SPOILERS AHEAD
Honorable mentions:
Laura Roslin, Ellen Ripley (yes, really), Darth Vader
5) The T-800 (Terminator 2)
The thumbs-up, and then the robo-vision blacking out... There's a reason T2 is better than the original, and it's wordlessly stated in this scene.
4) The Third Doctor
"A tear, Sarah Jane? Don't cry. While there's life, there's..."
Arguably, Jon Pertwee is the only Doctor ever who got a truly dignified death scene (the again, only he, Davison and Tennant got farewell stories that were explicitly about their Doctors dying, and the other two had problems). Hartnell just kind of fell over, Troughton didn't get a proper death, Tom fell off a bridge, Davison was upstaged by Nicola Bryant's cleavage, Colin and McCoy are covered on the other list, McGann didn't get a death scene, Eccleston wasn't around long enough for us to care, and Tennant's Rage Against the Heavens (and subsequent Grand Farewell Tour) robbed his moment of any potential gravitas.
And what a death scene Pertwee got.
3) Kara "Starbuck" Thrace (first time)
I don't care if you didn't for one moment believe Starbuck was really dead (well, actually, I do, which is why this isn't higher on the list). Immediately before her Viper explodes, Starbuck gets surrounded by a white light and closes her eyes. Cut to Kid-Kara against a pure white background, smiling and closing her eyes. My words aren't doing the scene justice, and I'm tearing up just thinking about it.
2) Spock
I was going to disqualify the pointy-eared Vulcan at first, because it doesn't stick. Then I realized that Starbuck was going to make this list, and decided not to argue semantics.
1) Roy Batty
No, you go look up the full speech.
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