it was a dirty one, " Bennett said.

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