A few weeks ago in the Blade Runner thread, I made the following comment about Roy Batty's death....
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I think the reason Roy saves Deckard not only has to do with pity, or a sense of "I can take life or give it" - I think it has more to do with the fact that Roy knows he is dying, and he simply doesn't want to die alone, something I think all of us desire. It also offers Roy the chance to impart some of his memories to Deckard, so that they won't be completely lost "like tears in the rain
Yesterday, I caught the end of Heat, and was once again moved by the fact that, as Robert DeNiro is dying, he reaches out his hand to Al Pacino for comfort, and Pacino obliges him - much as Deckard does by sitting with Batty until he finally dies (I use the word "finally", because in the work print of Blade Runner there is one bit of narration where Deckard says that Batty's death was not an easy one, and took nearly six hours).
I was wondering what other examples are out there, where a dying character takes comfort from his foe, and more importantly, his foe gives him that comfort. One limitation to examples I'm looking for - no scenes where the dying character is put out of his misery by a mercy killing.