He just redeemed himself, perhaps, in ignorance of the reality of God, with those words, and wish, “ ...to die for the good of others...”. That sounds familiar. Isn’t God the root word of “good”? We know nothing of Hitch and God in the moment of the dying breath, since “ his ways are not our ways”. He is merciful to whom he is merciful, where there is repentence. We, here, just don’t know, based on what we see and hear, but what God sees and hears. Justice was done, either way.
We all realize that we were not there at his final moment. He may have jumped out of bed and even though he could not speak, he may have recited the “sinners” prayer. AND Obama might really be a Christian. All evidence says otherwise. We can only voice our opinions on the evidence we have. If you want to believe that Hitchens was saved at the last minute when there is no evidence that he would ever do such a thing, then go ahead. Keep on putting your teeth under your pillow, and leaving cookies and milk out for Santa.