The tragic death of famous people. Mysterious Celebrity Deaths

Each of us has heard stories more than once about people who said goodbye to life in an outrageously ridiculous way. Judging by the facts that caused the death of the unfortunates, one can conclude that they were terribly unlucky, and in some cases pathological stupidity, due to which they died. But not only mere mortals are honored to be awarded the Darwin Prize. It turns out that a considerable number of historical and well-known personalities died under absurd circumstances, which was the reason for their mention in our article.

Stanislav Leshchinsky

At the age of 88, he died of burns when he fell asleep in an armchair in front of the fireplace. His clothes caught fire from a spark from the fireplace.

Pietro Aretino

The Italian playwright and satirist of the Renaissance, Pietro Aretino, heard an obscene anecdote while drinking, burst out laughing, fell and crushed his skull (according to another version, he died laughing from a broken heart)

Sigurd the Mighty

In 892, Sigurd the Mighty tied the severed head of a defeated enemy to his saddle. On the way, the teeth dug into Sigurd's leg, and soon an infection got into the wound. Mighty Sigurd died from her.

George Plantagenet

George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence was sentenced to drown in a barrel of wine

Sir Arthur Aston

In 1649, Sir Arthur Aston was beaten to death with his own wooden leg.

Adolf Fredrik, King of Sweden

The king died on February 12, 1771 in Stockholm from a stroke after an overly hearty dinner.

Marcus Garvey

Marcus Garvey died of a stroke after reading a self-deprecating obituary in a newspaper

Alan Spacey

Alan Spacey - British racing driver, died while racing in the Belgian Grand Prix. Alan was hit in the face by a bird, after which he lost control and crashed

Julien Offrey de la Mettrier

Overate at a feast arranged in his honor

John Kendrick

Was shot down by a cannonball during a salute arranged in his honor

Governor Morris

Sticking a piece of whale bone into the urethra to clear it

Jim Creighton

Swinging a baseball bat so hard that he ruptured his bladder

Attorney Clement Vallandigham

Accidentally shot himself at a hearing while demonstrating to the judge how your client's alleged victim could have killed himself.

Grigory Rasputin

Was poisoned, shot in the head, took three more bullets, clubbed to death, castrated and thrown into the river to finally die

Alexander I of Greece

Was beaten by a monkey

Martha Mansfield

Burnt in her own dress from an unsuccessfully lit match

JJ Perry-Thomas

Beheaded by a broken sports car drive chain

Isadora Duncan

Broke her neck with a long scarf wrapped around a car wheel

Leslie Harvey

Killed during a performance due to a microphone short circuit

Gary Hoy

He threw himself out the window, trying to show that the installed glass could not be broken. It should be noted that the glass still did not break, but flew out of the frames.

Modern celebrities are under constant surveillance by the press, which, in turn, spreads rumors about them and inflates scandals out of thin air. If a star was photographed from a stranger, then they certainly have an affair. If they look untidy, this is a sign of illness or drug or alcohol addiction. The annoying media can't rest even after they're dead. So, below is a list of the ten most mysterious celebrity deaths.

Brittany Murphy

In late 2009, actress Brittany Murphy died at her home from a heart attack. The official autopsy report ruled that the death of the actress was natural and caused by an illness, namely worsening anemia due to pneumonia. Just three months later, Murphy's husband, Simon, also passed away. According to the conclusion of the medical examination, the cause of his death was the same as that of his wife, although there is an opinion that drugs are to blame.
In 2012, a controversial documentary was released in which Murphy's girlfriend, Julia Davis, talks about her conspiracy theory against the actress. A former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employee, Davis claims that the organization used various methods to intimidate the actress because she knew too much about illegal immigration at the Mexican border. American journalist Alex Behn also said that a certain Simon Mojack threatened him and kept his house under constant surveillance. There is also information that a few days before the death of Brittany, her husband spoke with Simon. The madness doesn't end there! Documentary director Asifa Akbar claims he and his family have been targeted by the National Security Agency. Murphy's father believes that she was poisoned, and her mother is more skeptical about everything, calling all the accusations "window dressing" and "an attempt to cash in on her daughter's death."

In 2013, the world was shocked by the tragic car accident that killed famous actor Paul Walker. Walker and his friend Roger Rodas were driving through Santa Clarita in a Porsche GT, Rodas was driving, the speed was high enough, he lost control and crashed into a tree. The car caught fire on impact and both died before the ambulance arrived. Many Internet users have found a catch in this tragedy. Lately, Paul has been raising funds to help the victims of Typhoon Haiyan and may have discovered some secret hidden in the activities of charitable organizations. According to the second version, “dirty money” was laundered under the guise of charity, which Walker later learned about. Someone made changes to the design of the car in such a way that at a certain speed, traction and steering control are lost.

The death of beloved star Robin Williams is one of the saddest Hollywood tragedies in history. recent history. The man who made the whole world laugh and left on August 11, 2014. The initial cause of death was asphyxiation, there were versions of suicide, and the theory of murder spread on the Internet. It is also known that the body of the actor was cremated a day after his death, and the ashes were scattered over the San Francisco Bay. Why was there such a rush?

In the 1990s, the Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers had a cult following in the UK, with guitarist Richie Edwards being especially celebrated. He is often described as one of the greatest rock lyricists. Edwards was a bright guy from childhood and always dreamed of playing in a band, soon this dream came true. In 1994, for inappropriate behavior and addiction to alcohol, he was placed in a psychiatric hospital. Less than a year later, life returned to normal. On February 1, 1995, he was supposed to fly to America for the presentation of the last album of his group, but he did not come on the flight. He was last seen leaving a hotel in London late at night. Two weeks later, his car was found abandoned on the bridge. He was officially declared dead in 2008. In 1998, British newspapers started rumors that Edwards was alive, as evidence, they presented the testimony of the barmaid at canary islands, who claimed to have seen a visitor who looked very much like him, and that when addressed by name, he ran away. It was also said that he was seen in India in the company of hippies. Perhaps Richie Edwards is alive and well, just still hiding from everyone.

Many believe that the secret services were constantly trying to kill Bob Marley. Journalist Alex Constantine claims that the US government first attempted to assassinate Marley in November 1976. Jamaica was then under martial law, which followed outbreaks of election unrest and violent expression of discontent. Hoping to calm the situation, Prime Minister Michael Manley asked Bob Marley to organize a free concert in early December. A week before the concert, a group of men entered Marley's house and opened fire. Marley and his wife were badly injured, and no one saw the raiders. The public understood that the attack was politically motivated and likely prompted by the agreement to host the concert. But according to Konstantin, the attack was actually organized by the CIA, and they weren't going to stop there. Just before the concert, a pair of shoes was delivered to Marley as a gift. After the concert, a copper wire was removed from Bob's leg, which allegedly got there by accident. After some time, doctors discovered cancerous growths in the tissues on this leg. Perhaps it was caused by toxins and a piece of wire was there for a reason. Marley passed away on May 11, 1981.

The most common rumor is that Lisa Lopez, nicknamed "Left Eye", had a premonition of her death. Lopez was a member of the TLC group and a popular female rapper. She was a very energetic and prominent star, so the world was greatly shocked by her death in 2002. AT last days of her life, the singer looked worried and told loved ones about a bad feeling. In early 2002, she decided to film a documentary in Honduras. Once during the filming, Lopez was driving along the highway with her friends, when suddenly a little boy ran out onto the road and got hit by wheels. It was impossible to avoid the incident. The child died in the hospital. Striking was the fact that the dead boy had the last name Lopez and the same shoe size as Lisa. The accident that killed Left Eye was captured on camera and included in a 2007 documentary.

CONSPIRACY, black magic, a cursed car, an evil spirit - these are all versions of the death of the cult actor James Dean in 1955. Dean is believed to have received warnings days before his death. The first warning is the accidentally thrown words of stuntman Bill Hickman about driving too fast. But James only laughed at the warning and sped off again. Later, Dean met with Hickman, photographer Sandy Roths at a gas station, and a couple of racing buddies who complained about the high number of speeding tickets - this is the second warning. On September 30, 1955, James Dean, along with mechanic Rolf Wütherich, drove a sports Porsche 550 "Spyder" to Salinas, where Dean's car was being prepared for the upcoming races. On the way, a policeman stopped them and gave them a warning to slow down - that was the last one. The accident occurred near the city of Holame in California, two cars collided almost head-on. Rolf Wütherich received moderate injuries. James Dean died en route to the hospital without regaining consciousness. There are rumors that there was something mystical about this death. Many claim that Dean's ghost comes to the scene of the accident every September 30th.

On February 3, 1959, a tragedy occurred that claimed the lives of three musicians and the pilot. They took off from Iowa (Clear Eik) and the plane crashed shortly after takeoff. It happened in the middle of a bus tour. The musicians were exhausted due to constant moving, since the distance between the cities was quite large.
Investigators, having learned that the pilot did not have the necessary qualifications to fly the plane on his own, declared pilot error to be the cause of the disaster. But the owners of the airline deny this conclusion, citing a juggling of facts and arguing that the reason was different. Eight weeks later, near the crash site, a farmer found a gun. This gave rise to another version - the pilot could have been shot. In 2007, Richardson's son requested a judicial retrial to confirm or disprove this theory. He was also in doubt because Richardson's body was found at a considerable distance from the wreckage. Perhaps the Big Bopper survived the crash, but did not wait for help. But the investigation did not find any evidence of this. The younger Richardson died in 2013 at the age of 54.
In March 2015, the case was again reviewed and some facts about mechanical damage were confirmed, which casts doubt on the pilot's initial allegations of negligence.

Amy Winehouse achieved huge fame in a short time thanks to the soulful hits Rehab and Back To Black. Amy was born and died in London, death occurred at the age of 27, which inspired some kind of mystical color. At this time, she was trying to cope with drug addiction and addiction to alcohol. In 2008, Amy said she knew she was destined to die young. Amy joined the famous "Club 27" - stars who died at the age of 27, including Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain. Many see the curse and do not believe that the "27 Club" is just a coincidence and an explainable confluence of facts. But there is no doubt that since the death of Kurt Cobain in 1994, Amy has become the most outrageous representative of this sinister club.

Whitney Houston

Some believe that Whitney Houston's death was connected to a conspiracy or had a mystical connection with the devil. The singer was found dead in February 2012 in a Bevely Hills hotel room on the eve of the 54th Grammy ceremony. The death of Whitney Houston came as a shock to many, but some were not particularly surprised by its cause. According to the official version, she choked on water (the corpse was found in the bathroom), having lost consciousness after an overdose of cocaine. Shortly before her death, the singer made a statement about her victory over addiction. What was the reason to take up the old. In the detective's notes, there was a statement that injuries were found on the singer's body, indicating struggle and resistance. But there was not enough evidence that this murder and the case was closed. Some believe that death is dated for the ritual of the Illuminati, although it is not clear on what grounds this conclusion is made.

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Celebrities, tragically, rarely die of old age in their own beds, surrounded by loving relatives - much more often they die from accidents, illness or car accidents.
These are just some of them.

car crashes

Princess Diana

August 31, 1997 will forever go down in history as the day of the tragic death of Princess Diana of Wales: the 36-year-old princess, her friend Dodi al-Fayed and the driver died in an accident in the tunnel in front of the Alma bridge on the Seine embankment in Paris. The reasons for the accident are still unclear - presumably, trying to elude the paparazzi chasing Diana's car, the driver of the princess lost control. There is, however, a much more scandalous explanation for the tragedy - Dodi's father, billionaire Mohammed al-Fayed, among others, is sure that the car accident that claimed the lives of Princess Diana and his son was rigged.

Jane Mansfield

Jayne Mansfield, the actress and prototype of the Barbie doll, died in a car accident in 1967, at the age of 34, along with her friend Sam Brody. It was rumored that Jane's head was blown off in this accident. In the back seats of the car were her three children, who received minor injuries and survived.

Françoise Dorléac


French actress, sister of Catherine Deneuve and daughter of French actor Maurice Dorléac.
On June 26, 1967, she was heading to Nice airport. The car in which she was driving had a terrible accident, as a result of which the 25-year-old actress died.
And yet, despite the fact that this girl died so early and had so little time, she is still known not only as the sister of Catherine Deneuve, who later became famous throughout the world, but as a real star of French cinema of the second half of the last century.

Grace Kelly

Grace Kelly, former Hollywood actress and wife of Prince Rainier III of Monaco. Due to a heart attack, Princess Grace lost control, and the car, which was her daughter Stephanie, fell off a sharp turn, falling into a ravine. Daughter Grace Kelly, despite the injuries received, survived, and the doctors could not save the princess.

James Dean


On September 30, 1955, a car accident claimed the life of Hollywood actor James Dean. Despite the fact that Dean starred in only three major films, he was 24 years old, the actor became a real "icon" of the lost generation, a role model for thousands of fans. James Dean himself was guilty of a fatal accident, losing control of his Porsche Spider 550 sports car at high speed. Dean's car crashed into a tree, and the actor himself died, breaking his neck.

Falco

In February 1998, pop singer Falco, a native of Germany and the only German singer who managed to conquer the US charts with a composition on German. Outside of his native Germany, Falco is known for his song "Body Next to Body", recorded with popular actress Brigitte Nielsen. The singer himself was the culprit of the accident: on February 6, 1998, Falco got behind the wheel of his Mitsubishi Pajero while intoxicated and at high speed collided with a bus near the city of Puerto Plata in Dominican Republic. Falco died at the scene from his injuries.

Helmut Newton

In 2004, the fashion world lost another luminary: the legendary fashion photographer Helmut Newton, who worked for Vogue for four decades and created portraits of many Hollywood celebrities and supermodels, died in a car accident in California. 83-year-old Newton, leaving the parking lot of the Chateau Marmont Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, lost control of his Cadillac limousine and crashed into a wall. An hour later, the famous photographer died in the hospital.

Lisa Lopez

She was one of three members of the American group TLC, which became known far beyond the United States thanks to the hits Waterfalls and No scrubs. The nickname "left eye" - the left eye - Lisa took for herself, because one day she was told that she had beautiful eyes, especially the left one. At concerts, she put a condom on the left lens of her glasses, thus promoting safe sex. Lisa died in a car accident in Honduras in 2002. At this time, her second solo album and the fourth album of the group TLC were being prepared for release.

Viktor Tsoi


August 15, 1990 at 12:28 pm Viktor Tsoi died in a car accident. The accident occurred at the 35th kilometer of the Sloka-Talsi highway near Tukums in Latvia, a few dozen kilometers from Riga. According to the most plausible official version, Tsoi fell asleep at the wheel, after which his light gray Moskvich-2141 flew into the oncoming lane and collided with the Ikarus-250 bus

Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell, author famous book gone With the Wind She has lived in Atlanta for most of her life. On August 11, 1949, she was crossing a street in Atlanta on her way to a theater when she was hit by a speeding taxi. She died of her injuries five days later.

Plane crashes

Aaliya

Aaliyah is an American actress, singer and model. In an interview with an American publication, Aaliya spoke about the origin of her name. "Aaliya is an Arabic name with great power," she said. As an actress, Aaliya starred in the films Romeo Must Die and Queen of the Damned. The singer died on August 25, 2001, as a result of a plane crash on which she was returning from the island of Abaco, where she was filming her new video. None of the eight people on board survived.

Carol Lombard

Carol Lombard is a famous actress. Lombard was married to actor Clark Gable from 1939 until her death in a plane crash. Carol Lombard used her celebrity charm to let her, her mother, and her secretary stay on the plane, from which the rest of the passengers were disembarked to accommodate military personnel. After taking off from Las Vegas, the pilot failed to gain sufficient altitude, and the plane crashed into Table Rock, breaking in two. The front section where Carol sat was practically flattened out.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

French writer, poet and professional pilot. (author of the book "The Little Prince"). July 31, 1944, Saint-Exupery went from the Borgo airfield on the island of Corsica on a reconnaissance flight and did not return. According to press publications from March 2008, the German Luftwaffe veteran, 88-year-old Horst Rippert, stated that it was he who shot down the plane of Antoine de Saint-Exupery. According to his statements, he did not know who was at the controls of the enemy aircraft.

John F. Kennedy Jr.

An American journalist and lawyer, the third child and first son of the 35th US President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy. On July 16, 1999, John F. Saratoga". Kennedy flew the plane himself and was on his way to Massachusetts for the wedding of his cousin Rory Kennedy, youngest daughter Robert Kennedy (born after his assassination). The plane crashed, falling into Atlantic Ocean at high speed. As shown by the investigation, the disaster occurred due to disorientation in space and due to poor visibility.

Buddy Holly


Buddy Holly (22 years old). American singer-songwriter, one of the pioneers of rock and roll. According to Rolling Stone magazine, he is ranked 13th in the list of "Greatest Artists of All Time". On February 3, 1959, while on tour, he abandoned a boring bus and decided to get to his next destination by plane. The plane got into a storm and crashed.

Murders

Sharon Tate

Sharon Tate, a Golden Globe nominee and director Roman Polanski's wife, was everyone's favorite thanks to her kindness and cheerful disposition. The actress, who was eight months pregnant, and her four friends were killed by members of the Charles Manson gang. Despite the fact that Tate begged for the life of her unborn child, the killers stabbed Sharon 16 times.

John Lennon

On December 8, 1980, John Lennon was assassinated by US citizen Mark David Chapman. On the day of his death, Lennon gave his last interview to American journalists, and at 22:50, when John and Yoko entered under the arch of their house, returning from the Hit Factory recording studio, Chapman, who earlier that day took Lennon's autograph on the cover of the new album Double Fantasy, which came out three weeks earlier, fired five shots into his back, four of which landed. Lennon was taken to the Roosevelt Hospital in just a few minutes by a police car called by the doorman of the Dakota. But the doctors' attempts to save Lennon were in vain - due to a large loss of blood, he died, the official time of death was 23 hours and 15 minutes. He was cremated in New York and Lennon's ashes were given to Yoko Ono.

Selena

Selena was called the "Mexican Madonna", she was the main singer in the Latin American scene. Selena became famous at a fairly young age and during her short but vibrant life she managed to release about a dozen albums. Selena was killed by the president of her fan club, Yolanda Saldivar. In addition to working at the fan club, Saldivar was the manager of Selena's stores in Texas, but she was fired for theft. In March 1995, Selena and Saldívar met at a hotel in the Texas city of Corpus Christi to settle their final financial issues. When the meeting ended and Selena was about to leave the hotel, Yolanda Saldívar shot her in the back. The singer was able to get to the reception, but later died in the hospital from blood loss.

Dorothy Stratten

Dorothy Stratten was one of Playboy magazine's most famous models. She became "Girl of the Month" in August 1979 and "Girl of the Year" in 1980. Dorothy was shot by her husband Paul Snyder, with whom they were at that time in a state of divorce and the model lived with her friend, director Peter Bogdanovich. Stratten and Snyder met to discuss the financial side of the divorce, later the girl was found shot in the head in her husband's bedroom. Snyder killed Dorothy and then committed suicide.

Dominic Dunn

Dominique Dunn is an American actress (22 years old), best known for her role in the horror film Poltergeist (1982). Shortly after the film's release, the actress was strangled to death by her jealous boyfriend, the chef at Ma Maison, outside her Hollywood home. She was taken to the hospital in a coma, where she died five days later.

Tupac Shakur

In 1996, the rapper received 4 more bullets - in the chest, in the pelvis and one in each thigh, and one of the bullets ricocheted into the chest of the musician. Tupac died 6 days later in intensive care.

Robert Knox


Robert Knox, who played a cameo role as Ravenclaw student Marcus Belby in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, has died from a stab wound sustained during a pub brawl. The murder took place on May 24, 2008 in the London suburb of Sidcup. Rob Knox died outside a bar he used to go to on Fridays. Death was recorded by doctors at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolich.

Adrienne Shelley

American actress, film director and screenwriter.
Adrienne, 40, was found dead in her Manhattan office. Her husband, Andy Sharp, found her hanging from a sheet in the bathroom. Initially, the cause of death was considered a version of suicide. Later, 19-year-old construction worker Diego Pillco was arrested in New York. Under interrogation by the police, he made a confession about the staging. Pillko was renovating the house, and Shelley complained about the noise from his work. As a result of a quarrel, an angry worker attacked the actress. Adrienne Shelley is survived by her three-year-old daughter Sophie.

Gianni Versace

An Italian fashion designer who founded the Gianni Versace brand in 1978, under which luxury clothing, accessories, cosmetics, perfumes and furniture were produced. After the death of the couturier, the brand was renamed "Versace".
Gianni Versace: in 1997, the fashion designer was shot and killed during his morning walk, serial killer homosexual orientation by Andrew Cunanan for no apparent reason. The shooter committed suicide immediately after the assassination attempt.

Brandon Lee

American actor, son of Bruce Lee. Like his father, he died at a young age (28 years old), on the set.
February 1, 1993 in Wilmington, Brandon turned 28 years old. Near the end of filming, in one of the scenes where the main character is shot with a gun, at 00:30 the actor was shot with a .44 caliber revolver by actor Michael Massey, who played one of the villains (Fanboy). The plug stuck in the barrel was not noticed by the crew members and flew out of the barrel when fired with a blank cartridge. The actor was wounded in the stomach, a foreign body stuck in the spine, causing extensive blood loss. Brandon Lee died 12 hours later in a hospital in Wilmington, North Carolina.

John F. Kennedy

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. In addition, Texas Governor Connolly, who was riding in the same car, was seriously injured, and one of the passers-by was also slightly injured.
Lee Harvey Oswald, arrested on suspicion of murder, was shot and killed two days later at a police station by Dallas resident Jack Ruby, who also later died in prison.

Marvin Gaye


American singer, arranger, multi-instrumentalist musician, songwriter and music producer, along with Stevie Wonder, who was at the forefront of modern rhythm and blues. He died during a family quarrel at the hands of his father the day before his forty-fifth birthday. When the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was created (1987), the name of Marvin Gaye was also immortalized in it.

Mia Zapata

American rock singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist. Soloist of the band "The Gits"
Late on the evening of July 7, 1993, Mia left the recording studio and visited her friend, she was last seen alive around 2:00 am. Zapata was severely beaten, raped and strangled to death on her way home.
It is known that on the day of the murder, the singer had a headset with her, which confirms the version that she did not know about the persecution.
It took 7 years until new data appeared in the investigation. A random DNA test by the Seattle police led to the arrest of fisherman Jesús Mescuya, a Cuban who had been living in Seattle at the time Mia was killed. His DNA matched samples taken from saliva found on Zapata's body. The sample remained in storage until the STR technology was developed, which made it possible to completely extract information from DNA. Mesquia's DNA was entered into the DNA database following his arrest for a burglary in Florida in 2002.
Jesús Mescuya was convicted of the singer's murder and received a 36-year prison sentence on March 25, 2004.

Marie Trintignant


French actress.
Marie Trintignant is the daughter of famous parents. Her father is actor Jean-Louis Trintignant, and her mother is screenwriter and director Nadine Trintignant.
In July 2003, Marie Trintignant was in Vilnius filming a television film by Nadine Trintignant about the life of the writer Sidonie Colette. There was also a friend of Marie Bertrand Canta, the lead singer of the French group Noir Désir, with whom she had a love relationship for a year and a half. On July 27, 2003, out of jealousy, he beat her, causing severe head injuries. Marie was in a coma for several days, on July 31, 2003 she was transferred to the Artman clinic in the Parisian suburb of Neuilly and died a day later. An autopsy showed that the cause of death was a traumatic brain injury caused by blows to the face.

Lana Clarkson

American actress and fashion model.
Lana Clarkson, 40, was shot in the mouth by producer Phil Spector in his mansion.
In the early hours of the morning, Clarkson met Spector while working at the House of Blues. Clarkson went with Spector to his mansion, while Spector's driver was outside in the car. About an hour later, the driver heard a shot.
Spector says Clarkson accidentally shot herself
He was sentenced to 19 years in prison on May 29, 2009, 15 years for the murder of an actress, and 4 years for illegal possession of a weapon.

Maple Batalia

Actress and model.
She was shot dead in Surrey at the age of 19.

Rob Knox

In the London suburb of Sidcup from a knife wound received in street fight 18-year-old actor Rob Knox, who played the cameo role of Marcus Belby in the film "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", died

Accidents, unexplained circumstances or suicides

Natalie Wood

An American actress of Russian origin, three times nominated for an Oscar. On the night of November 29-30, Natalie Wood, her husband Robert Wagner and family friend Christopher Walken went on a sea cruise on the Shine yacht. According to the generally accepted version, being in a state of intoxication, Wood decided to fix the rope and, unable to stay on her feet, fell into the water, from which she drowned. But this is doubtful, because, as a result of a tragedy experienced in childhood, Natalie was afraid of water. Another interesting fact is that the life of the actress was insured for thirteen million dollars, which, in the event of her death, her husband should have received. What really happened that night remains unclear to this day.

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe died on the night of August 5, 1962 in Brentwood 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 special services on the orders of the Kennedy brothers in order to avoid publicity of their sexual relations; a murder committed by the mafia; a drug overdose; suicide; the tragic mistake of psychoanalyst actress Ralph Greenson, who ordered the patient to take chloral hydrate shortly after taking Nembutal.

Edie Sedgwick

Edie Sedgwick - American actress, socialite and the muse of Andy Warhol. Sedgwick became famous thanks to the filming of Warhol's underground films and participation in his Factory project. Sedgwick has struggled with drug addiction for most of her adult life. In 1971, she was no longer using drugs, but her doctor prescribed barbiturates to stop her physical pain. On the night of November 15, 1971, Sedgwick drank the prescribed amount of medicine and went to bed, in the morning Edie never woke up.

Ruslana Korshunova

In New York, 20-year-old model Ruslana Korshunova jumped out of the window of her apartment, located on the ninth floor of a skyscraper in Manhattan. The girl who arrived from Kazakhstan three years ago made an enchanting modeling career in America. She had contracts with the most famous fashion houses and trademarks - DKNY, Christian Dior, Nina Ricci and Kenzo ... The unexpected death of Ruslana shocked everyone.

Ernest Hemingway

On July 2, 1961, the famous American writer Ernest Hemingway shot himself in the chest with a gun. This happened a few days after his return from a psychiatric clinic. He did not leave a suicide note, so the motives for his suicide are unknown, but there is speculation that they are related to the writer's alcoholism. Ernest Hemingway's father also committed suicide.

Kurt Cobain


On April 5, 1994, Nirvana leader Kurt Cobain shot himself dead in his Seattle home. His body was discovered by an electrician in a locked greenhouse, next to him on the table lay an allegedly farewell letter from the musician. In this death, however, there are still many obscure moments. During the autopsy, doctors found 225-240 milligrams of heroin in Cobain's blood - a lethal dose from which people usually die before they finish it. One of the articles, citing the results of clinical studies, was called: "The dead do not pull the trigger." Well, in the suicide letter of the musician there is not a single direct statement that he wants to die. "I need to be a little dumb to regain the enthusiasm that I had as a child"; “I no longer have passion, but I remember: it is better to burn out than to dissolve” - these lines can be interpreted in different ways. And the last phrase “Keep going” (here, too, there is no unambiguous translation: either “live” or “keep doing what you are doing”), addressed by Kurt to his wife Courtney Love, generally raises doubts among graphologists about authenticity: in it they found more twenty inconsistencies with the handwriting of the musician.

John Belushi

American comedian, screenwriter.
Older brother of actor James Belushi.
Died of a heart attack caused by an overdose of a speedball at the Chateau Marmont on March 5, 1982. He was buried March 9 at Aubels Hill Cemetery, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.

Amy Winehouse

An English singer-songwriter known for her powerful contralto vocals and eccentric performance of a mixture of musical genres including R&B, soul and jazz, critically acclaimed as one of the leading British female artists of the 2000s.
She died on July 23, 2011 at her home in Camden from alcohol poisoning at the age of 27.

Tony Scott

Tony Scott, director of Top Gun, Days of Thunder, Beverly Hills Cop 2 and Passengers on the 123. Ridley Scott's younger brother committed suicide by jumping off the Vincent Thomas Bridge in California. A suicide note was found in his car, a black Toyota Prius parked on the bridge.

Brian Bianchini

American actor and model.
On March 16, 2004, Brian Bianchini, suffering from severe depression, committed suicide. He was buried in the Italian cemetery in the town of Colma, near San Francisco.

Ambrose Olsen

American model.
On April 22, 2010, Ambrose Olsen committed suicide in his New York City apartment. The body of a 24-year-old young man was found by his close friend a couple of days later. According to police reports, Olsen hanged himself.

Corey Haim

Canadian actor who rose to fame as a teenager. For several years he was the most popular teenager in the world
Early popularity brought Haim money and fame, and by the age of 15 he began to take drugs. Drug addiction did not leave Haim until the end of his life.
At the age of 38, the actor died from a drug overdose.

Natasha Richardson

English and American theater, film and voice actress.
On March 16, 2009, the actress suffered a serious head injury at the Mont Tremblant ski resort in Quebec. According to the ski resort, she skied without a helmet on the track for beginners and after the fall did not receive visible injuries. The victim was offered to see a doctor, but Natasha refused medical assistance. After some time, the actress's condition deteriorated sharply, she fell into a coma and was taken to the Sacré-Coeur hospital in Montreal.
On March 18, Natasha's family decided to disconnect her from the life support system, because. according to doctors, brain death had occurred and life support was meaningless. According to doctors, her death could have been prevented if the actress had sought medical help in time.

Anna Nicole Smith

Anna Nicole Smith "woke up famous" after the publication of her photos in Playboy magazine, and also after her marriage to 89-year-old billionaire James Howard Marshall, who, by the way, died after a year of married life. On February 8, 2007, Anna Nicole was found unconscious in a Florida hotel. Preliminary version - drug overdose. Later, 11 types of drugs were found in her body. An autopsy showed that Anna Nicole suffered from a severe and advanced form of pneumonia. Against the background of a general weakening of the body after childbirth, several plastic surgery and permanent depression the disease only progressed, which ultimately led to death, and the drugs with which she relieved pain and fought depression only made things worse. It was also stipulated that the star's death may have been precipitated by lupus vulgaris (a type of skin tuberculosis).

Lolo Ferrari


French dancer, sex star, pornographic actress, actress and singer, known as "the woman with the largest breasts in the world", although her size was artificially achieved.
On the morning of March 5, 2000, at the age of 37, Lolo Ferrari was found dead by her husband in her home in Grasse on the French Riviera. The first autopsy determined that she died from an overdose of antidepressants and tranquilizers. She was depressed and her death was ruled a suicide. Her parents suspected that her husband was involved in the death and obtained a second autopsy two years later. This second autopsy showed that suffocation could not be ruled out. Her widower was arrested on suspicion of causing death and spent 13 months in prison. After a second medical analysis, he was finally cleared of all charges in 2007.

Heath Ledger


Famous Australian and, later, Hollywood actor. The second actor in history (after Peter Finch) to be awarded an Oscar posthumously. January 22, 2008 at 3:31 pm Heath Ledger was found dead in his New York apartment in Manhattan. An autopsy was unable to 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 (including narcotic analgesics), sleeping pills and tranquilizers (oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam and doxylamine). Perhaps the actor was suffering from a breakup with Michelle Williams.

Judy Garland

Judy Garland committed suicide at age 47 by taking an overdose of sleeping pills after another quarrel with her husband. He did not find her body until the next day; she sat on the toilet in the locked bathroom, where he had to climb through the window.

Brittany Murphy

The actress died on December 20, 2009 at the age of 32 at her home in Los Angeles from a heart attack.
Forensic experts who carried out all the necessary procedures reported that pneumonia, complicated by an overdose of drugs against the background of iron deficiency anemia, became the cause of the actress's cardiac arrest.

Carol Landis

American actress, best known for her role as Loana in One Million Years B.C. (1940). She has been awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her accomplishments.
Carol Landis began an affair with actor Rex Harris, who at that time was married to actress Lilly Palmer. After he refused to leave his family for her on July 5, 1948, Carol was crushed and depressed. Unable to bear it, she committed suicide by taking a large dose of medicine.

Vic Morrow


Actor Vic Morrow died on the set of The Twilight Zone (1983) after rotating helicopter blades, which went out of control during a special effects explosion, cut off his head at full speed.

Jeff Buckley

Cult American rock vocalist and guitarist. Played with the band Gods & Monsters. (Jeffrey Scott Buckley, November 17, 1966, Anaheim, California - May 29, 1997). His father, the famous rock musician Tim Buckley (1947-1975), also died in his youth - at the age of 28 (from a drug overdose).
Drowned May 29 in the Wolf River, a tributary of the Mississippi. His body in clothes and shoes was fished downstream on June 4, 1997. No alcohol or drugs were found, so manic depression or suicide was suggested.

Chrissy Taylor

Chrissy Taylor got her modeling pass thanks to her supermodel sister Niki Taylor. From the age of 11, she began to participate in filming with her sister, and soon her career went up. Chrissy was found dead in her parents' apartment by her sister. As it turned out later, the cause of death of the model was an asthma attack complicated by sudden cardiac arrhythmia. It is curious that Chrissy had no heart problems before.

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French actress and model. She was nominated for the Golden Globe (1961). She is best known for her role as Simone Clouseau in The Pink Panther (1963), opposite Peter Sellers. In the USSR, the film "Bluff" (1976) with Adriano Celentano and Anthony Quinn was popular, in which Cappuccine played the role of Belle Duke.
Cappuccine was plagued by mental attacks all her life, during which she sought to commit suicide. She was rescued several times, but in 1990, at the age of 62, she died in Lausanne, jumping out of the window of her apartment on the eighth floor. An obituary in the New York Times stated that her only heirs were her three cats.

Lucy Gordon

British film actress and fashion model.
On May 20, 2009, 2 days before her 29th birthday, the actress hanged herself. Lucy Gordon's body was found in the actress's Paris apartment. Early in the morning, the awakened common-law spouse Gordon - Jerome Almers found the girl hanging herself. In a panic, the young man began to call for help. However, Lucy could no longer be helped.

Delilah


French singer and actress of Italian origin, born and raised in Egypt.
On the night of May 2-3, 1987, Dalida committed suicide by taking a large dose of sleeping pills and drinking his whiskey. There was a note on the table: “Life has become unbearable for me. Forgive me". Her heart stopped on May 3 around 11 am. On May 7, the funeral service and funeral of the singer at the Montmartre cemetery acquired a truly national scale - almost all of Paris came to say goodbye to the legend.

Bruce Lee

Master martial arts, American and Hong Kong film actor, as well as film director, director of action scenes, producer and screenwriter.
Bruce Lee died suddenly in Hong Kong, while working on the next film "The Game of Death": he took a headache pill containing aspirin and meprobamate, which led to cerebral edema. An autopsy showed that the cerebral edema was caused by a hypersensitive reaction to the components of the drug.

Isadora Duncan

American dancer, considered the founder of free dance - the forerunner of modern dance. She was married to Sergei Yesenin.
On September 14, 1927, Isadora went for a car ride, tying her long red scarf, which covered her body, neck and hung from the car window. The car was traveling at full speed when Duncan's scarf wrapped around one of the wheels, throwing her onto the road with monstrous force. The car continued on for a few more yards, dragging the body of the dancer behind it. Medical assistance was called and it was soon determined that Isadora Duncan had died instantly, strangled to death by her own scarf.

Michael Jackson

On the morning of June 25, 2009, Michael passed out and fell while in a house he was renting in Holmby Hills, west Los Angeles. At 12:21 local Pacific time, a call to 911 was recorded. Arriving after 3 minutes and 17 seconds, the doctors found Jackson no longer breathing with a stopped heart and immediately began cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Efforts to bring Jackson back to life continued along the way and for an hour after arriving at the UCLA Medical Center at 1:14 p.m. These attempts were unsuccessful. Death was pronounced at 14:26 local time. Rumors and news of the death of Michael Jackson broke online records, causing a kind of Internet "traffic jams" and a sharp increase in traffic on sites such as Google, Facebook, Yahoo!, Twitter and Wikipedia.
On August 24, the conclusions of a forensic medical examination were made public - death was due to an overdose of the potent anesthetic propofol. A number of other potent substances (lorazepam, diazepam, midazolam) were also found in the blood.
On August 28, the Los Angeles coroner announced that Michael Jackson's death would be qualified as a homicide.

Sergei Bodrov

Russian director, actor, screenwriter.
He went missing with a film crew during the Kolka glacier descent in the Karmadon Gorge, where the film "The Messenger" was filmed.

Alexander McQueen

English designer fashion clothes. Known for his defiant displays. Commander of the Order british empire, four times recognized as the best British fashion designer of the year.
He was found hanged in his own apartment on February 11, 2010. According to the British news channel Sky News, the preliminary cause of death is suicide. On February 2, McQueen's mother Joyce died, causing Alexander's depression. British police have confirmed that the designer hanged himself in the dressing room of his home, leaving an undisclosed suicide note.

Cliff Burton

The second bass player of the metal band Metallica, in 2011 recognized as one of the best bass players of all time according to a poll conducted by Rolling Stone magazine.
During the European tour in support of the new Master of Puppets album, the musicians were forced to sleep in uncomfortable bunks on their tour bus. At 7:00 am the driver (being intoxicated and drug intoxication) lost control, and the bus, after a long skid, collapsed from the embankment onto its side. Cliff, during the fall of the bus, fell halfway out of the window and was crushed by the bus. According to one version, he died instantly, and according to another, he was crushed by the bus after they tried to turn the bus over and lift it, but the cable broke and the bus collapsed, crushing Burton. The driver himself explained this catastrophic event by the fact that he simply ran into a frozen puddle.

Elvis Presley

On August 16, 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 his bodyguard book, about his engagement plans 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. An ambulance was urgently called, delivering Presley to intensive care, although it was obvious that all efforts were in vain. At four o'clock in the afternoon, an official announcement was made of death - due to heart failure - but an autopsy then showed that the cause of cardiac arrest was precisely an excessive dose of various medications (otherwise, drugs; however, due to the semi-secret nature of the investigation, there are also many other versions of death along with the popular legend that the singer is still alive.

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Jim Morrison

American singer, poet, songwriter, leader, and vocalist bands The Doors.
According to the official version, Morrison died on July 3, 1971 in Paris from a heart attack, however, no one knows the real cause of his death. Among the options were: a heroin overdose in the Parisian club Rock-n-Roll Circus, suicide, staging of suicide by the FBI services, which were then actively fighting members of the hippie movement, and so on. Rumors still circulate around his death. The only person who saw the singer's death was Morrison's girlfriend, Pamela. But she took the secret of his death with her to the grave, as she died of a drug overdose three years later. Jim Morrison is buried in Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. His grave has become a place of cult worship for fans who write on neighboring graves with inscriptions about their love for their idol and lines from The Doors songs.

River Phoenix

American actor and teen idol. Older brother of actor Joaquin Phoenix.
River's death was due to a drug overdose. He was in the Hollywood club Viper Room (partly owned by actor Johnny Depp) with his sister Ryan, brother Joaquin and lover - actress Samantha Mathis. When Joaquin saw that River fell and began to convulse, he immediately called an ambulance. However, the doctors were no longer able to do something, and River died on the way to the hospital.

Janis Joplin

American rock singer, considered the best white blues singer and one of the greatest vocalists in the history of rock music.
On October 4, 1970, after a recording session at Sunset Sound in Los Angeles, she locked herself in her room and injected a huge dose of heroin. Janice died quickly, but she was not found until eighteen hours later. The investigator stated that death was the result of an overdose. "The dose is so huge that it is a clear suicide," he said.

Jimi Hendrix


Jimi Hendrix. The musician swallowed 9 German sleeping pills in his hotel room. They made him nauseous and suffocated. Hendrix passed away on September 18, 1970. At the time he was working on new song, which contained the lines: "Life will fly by faster than you have time to blink."

Whitney Houston


American pop, soul and rhythm and blues singer, actress, producer, fashion model. One of the most commercially successful performers in the history of world music. Known for her musical accomplishments, vocal abilities and scandalous personal life.
She died on February 11, 2012 in a hotel room at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on the eve of the 54th Grammy ceremony. The singer was found unconscious in the bathroom of her hotel room by her aunt Mary Jones.
On March 23, 2012, the results of a police investigation were made public, which showed that the causes of death of the singer were drowning, atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use.
According to representatives of the investigation, the examination showed that the singer was a chronic cocaine addict. Other drugs found in her blood included marijuana, a sedative (muscle relaxant), and an anti-allergic drug.

Jack London

On November 22, 1916, the famous American writer Jack London took a lethal dose of morphine. It is believed that this was a planned suicide, not an accident. Nothing is known about the reasons that prompted the writer to this act, but they may have been related to the creative crisis in which he was in the last years of his life.

AIDS

Freddie Mercury

On November 23, 1991, Freddie made an official statement that he had AIDS: “Given the rumors that have been circulating in the press for the past two weeks, I want to confirm: my blood test showed the presence of HIV. I have AIDS. I considered it necessary to keep this information a secret in order to keep the peace of my family and friends. However, the time has come to tell the truth to my friends and fans around the world. I hope everyone will join the fight against this terrible disease." He also ordered that all rights to the song "Bohemian Rhapsody" be transferred to the Terence Higgins Foundation, created to fight AIDS and HIV.
The next day, November 24, at about seven o'clock in the evening, Freddie Mercury died at his home in London from bronchial pneumonia that developed on the background of AIDS. After the news of his death became known, thousands of people came to the fence of his Garden Lodge to place bouquets of flowers, postcards, letters and photographs on the paths.

Isaac Asimov

A well-known writer and the largest master of science fiction, the inventor of the word "robotics" (robotics - robotics, robotics). In 1983, when very little was known about AIDS, the writer underwent heart surgery and was infected with HIV through donated blood. A few years later, he needed a second operation, and by chance, HIV was discovered during hospitalization. The operation had to be abandoned. Isaac Asimov died three years later. Ten years later, his wife reported true reason writer's death.

Rock Hudson

Hollywood star of the first magnitude, hero-lover and superman Rock Hudson hid his whole life that he was a homosexual. Only tragic circumstances recent years of his life, when Rock found out he had AIDS forced him to make an unwanted coming-out.

Gia Karanji

Gia Carangi is considered one of the first supermodels, the forerunner of 1980s supermodels Claudia Schiffer and Cindy Crawford. Due to the striking resemblance to Karanji, the latter was often called Baby Gia. Gia's condition began to deteriorate in the early 80s, after he was heavily addicted to heroin. By December 1984, Gia had reached rock bottom. After pressure from her family, Gia was enrolled in a recovery program at Eagleville Hospital in Montgomery. She declared herself a beggar and lived on welfare. In 1986, she ended up in the hospital with symptoms of pneumonia. However, after the examination, it turned out that the model had HIV. Karanji is one of the first known women in the US whose cause of death was openly cited as an immunodeficiency virus.

Anthony Perkins

Actor Anthony Perkins was born in Los Angeles (California, USA). He graduated from Rollins College and studied at Columbia University. His debut took place in 1953 in the film "Actress". By the early 60s, Anthony Perkins had become one of the most popular American actors. Of particular note are the significant and psychological interesting work actor in Alfred Hitchcock in Psychosis, Orson Welles in The Trial. His roles in the films "Catch-22", "Scandal", "Murder on the Orient Express" became famous.

Tony Richardson

British film director, screenwriter and producer. Oscar winner in 1963.
He was married to actress Vanessa Redgrave from 1962-1967. Both daughters from marriage - Natasha Richardson and Joely Richardson became actresses.
He died on November 14, 1991 from AIDS (Los Angeles, USA) at the age of 63. Since then, his daughter, actress Natasha Richardson (1963-2009), has been involved in HIV charity campaigns.

Death is usually a rather sad and sad event. Many are very afraid of this event and try to delay the moment of death as long as possible. But for some people, this action occurs very unusually. It is these individuals who fall into the top of the most stupid and ridiculous deaths.

Death by animals

Even harmless rodents or domestic chickens can cause a real tragedy. So, the top most stupid deaths are opened by people who died in the process of contact with representatives of wildlife.

A bright personality from this category is a resident of Germany. He died at the age of sixty-three, and the reason for this was an ordinary mole. The rodent that settled on the site harassed its owner too much. The man tried with all his might to fight the annoying animal. In the end, he decided to use the most radical method he could think of - the German placed metal rods around the perimeter of his site, connecting them to a power line. The result, of course, was positive, and the rodent ended up in the next world, but the man himself went there with him.

But if that man was guided by at least some kind of logic, then the next lover of experimentation, it seems, was completely deprived of common sense. Twenty-seven-year-old Steve Conner was at work at the zoo when he came up with the brilliant idea of ​​feeding an elephant laxatives. The dose fed to the animal was considerable, so it is not surprising that the man was simply crushed by elephant dung.

If someone says that there are few such “uniques” in the world, then one can argue with this. The most stupid death can overtake several people at the same time. A similar incident occurred in an Egyptian village, where six people died due to one chicken. And it all started with the fact that his owner, who was trying to get the poor bird out of the well, drowned. All his relatives rushed to help him. As a result, both of his brothers and sister, who could not swim, also went to another world. Local residents tried to save all of them, but as a result, there were two more drowned people. Rescuers who arrived at the scene of the tragedy took out all the bodies from a deep well. By the way, that same ill-fated chicken survived.

Reasons for killing

The most stupid death can come at the hands of another person. What could provoke such a desperate step?

The murderer of forty-two-year-old Peter Stone was his little daughter. For some fault, dad sent his child to the nursery, leaving him without dinner. The girl did not agree with this state of affairs. She figured that if she didn't eat, no one else would eat either. A nimble child slipped more than seventy rat poison tablets into his father's coffee. Barely taking one sip, the man died on the spot. The court acquitted the girl, as it considered that at the age of eight she could not perform meaningful acts. But a few months later the situation repeated itself - the young individual tried to kill her mother in the same way.

Seventeen-year-old boy David Danil died during a meeting. To numerous harassment, his young lady answered quite briefly and clearly. The girl killed a fan with a double-barreled shotgun. That's how her father taught her to do it.

Quite rightly, the most stupid death overtook the twenty-seven-year-old Javier Halos. The reason for his falling into the afterlife was non-payment of rent. The owner of the apartment that the young man rented beat him to death with a toilet seat. He must have been very angry, because the tenant did not give him money for eight years.

Jealous lovers

The list of the most stupid deaths continues, it would seem, a completely inappropriate topic for this - love. It is she who pushes people to rash acts, which are sometimes committed in haste.

Some people are of the opinion that revenge is a dish best served cold. The famous American physicist Harold Simms killed his wife gradually. And the reason for this was her betrayal of her husband with a neighbor. The scientist thought out the retribution very carefully. For several months, he replaced his wife's favorite shadows with a uranium composite, which was very radioactive. The woman was so stupid that, despite the obvious signs of radiation sickness, she never went to the doctor. She developed ulcers on her skin, her head completely lost her hair, she lost her sight. Even the fact that her earlobe fell off did not make the traitor think about something. Three months later, Harold Simms' wife died.

The death of John Joe Winter's wife was very loud and memorable for the locals. Perhaps such a decision was influenced by the military activities of the killer. The man decided to deal with his unfaithful wife. He loaded the woman into her own car, in which he had previously laid more than seven hundred kilograms of explosives. The sound of the explosion was heard within a radius of fourteen kilometers. Now John himself and all people are reminded of this situation by a hole fifty-five meters deep and the absence of half a kilometer of the road.

Alcohol addiction

Every year, many people are sent to the next world thanks to their boundless love for alcoholic beverages. Some of them had no idea that the Darwin Award for the most stupid death would someday go to them.

A resident of Texas managed to die from an overdose in such an unusual way. Mike Warner was an avid drinker. But at one point, the poor man was overcome by a sore throat. The man could not speak, it was painful for him even to eat, there was no talk of drinking alcohol. But he decided not to give up and introduce alcohol by another method - rectally. Since the fifty-eight-year-old man gave himself enemas quite often, his wife did not even suspect anything. At one party, a man poured three liters of sherry into himself in this way. But since the alcohol content in the blood exceeded allowable rate six times, the unfortunate alcoholic passed away.

If there are entire drinking championships in the world, then it is not surprising that there are so many deaths from it. For example, in 2006 the owner of one of the stores in Volgodonsk decided to hold a drinking championship. Six local residents competed for a prize of ten liters of vodka. Only one made it to the end of the tournament. The man drank one and a half liters of combustible substance in forty minutes. The old woman with the scythe appeared instantly. Two more participants of the championship fell into a coma. The police opened a criminal case against the organizer of this action.

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For the most ridiculous deeds, the Darwin Award is given. The list of the most stupid deaths is continued by the dead, who wanted to prove something to others.

One of these stubborn personalities was the Briton Michael Toye. Convincing a friend that white spirit is a combustible substance, he set himself on fire, having previously doused himself with this liquid. He struggled with death for six days, after which he died from terrible burns.

Carried away by the bet, a resident of Valparaiso was hit by a train. The essence of the argument between the two friends was that it was necessary to walk along the rails as long as possible. They gathered at the appointed place at midnight. The driver did not notice the debaters, so he did not even try to slow down.

dangerous sport

In this area, dangerous injuries and deaths are not uncommon, so the most stupid and ridiculous deaths also affected sports.

An example is professional equestrian Frank Hayes. During the next competition, the athlete had a heart attack. But nothing bothered the horse, and it did not stop. The horse came to the finish line first. This was the only case in horse racing when a dead athlete became the winner.

Died at the hands of his opponent Olympic champion Vladimir Smirnov. During the competition, the athlete's opponent pierced his eye. Due to the fact that the swordsman was injured in the brain, he died nine days later.

Extreme lover

There are people who are not afraid of anything in the world, including death. Many of these extreme sports went to the Darwin Award. The list of the most stupid deaths in this category is opened by Bobby Leach. This man was simply fearless. He was the second person in history to cross Niagara Falls. He just did it in a barrel. Bobby was a performer of many dangerous stunts. But he died not during their execution, but from a complication after a fracture. He just slipped on an orange peel.

Death on TV

The most stupid death in the world also touched the television spaces. During live broadcast Christine Chubbuck said she would demonstrate the broadcaster's policy of constantly showing blood and death. The reporter was the first person to shoot herself on live television.

Also, laughter did not prolong the life of Alex Mitchell. The man lived half a century and died very positively. He laughed at jokes from his favorite television series and died of a heart attack. After the death of her husband, his wife wrote thank you letter project leaders for making the last minutes of his life happy and fun.

airstrike

The most stupid death can wait for its victim in completely unexpected places. This is not about plane crashes. You can also go to another world thanks to an ordinary toy. For example, a resident of Arizona, blinded by the sun, lost control of the plane, and he crashed into his head. The man died on the spot.

Failure lay in wait for the Belgian young man. because of technical problems the pilot of the Polish fighter was forced to eject. An out-of-control car crashed into the poor guy's house.

musical death

The most stupid death in the world overtook Jean-Baptiste Lully while beating the rhythm with a conductor's staff. He got carried away and injured his toe. The man refused medical assistance, as a result of which the neglected situation turned into gangrene. The next music he heard was a funeral march.

Finally

It can be concluded that the most unusual, mysterious and stupid deaths that have happened throughout history, most often were the cause of human negligence or unreason. Although there are still times when it seems that you can’t escape fate. After all, there are cases when centenarians died the day before their birthday. Or people who are said to be "born in a shirt" died from an absurd set of circumstances. In any case, you can never predict the exact moment. Everyone will definitely meet with an old woman with a scythe, and it is quite possible that this event will not be tragic.

Some mysterious deaths cannot be solved by doctors, police, or private detectives. Here are ten fatal cases that still haunt the minds of lovers of secrets and conspiracy theories.

Tom Thomson

At first, his disappearance was not given a look - Tom was a creative person and could well go ashore somewhere on a remote island and admire nature all day long.

Three days later, a group of rangers was sent to search for him. On July 16, the body of a 40-year-old painter was found floating on the lake surface 115 meters from land. The examination showed that Tom's body was in the water on the 2nd day of his absence, but there was no water in the lungs. There were no visible signs of drowning, like dried foam around the nostrils.

A narrow 10-centimeter bruise flaunted on the temple of the deceased, and his ankle was wrapped 16 times with a fishing line that had stuck tightly into the skin. The coroner made a seemingly obvious conclusion - an accident. The artist got tangled in gear, slipped and hit his head.

Mark Robinson close friend Thomson and one of the rangers involved in his search stated that when he cut the line from the leg of the deceased, it did not look like it was accidentally twisted around the leg. He was sure that it was wrapped on purpose - tightly and neatly. Relatives also did not accept the version of accidental death, because Thomson was experienced angler and simply could not be so stupidly entangled in the fishing line.

In addition to the theory of suicide, many other hypotheses were expressed: he could have been killed by runaway laborers or poachers whom Thomson happened to see, or by "enemy spies" hiding in the forest. There was even a version of a local tornado that did not stand up to criticism, which caught the artist by surprise. One way or another, from what Tom Thomson died is unknown to this day.

Lee, according to other senators, was a scoundrel. In 1925, having recently won a seat in Parliament, he offered MacDonald a bribe of $ 2,000 so that he would refuse to take part in the next election. Frederick "suicided" just before Lee's hearing.

A couple of years after MacDonald's disappearance, Lee's other opponent and MP, Hyman Goldstein, threw himself off a cliff into the sea. Shortly before his death, Goldstein invested in Lee's company, which was soon accused of fraud. Outraged, Goldstein organized a committee to investigate Lee's activities, but ... a couple of days before the first hearing, the body of an honest politician was caught by a fishing trawler.

But there was no direct evidence linking Lee to the two deaths, which looked like suicide, and the senator went unpunished. In 1946, he moved to London, where he again showed his animal nature: he strangled his girlfriend's lover and hid his body at a construction site. He was declared insane and placed in a prison hospital for the insane. After a year of imprisonment, he died, taking to the grave the secret of the death of Frederick MacDonald.

William Briggs

For a long time it was believed that the man killed by Rose was William Thomas Briggs, who disappeared at the same time as the arson of the ill-fated car. Plus, he was the size and build of a killer. It was not until 2014 that Briggs' relatives did a DNA test to put an end to this mysterious murder.

When the results returned from the examination, it turned out that the DNA of the relatives did not match the DNA of the person burned in the car. Thus, there were two riddles: where did Briggs disappear and who did burn out in Rose's car?

On January 20, 1931, someone who introduced himself as R.M. called the Liverpool Chess Club. Qualtra, and asked for Julia's husband, the insurer Herbert Wallace. "Tomorrow at 7:30 pm I'll be waiting for you at 25 East Manlove Gardens to get my daughter's insurance..

Delighted by the fallen client, Wallace drove home, and the next day he went to the appointed address. He was in for a surprise: there were three Menlove Gardens in the area: North ("North"), South ("South") and West ("West"). Even the locals have not heard of East Menlove Gardens.

Late in the evening, disappointed, he returned home. When his wife did not open the door for him, he tried to open it with a key, but in vain. The back door was also blocked. Calling the neighbors, he began to break the back door when it opened with ease, although it had been locked a couple of minutes ago.

In the living room, a terrifying sight met his eyes: the bloodied corpse of his wife lay on the floor in the living room.

During the inspection of the house by the police, curious facts surfaced. £4 had disappeared from the bookshelf, but the family's main savings, stored in a tin on a nearby shelf, were untouched. The criminal went into Julia's boudoir and threw her pillow into the fireplace and turned inside out two handbags and three hats that were stored in a closet, which, like a nightstand and dressing table, turned out to be locked. A fireplace poker, the alleged murder weapon, has gone missing from the living room.

The examination did not find any traces of forced entry on the keyhole of the front door, as well as on the back door lock. The investigation accused Wallace of killing his wife and sentenced him to death penalty through hanging. But later, the court - for the first time in the history of Britain - considered that it was impossible to send a person into a noose without a single piece of evidence, and released Wallace to freedom. In 1932, he told the press that he knew the name of Julia's killer, but for some reason was afraid to divulge it.

Letitia Turo

When the doors of the car opened at the next station a couple of minutes later, Turo was still the only passenger, but now she was dead. A dagger protruded from her neck.

The girl's death was mysterious, like her life. In the eyes of society, she was a simple widow, barely making ends meet working in a glue factory. At night, she disguised herself as an informer for the Paris police and spent time in seedy nightclubs in search of information.

She was also credited with an affair with famous journalist right-wing Gabriel Gintet, who smuggled weapons for the influential terrorist group Comite secret d'action revolutionnaire (Secret Revolutionary Committee).

Its members called themselves Cagoule ("hoods") and wore hoods to hide their faces. The Hoods were financed by the pro-government elites in Paris. They accounted for at least seven murders, two terrorist attacks and the creation of an armed militia.

In 1937, two "hoods" got into the police, where they were interrogated with prejudice in the Turo case. Both admitted that the girl was killed by their killer. Later, one of the bandits changed his testimony. The second was beaten half to death by an unknown person and could no longer testify for health reasons.

Some conspiracy theorists say that Letizia Turo was killed because she learned the terrible secrets of Mussolini, because killing with a dagger in the neck was a favorite method of Italian killers.

Harry Oakes

Oakes made his fortune in gold mines in Canada before fleeing to the Bahamas to avoid paying taxes.

The governor of the islands was a good friend of Oakes, so he hired two private detectives to get to the bottom of the truth. Soon, his son-in-law Alfred de Marini was accused of killing the businessman. Oakes hated his daughter's husband, believing that he was just waiting for his death in order to inherit the fortune and live happily ever after. In addition, Marini's fingerprint was found at the crime scene. A weighty motive - the young man was put on trial.

Later it turned out that the print was slipped by detectives who wanted to say goodbye to the complicated case as soon as possible. Marini was acquitted, and a new suspect appeared in the case, Oakes' business partner, Harold Christie.

Christy owed Oakes a substantial sum. There were witnesses who saw him leaving the house of the deceased at about the time when Oakes' body was supposed to catch fire. Christie himself claimed that he slept all night at his place. The police let him go home.

Lilly Linderstorm

Neighbors called Lilly “call-girl” (“call girl”), not only because of her profession, but also because she alone had a telephone installed in the whole house. The conversation between two friends was interrupted by a phone call. Lilly got a call from another client, and Minnie retreated to her room. Half an hour later, Lilly stopped by Minnie's to borrow condoms. When, a few hours later, Minnie decided to visit her friend again, no one opened the door. Deciding that the date continues, the woman left.

Three days passed before Minnie decided to call the police. Law enforcement officers broke down the door and saw a completely naked girl lying face down in a pillow. She was killed with three shots to the head. Lilly's clothes were neatly folded into a pile.

There was a completely crazy aspect to this already creepy story. There was a gravy boat stained with blood in the room. As the forensic examination showed, with this gravy boat the killer collected blood from Lilly's wound and drank.

The police interviewed 80 of Minnie's clients, but they were all beyond suspicion. The name of the Atlas vampire is still a mystery.

Mary Money

The police tried to recover recent activities Mary. It turned out that around 19:00 she was talking with a friend, telling her that she was going for a walk and would be back soon.

There were two witnesses who saw Mary at the station that evening. There were those who noticed her in the first class carriage in the company of a man. Another witness reported that he saw a man similar to the previous description get out of the first class carriage alone. The train passed through the same tunnel at 22:19. The body was found at 22:55.

The police naturally decided that Mary's lover threw her out of the car at full speed. But having checked all the male environment of the girl, they just shrugged their shoulders - everyone had an irrefutable alibi.

In 1912, Mary Money's brother was found dead. He killed two women and three children, after which he committed suicide. These women were sisters, and Robert was secretly married to both. This juicy fact from his biography made the investigators decide that it was he who killed Mary 7 years ago.

Charles Bravo

Charles Bravo Murder Mystery

Three relatives of Charles were suspected: his wife Florence, who was tired of the cruel perverse harassment of her husband, her former lover James Gully and the maid Miss Cox, who was about to be fired. A version was also put forward that Charles Bravo planned to poison his wife, but mistakenly drank the poison intended for her.

Günther Stoll

Alcohol was found in the guy's blood, so the case was regarded as an accident. But an examination of the injuries showed that he had been run over and put back in the car.

But this is not the last mystery in this murder. A piece of paper with the inscription "YOGTZE" was found next to the body. This word does not exist in any language of the world. Acronym or cipher? Most likely, but no one has ever been able to figure it out.

Stoll's wife recalled that on the eve of the murder, he told her: “Now he is in my hands!”, After which he wrote this note, took it with him and left the house.

Over the following years, two noteworthy versions were expressed that could shed light on the mystery of "YOGTZE". This could be a reference to the TZE additive used in yogurt (Gunther was a food technologist). Or the word used was not the letter G, but the number 6 - YO6TZE, a radio signal used in Romania.
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