The most expensive and magnificent funerals of celebrities and politicians (48 photos). Russian celebrities who died under strange circumstances (23 photos) The corpses of Russian stars

Life divides people into rich and poor, kings and subjects, geniuses and villains, and death equalizes everyone ...

Ernesto Che Guevara. October 9, 1967 - Che was shot by the Rangers (Sergeant Mario Teran) in the village of La Higuera on orders from La Paz, agreed with Washington, since it was assumed that a public trial would entail new wave sympathy for the "leftists" in the region and the world. Last words Che Guevara, according to historiographical tradition, are as follows: "Tell Fidel that the revolution is not over, he will triumph anyway! Tell Aleida to marry again, be happy, and make sure that the children study well. And order the soldiers to aim well."

Elvis Presley. On August 15, 1977, Presley, as usual, arrived at his estate well after midnight, having returned from the dentist. The rest of the night was spent talking about the upcoming tour in two days, about the book of his bodyguards, about plans for an engagement with his new girlfriend Ginger Alden. In the morning, Presley took a dose of sedative drugs, but a few hours later, unable to sleep, he took another dose, in this case, apparently, it turned out to be critical. After that, he spent some time reading books in a boudoir-style bathroom. Around 2 p.m. on August 16, Alden, waking up and not finding Elvis in bed, went to the bathroom, where she found his lifeless body on the floor. Was urgently called Ambulance”, which brought Presley to intensive care, although it was obvious that all efforts were in vain. At four o'clock in the afternoon, an official statement was made about death - due to heart failure - but an autopsy later showed that it was an excessive dose of various medications that caused the cardiac arrest.

Vladimir Vysotsky. He died in his sleep in his Moscow apartment on July 25, 1980, at 4:10 am. According to Anatoly Fedotov, the cause of death was myocardial infarction. According to Stanislav Shcherbakov and Leonid Sulpovar - asphyxia, suffocation, as a result of excessive use of sedatives. True reason Vysotsky's death is still unknown.

Rudolph Valentino. The famous American film actor of Italian origin, one of the greatest stars and the universally recognized sex symbol of the era of silent films, on August 15, 1926 in New York, was hospitalized in a serious condition - he had a perforated stomach ulcer. The operation is successful, but the onset of peritonitis causes blood poisoning and on August 23 the actor dies.

Tupac Amaru Shakur, who performed under the pseudonyms MC New York, 2Pac and Makaveli, is a famous American rap musician, film actor and public figure. Hit the Guinness Book of Records as the most successfully sold hip-hop artist, total sold albums - more than 75 million. September 7, 1996 in Las Vegas, after Mike Tyson's fight with Bruce Seldon, Tupac and Knight beat up a man named Orlando Anderson, on their way to night club Knight's car, in which Tupac was traveling, is shot. Knight gets a scratch, out of 13 bullets 4 hit Tupac, one of them in the lung. After 6 days of critical condition, Tupac Shakur died. He was only 25 years old.

Anna Nicole Smith. American fashion model, Playboy magazine girl of 1993, TV presenter, actress, widow of billionaire James Howard Marshall. On February 8, 2007, Anna Nicole was found unconscious in a Florida hotel. She died on the way to the hospital. The preliminary version is a drug overdose. The police found drugs in her room.

Boris Yeltsin. The first president of Russia died on April 23, 2007 in the Central Clinical Hospital as a result of cardiac arrest caused by progressive cardiovascular and then multiple organ failure, that is, a violation of the functions of many internal organs caused by diseases of the cardiovascular system. Yeltsin was hospitalized 12 days before his death. At the request of Boris Yeltsin's relatives, no autopsy was performed.

Life divides people into rich and poor, kings and subjects, geniuses and villains, and death equalizes everyone ...

Posthumous photo of the leader of the world proletariat Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. He died in Gorki on January 21, 1924.

Mao Tse-tung. He died after two severe heart attacks on September 9, 1976 at the age of 83. More than a million people came to the funeral of the "Great Helmsman". The body of the deceased was embalmed according to a technique developed by Chinese scientists and put on display a year after death in a mausoleum built on Tiananmen Square by order of Hua Guofeng. By the beginning of 2007, about 158 million people had visited Mao's tomb.

Grigory Rasputin. Killed by conspirators (F. F. Yusupov, V. M. Purishkevich, Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich and officer British intelligence Oswald Reiner) on the night of December 17, 1916. They tried to poison Rasputin and shoot him, and even when after that Rasputin seemed alive, the body was drowned in the Neva.

Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev. On March 23, 1982, during Brezhnev's visit to Tashkent, bridges collapsed on him at an aircraft manufacturing plant, full of people. Brezhnev had a broken collarbone (which never healed). After this incident, Brezhnev's health was finally undermined. On November 7, 1982, Brezhnev's last public appearance took place. Standing on the podium of Lenin's Mausoleum, he took the military Parade on Red Square for several hours; however, its heavy physical state caught the eye even at the official shooting. On the morning of November 10, 1982, he was found dead in bed at his dacha. Death came from a heart attack.

John Kennedy. The 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas; while the presidential motorcade was moving through the streets of the city, shots were heard. The first bullet hit the president in the back of the neck and exited the throat from the front, the second hit the head and caused the destruction of the bones of the skull in the back of the head, as well as damage to the medulla. President Kennedy was taken to the operating room, where, half an hour after the assassination attempt, he was pronounced dead. Kennedy's assassination was blamed on Lee Harvey Oswald, who was shot to death a few days later at a police station by Dallas resident Jack Ruby, who also later died in prison.

Marilyn Monroe. She died on the night of August 5, 1962 in Brentwood (California) at the age of 36 from a lethal dose of sleeping pills. There are five versions of the cause of her death: a murder committed by the secret services on the orders of the Kennedy brothers in order to avoid publicity of their sexual relations; murder committed by the mafia; drug overdose; suicide; the tragic mistake of psychoanalyst actress Ralph Greenson, who ordered the patient to take chloral hydrate shortly after taking Nembutal. What was the true reason is unknown to date.

Boris Yeltsin. The first president of Russia died on April 23, 2007 in the Central Clinical Hospital as a result of cardiac arrest caused by progressive cardiovascular and then multiple organ failure, that is, a violation of the functions of many internal organs caused by a disease of the cardiovascular system. Yeltsin was hospitalized 12 days before his death. At the request of Boris Yeltsin's relatives, no autopsy was performed.

Benito Mussolini. On April 27, 1945, the partisans captured Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci, the message of his arrest comes to the command of the allied forces. Between the secret services of Great Britain and the United States, a real competition is unfolding to kidnap him. By order of the DPT, a small detachment led by Colonel Valerio (Walter Auzio) takes the Duce and Petacci from the hands of the partisans. On April 28 they were shot. Their bodies were transported to Milan, where they were hanged upside down in Piazza Loretto.

Ernesto Che Guevara. October 9, 1967 - Che was shot by the "rangers" (Sergeant Mario Teran) in the village of La Higuera on orders from La Paz, agreed with Washington, since it was assumed that a public trial would lead to a new wave of sympathy for the "leftists" in the region and the world. The last words of Che Guevara, according to the historiographic tradition, are: "Tell Fidel that the revolution is not over, he will triumph anyway! Tell Aleida, let her marry again, be happy, and make sure that the children study well. And order the soldiers to aim well" .

Edgar Allan Poe. An American writer and poet left Richmond, where he was lecturing on the "Poetic Principle" with $1,500 in his pocket. What happened next remains a mystery. Maybe the poet fell under the influence of his illness; maybe the robbers drugged him. Edgar Allan Poe was found unconscious on the floor, robbed. The poet was brought to Baltimore, where Poe died in hospital on October 7, 1849.

Celebrities have so filled the expanses of the Internet that we willy-nilly are interested in the smallest details of their lives. Now almost everyone will say how many children Angelina Jolie has either plastic surgery at the Madonna.

But there is a special group of people who are simply obsessed with celebrities - these are the fans. They are ready to delve into the dirty laundry of their idols and even savor it.

Many stars want to be told goodbye, so they arrange public funerals in advance. But some want peace for themselves and loved ones, but for them it is a luxury.

How famous person the more they discuss her death. There are even people who profit from these deaths. After all, there will always be fans willing to pay for latest photos idol.

Funeral of TV presenter Vladislav Listyev.

The same National Enquirer, without the permission of relatives, published a photo of Whitney Houston from the funeral. This caused a scandal that boosted the magazine's sales.

Following her mother, Bobbi Kristina Houston-Brown, whose posthumous photo was sold for $ 100,000, passed away.

The body of the wife of the Argentine dictator Eva Peron was put on public display for almost 3 years. She was buried only after the change of power in the country.

The mummy of Ho Chi Minh, head of the Communist Party of Vietnam, rests in the world's largest mausoleum.

Public farewell to Raisa Gorbacheva.

Heroes also pass away too soon. Something not finished, something not completed, something not added. Their life is a bright flash. Their publicity theatrical performance which often ends in tragedy. The most talked about event is their passing away... The show must go on even then...

The history of the rise and fall of the most sexy American blonde named Marilyn Monroe is known to everyone from young to old. But the scandal lies in the fact that so far there has not been final clarity around her untimely death on August 5, 1962 ...

And it will not come, because according to the most diverse versions, either the Kennedy brothers or the mafia are involved in the case. It is unlikely that anyone will allow the reputation of the youngest and most beloved US president to be soiled, the secret of whose death also remained unsolved ...

There is also the truth of the version that Marilyn died of a drug overdose or committed suicide. But here is a photograph of the actress, taken a few hours before her death. It looks like she's not going to die...

Monroe's corpse is taken out of her house....

The last photo... Marilyn Monroe is officially considered to have committed suicide.

Tupac Shakur is an American rapper, film actor and social activist.

He entered the Guinness Book of Records as the most successful hip-hop artist, selling a total of over 75 million copies of his albums.

Tupac was shot dead in 1996, the killers were never found. The first rapper to have a monument erected.

Jim Morrison ... When he was only four years old, something happened in the state of New Mexico that he later described as one of major events of his life: a truck with Indians overturned on the road, and their bloody bodies lay on the road. "I first discovered death (...) I think at that moment the souls of those dead Indians, maybe one or two of them, rushed around, writhing, and moved into my soul, I was like a sponge, readily absorbing them."

Jim's fate was a downhill descent: drunkenness, arrests for obscenity and fights with cops, going from a girl idol to a fat, bearded slob. In 1971, the worn-out rock star goes with his girlfriend Pamela Carson to Paris to relax and work on a book of poems, where he soon dies.

Rumors still circulate around his death. The cause of death is said to be a drug overdose. Jim Morrison is buried in Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. His grave has become a place of cult worship for fans who scribble nearby graves with inscriptions about their love for their idol and lines from The Doors songs.

Anna Nicole-Smith - "The New Marilyn Monroe", a stripper who seduced an elderly billionaire and fought to death for his inheritance, had neither a special mind nor outstanding natural data: in order to create breasts for herself, she underwent several plastic surgeries and managed to become an icon " Playboy" mid-90s.

On February 8, 2007, Anna Nicole was found unconscious in a Florida hotel. She died on the way to the hospital. Preliminary version - drug overdose. The police found drugs in her room.

Anna Nicole's life was tragically cut short at the age of 39 - but even after her death, her name continues to appear on the pages of newspapers, mainly in the "Scandals" section.

John Lennon is a British rock musician, singer, poet, composer, artist and writer.

Founder and member of The Beatles, popular musician of the 20th century.

In December 1980, Lennon was shot in the back by mentally unstable U.S. citizen Mark Chapman.

Michael Hutchence, lead vocalist of INXS: On November 22, 1997, at the age of 37, he hanged himself with his own belt ...

Before he died, Hutchence mixed cocaine, vodka, beer, champagne and an antidepressant and drank it all. However, there is a version that he died during a sexual experiment, during which a person experiences an orgasm from suffocation ... But despite the fact that the police recognized some oddities in this death, suicide is still considered the final version.

It is said that Michael is still in Kylie Minogue's worst nightmares...

Michael Jackson is an African American pop singer, dancer and songwriter. One of the most successful performers in history, winner of 14 Grammy awards and dozens of other awards; Around 750 million Jackson albums have been sold worldwide. He made a significant contribution to the development of popular music, video clips, dance and fashion.

Not only creativity, but also Jackson's personal life attracted the attention of the press: unusual changes in his appearance, as a result of which Michael's skin became light; his illness; trials, in which he was accused of child molestation, but was acquitted.

Jackson died in 2009 as a result of an overdose of propofol administered by a physician.

Notorious Big is the legendary American rapper Notorious B.I.G. entered hip-hop with the multi-platinum album Ready To Die.

Dealing drugs, sitting, recording and producing albums ...

He died on March 9, 1997 from his wounds after his Chevrolet was fired upon from a passing car.

There are many theories about Biggie's death, the most popular of which is that he was the victim of a war between west and east coast rappers, and that Notorious's death was retribution for Tupac's September 1996 murder.

Kurt Cobain - vocalist and guitarist of the famous American group Nirvana, as well as its leader and spiritual center. With the band's success, he became an international celebrity, hailed as the "voice of a generation".

Cobain was distinguished by poor health from childhood, in addition, he used drugs, smoked a lot, tried to commit suicide ...

On April 8, 1994, Cobain's body at his home in the Lake Washington area of Seattle was discovered by an electrician who came to install a security system.

There were no visible injuries on the musician's body, except for a small amount of blood from the ear, a gun lay on his chest ...

"I haven't felt the excitement of either listening to or making music along with writing it... so many years." According to one version of the investigation, Cobain injected himself with a dose of heroin incompatible with life and shot himself in the head with a gun. Forensics also concluded that Kurt died on April 5, his body lay in the house for several days.

There is also speculation about the deliberate murder of Kurt ...

In the American magazine Newsweek, excerpts from the diaries of the deceased were published, from which it becomes clear that the musician planned suicide two years before he committed it. In his notes, Cobain wrote that he wanted to kill himself in order to end the terrible stomach pains from which he suffered. last years life. By the way, according to Kurt, it was these pains that caused him to start taking drugs that allegedly eased his suffering. “It was so bad,” the musician wrote, “that I bought myself a gun and wanted to shoot myself. But instead, he got addicted to drugs again.”

Heath Ledger is a famous Australian and, later, Hollywood actor. The second actor in history (after Peter Finch) to be awarded an Oscar posthumously.

Ledger's life ended at 28. Those who saw the actor shortly before his death say that he suffered from depression ...

An autopsy could not establish the exact cause of death, so an additional toxicological examination was required, as a result of which the official cause of Ledger's death was announced - acute intoxication caused by the combined action of painkillers, sleeping pills and anti-anxiety drugs ...

Brittany Murphy - American actress, star of the films "Sin City", "8 Mile".

Died as a result of an accident. The reason for the cardiac arrest of the actress was a multiple overdose of drugs on the background of pneumonia and iron deficiency anemia.

Celebrities and oligarchs prefer to meet death in style: preferably in the same way as the best moments of life were lived. Relatives of wealthy people spend millions so that the last exit of the deceased to the people goes to highest level. The organization of a pompous farewell often results in far a large amount than any Great Gatsby party. SUPER figured out how much they cost strong of the world this place on the graveyard next door to folk artists, "six hundredth" coffins with safe locks, Tom Ford burial suits and other expenses in the name of a magnificent end. An excerpt from Sex and the City

Place in the cemetery

The first thing the oligarchs stand in a long line for during their lifetime is a place in the cemetery. According to the letter of the law, places on the graveyard are given free of charge, but such "gifts" from the state are far from the prestigious areas of Moscow. While still in good health, many oligarchs take care of a place in the so-called elite cemeteries: Vagankovsky, Novodevichy, Troekurovsky. At the latter, by the way, the politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky bought himself a seat for 2 million rubles. A place on the Kalitnikovsky churchyard, in the center of Moscow, can be bought for the same 2 million rubles, but it is worth noting that, along with three square meters you will get the bones of the previously deceased resting in this place. Many relatives of the dead, over whom tears were shed decades ago, sell the graves of their loved ones, offering to bury them directly over the remains. So, for 1 million 300 thousand rubles you can get a place next to the famous crime boss Yaponchik, who rests on the Vagankovsky churchyard.

"Six hundredth" coffin

Another impressive waste for the sake of an epic farewell is the so-called six hundredth coffin. For true patriots of Russia, the market of elite funeral services offers the Patriot model with an embroidered coat of arms of Russia on the inside of the coffin, its price is 220 000 rubles. However, there are also more representative and multifunctional options, for example, the coffin of the American brand BATSVILLE CASKET made of solid cherry. Inside it, two elevators are provided for raising the head and lowering the legs of the deceased. However, its main advantage is a safe lock, which is necessary to protect the deceased from marauders. This often happens when a corpse is buried in precious jewelry. The price for a reliable “rest box” reaches half a million rubles.

Hearse

The fact that the last car of the deceased, accustomed to the smooth movement of the Rolls-Royce during his lifetime, may be the domestic Gazelle or the budget FORD does not fit in the minds of the relatives of the rich. Per 4500 rubles per hour, a Mercedes-Benz hearse with neon lighting along the coffin compartment will be provided for services. By the way, politician Boris Nemtsov made his last trip in such a car.

Urn for ashes

AT recent times Russian crematoria are full of customers: there are more and more people who want to rest in an urn on the fireplace. Quite a few followers new trend and among wealthy people: this is how they disposed of the body of the deceased stepson of Sergei Bezrukov. FROM the late ballerina Maya Plisetskaya also did not want to feed the worm and bequeathed to scatter her ashes over Russia. However, not everyone wants to end up in a dirty gutter near a car wash. However, in order to store the ashes of an oligarch in an ordinary urn, his relatives have too much imagination, and most importantly, money. Looking into the house of the cremated rich man, be careful with vases: they may contain the former owner of the house. Hermes and Versace vases, popular for storing the remains, are on the shelves of elite boutiques with price tags. 40 000 — 150 000 rubles. These will help prevent the deceased from entering the food chain.

stylist for the dead

According to many oligarchs, guests who come to say goodbye to the coffin must certainly seize envy at the sight of the deceased's attire. Fashionable editors of glossy publications make good money on this by dressing a lifeless body. For choosing an outfit for a client that is always dead, stylists charge about 50 000 rubles. A reference for such events, the Tom Ford suit costs 300 000 rubles often becomes the last garment of a man. For a deceased fashionista, stylists often opt for a Chanel little black dress. The price for such panache can reach 200 000 rubles.

Make-up artist for the dead

Relatives of the wealthy dead care about make-up no less than about the outfit, especially if the hearse passenger is a woman. The services of full-time mortuary makeup artists do not always satisfy loved ones, and therefore they involve eminent make-up masters in their work. The deceased will have to pay several times more for the service than the living. By the way, the author of the posthumous makeup of Lyudmila Gurchenko was her longtime friend and stylist Aslan Akhmadov. The singer bequeathed that it was he who made up her in last way. The work of Akhmadov was then appreciated by the entire show business, saying goodbye to the artist. The deceased in this form even got on the cover of one of the glossy magazines. In the case of the secular lady Yana Prezhevskaya, her Rublev friends, on the contrary, furtively resented that the woman was disfigured by inept makeup.

Dress code and seating at the funeral

The aesthetics of the funeral largely depends on the dress code of the guests. As a rule, black is the dominant color at mourning events. It is considered bad manners to come in bright clothes; even in winter, women are not recommended to wear beige fur coats. Also, ladies should abandon their heels so that their knocking does not disturb the grave silence of the funeral. It is especially important not to appear on high heels in the temple during the funeral service, when parishioners are concentrated on prayer. A brilliant example of a stylish farewell is designer Yves Saint Laurent's memorial service. Eminent friends of the couturier spent a lot of time in front of the wardrobe on the day of the funeral. In 2008, editor-in-chief of American Vogue Anna Wintour, actress Catherine Deneuve, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni came to say goodbye to him. When parting takes on such a scope, you should take care of seating: in no case should the legitimate widow and the young mistress of the buried be nearby. You should also provide a pleasant company for star guests: there are many who want to cry on the shoulder of a celebrity, but you need to choose the most worthy of all the candidates. An example of the right strategy is shown in the TV series Sex and the City.

Elite wreaths

Florists offer a variety of luxurious funeral arrangements, a great alternative to carnations, which are popular at mourning events. The relatives of the deceased and his friends try to outdo each other and lay the composition as luxuriously as possible. Flowers are a kind of last gift to the dead, so wealthy friends do not count the contents of their wallet before choosing a flower. compoposition. Such a sign of attention will cost 25 000 — 45 000 rubles.

VIP movers

Loaders are people who are next to the deceased at the most heartbreaking moments, when the coffin is carried to the hearse, then to the grave, and tears simultaneously flow down the cheeks of loved ones. To them appearance did not yield to the image of the bohemia gathered at the elite funeral, the relatives of the deceased order the services of VIP loaders. The difference between ordinary porters and elite porters lies in their appearance: for an additional fee, people receive porters in suits and the VIP prefix to the name of the service. Four guys have to pay 14 000 rubles, however, as a rule, the coffin is carried by six to eight people, especially when it comes to expensive boxes.

Orchestra

It is no secret that not only friends and relatives of the deceased appear at the funeral, but also many ill-wishers who, for the sake of decency, see him off on his last journey. A ritual orchestra will help to squeeze a mean tear out of such characters: even the most worst enemy. The execution of tragic melodies will cost 30 000 rubles. In addition, some orchestras offer to play the favorite songs of the deceased with lyrical and tragic processing. Such musicians can even turn Philip Kirkorov's song "My Bunny" into a funeral march.

Ritual elevator

For the sake of aesthetics, wealthy people without fail order a ritual elevator for a funeral. This device allows you to lower the coffin into the grave without the help of loaders smoothly and by pressing a single button on the remote control. This is not only a way to brighten up the last seconds of the deceased in this world, but also to be calm that the coffin will not crash from the hands of the movers at the most crucial moment. The peace of mind of the relatives of the funeral services agency is estimated at 60 000 rubles.

Memorial Restaurant

Recall luxurious parties, vacations on the best resorts, generous gestures and other pleasant moments once spent with the deceased, friends and relatives gather for a glass or two at a memorial feast. Evenings of such wealthy people are spent in already favorite restaurants, renting banquet halls or completely establishments so that the tone of the event is not disturbed by cheerful visitors. As a rule, on the memorial table are dishes that the deceased loved during his lifetime, and the taste of the oligarchs, as you know, is predictable: oysters, black caviar and foie gras often make up the mourning menu. Such a banquet will cost 10 000 — 20 000 rubles per person.