I've combined material from several online sources, and have compiled
two lists for you. It should be noted that, in some cases, there is
uncertainty regarding the matter of whether a death was or was not a
suicide. This is particularly true in cases of drug overdose.
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SUICIDES
Stuart Adamson, (2001), lead singer of the Scottish bands Big Country
and the Skids
Chris Adkisson a.k.a. Chris von Erich, (1991), professional wrestler
Kerry Adkisson a.k.a Kerry von Erich, (1993), professional wrestler
Mike Adkisson a.k.a. Mike von Erich, (1987), professional wrestler,
overdosed on the tranquilizer placidyl.
Neil Aggett, (1982), South African worker's union leader; hanged in
prison, murder is suspected by some
General Sergei Akhromeev, (1991), Soviet military commander who led an
unsuccessful coup against Mikhail Gorbachev
Salvador Allende, (1973), democratically elected president of Chile
(elected 1970), and uncle of renowned author Isabel Allende - shot
himself after he was ousted from office by the military regime of
dictator Augusto Pinochet. It was later revealed that Pinochet had
plans to execute Allende after the coup and Allende may have taken his
own life to avoid the public disgrace.
Jason Altom, (1998), Ph.D. student
Jean Améry, (1978), Austrian writer
Jack Z. Anderson, (1981), U.S. Representative from California
Aman Andom, (1974), military ruler of Ethiopia; committed suicide to
avoid his execution in an internal purge
Pier Angeli, (1971) (on the same day that Bella Darvi also took her own life)
Roger Angleton, (1998), brother of imprisoned Texas extortionist who
admitted in his suicide note to killing his sister-in-law, socialite
Doris Angleton.
Marshall Applewhite, 1997, leader of the Heaven's Gate cult
Hubert Aquin, (1977), author
Diane Arbus, (1971), art photographer
Reinaldo Arenas, (1990), Cuban-American artist and writer
Andreas Baader, (1977), German criminal, founder of Baader-Meinhof gang
Mary Bacon, (1991), thoroughbred race horse jockey
Isobel Barnett, (1980), British TV personality
Diana Barrymore, (1960), US actress, writer ('Too Much, Too Soon')
Uwe Barschel, (1987), German politician
Gert Bastian, (1992)
Gameel Al-Batouti, (1999), pilot who deliberately crashed Egyptair
Flight 990 into the Atlantic Ocean
J. Clifford Baxter, (2002), Enron vice-chairman
Scotty Beckett, (1968), child actor, Our Gang films
Peter Bellamy, (1991), English folk singer
Jill Bennett, (1990), British film actress
Pierre Bérégovoy, (1993), French Prime Minister, killed himself a
month after losing a general election
Mary Kay Bergman (1999), American voice actress
Alain Bernardin, (1994), founder/owner of "Le Crazy Horse Saloon" - Paris
Ricky Berry, (1989), American NBA Basketball player (Sacramento Kings)
John Berryman, (1972), American poet, jumped from the Washington
Avenue Bridge after waving to passers-by
Bruno Bettelheim, (1990), child psychologist
Ward Beysen, (2005), Belgian politician
Robert Bishop, (1991), fetish artist
Jens Bjørneboe, (1976), Norwegian author
Clara Blandick, (1962), played Auntie Em in The Wizard of Oz
Jeremy Michael Boorda, (1996), 4-star Admiral, 25th Chief of Naval
Operations in the U.S. Navy
Ricardo Bordallo, (1990), two-time Governor of Guam
Adrian Borland, (1999), British musician
Ernest Borneman, (1995), German sexologist
Tommy Boyce, (1994), with Bobby Hart, songwriter for The Monkees
Charles Boyer, (1978), French actor
Jonathan Brandis, (2003), American actor
Richard Brautigan, (1984), American writer
Herman Brood, (2001), Dutch musician and painter
Barry Brown, (1978), actor and writer
Oskar Brüsewitz, (1976)
Bernard Buffet, (1999), French painter ('The Crucifixion')
Dan Burros, (1965), Jewish Neo-Nazi
Andres Caicedo, (1977), Colombian novelist
Wallace Hume Carothers, World renowned chemist, sufferred chronic
depression; killed himself in a hotel in 1937.
Don Carpenter (1995), American novelist, friend of Richard Brautigan
Kevin Carter, (1994), award-winning South African photographer and
member of the Bang-Bang Club
Capucine, (1990), French actress
Joseph Daniel 'Danny' Casolaro, (1991), journalist
Adolphe Mouron Cassandre (1968), painter
Paul Celan, (1970), Romanian poet
Valerie Chacon, (1982), wife of Bobby Chacon
Iris Chang, (2004), Chinese-American author
Leslie Cheung, (2003), Hong Kong movie star and singer
Vern Christie, (1991), Australian businessman, General Manager of the
Commonwealth Bank
Christine Chubbuck, (1974), US newsreader, shot herself in the head on
live TV after reading the news
Chung Mong-hun, (2003), Korean businessman, chairman of Hyundai Asan
Diana Churchill, (1963), UK social worker, eldest daughter of Sir
Winston Churchill
Charmian Clift, (1969), Australian writer, wife of George Johnston;
her namesake, Cleopatra's maid Charmian also committed suicide
Kurt Cobain, (1994), American musician, founder of grunge band
Nirvana, shot self in head with shotgun (disputed)
Billy Collins Jr., (1984), young boxer
Ray Combs, (1996), former host of popular American game show Family Feud
Pamela Courson, (1974), long time girlfriend of Jim Morrison
F. W. S. Craig, (1989), UK election expert
Darby Crash, (1980), American songwriter, singer of the Germs
Kevin Crier, (2006), French Singer, toothpaste overdose
Andrew Cunanan, (1997), killer of Gianni Versace and four others
Ian Curtis, (1980), English singer and songwritter (Joy Division)
Dalida, (1987), French singer
Dorothy Dandridge, (1965), American singer and actress, first black
woman nominated for Academy Award as Lead Actress for "Carmen Jones" ,
death ruled suicide by overdose
Monika Dannemann, (1996), Girlfriend of Jimi Hendrix
Bella Darvi, (1971), Polish-US actress (on the same day that Pier
Angeli also took her own life)
Guy Debord, (1994), French philosopher, member of Situationist International
Jeanine Deckers, (1985), Belgian religious, known as The Singing Nun
Gilles Deleuze, (1995), French philosopher
Patrick Dewaere, (1982), French actor
Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, (2001), young King of Nepal, committed
suicide after assassinating his father, King Birendra, and other
members of the royal family
Desmond Donnelly, (1974), British politician who fitted into none of
the parties he tried
Terence Donovan, (1996), English celebrity photographer
Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado (1983), former president of Cuba
Chris Doty (2006), Canadian filmmaker and playwright
Nick Drake (1974), British singer-songwriter, overdose (possibly
accidental though officially ruled a suicide) of the anti-depressant,
tryptizol.
Dr. Jonathan Drummond-Webb (2004), American heart surgeon
Pete Duel, (1971), American actor
K. Sello Duiker, (2005), South African author
James Dungy, (2005), son of Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy
Budd Dwyer, (1987), American politician, shot himself on live television
John P. East, (1986), U.S. Senator from North Carolina
Ronnie Edwards, (1994), British Great Train robber and flower seller
Tristan Egolf, (2005), writer, musician and campaigner
Tom Evans, (1983), Bass guitarist for Badfinger
Richard Farnsworth, (2000), US actor, Oscar nominee
Justin Fashanu, (1998), British footballer
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, (1982), German film director (often listed
as a drug overdose)
René Favaloro, (2000), creator of the coronary artery bypass surgery
Andrea Feldman, (1972) Actor, Warhol superstar
Lolo Ferrari, (2000), actress, singer
Daniel Fielden, (2006), mentally challenged vicar, dies of anti
depressent overdose
Ed Flanders, (1995), US actor
Luca Flores, (1995), Italian pianist
Bernard Floud, (1967), British politician
Vincent Foster, (1993), Deputy White House Counsel
Wade Frankum, (1991), Spree shooter of Strathfield Massacre
John Friedrich, (1991), Australian businessman and fraudster
Mike Furber, (1973), Australian singer
Zviad Gamsakhurdia, (1993), former president of Georgia
Dave Garroway, (1982), television host
Romain Gary, (1980), Russian-French novelist, film director and diplomat
Danny Gatton, (1994), American guitarist
Michel Gauquelin, (1991), French psychologist and astrology researcher
Gregor Glenn, (2006), Student
Fritha Goodey (2004), British actress
Kurt Gödel, (1978), German logician and mathematician (refused to eat any food)
Eddie Graham, (1985), American professional wrestler
Spalding Gray, (2004), American playwright. Drowned in Atlantic after
jumping off Staten Island Ferry
Richard Greene, (1983), boxing referee
Anton Gustafsson, (2003), Swedish singer (Anton Maiden)
Antonio Guzmán Fernández, (1982), serving president of the Dominican Republic
Kenneth Halliwell, (1967), English writer, lover of Joe Orton whom he
killed before killing himself
Mitch Halpern, (2000), boxing referee
Peter Ham, (1975), rock musician (Badfinger)
Rusty Hamer, (1990), former child actor (The Danny Thomas Show)
Lois Hamilton, (1943-1999), actress, model, author, aviatrix
Tony Hancock, (1968), British comedian
Mary Hardy, (1985), Australian TV personality (found dead in the bath
and was presumed to have committed suicide)
Larry James Harper, (2001), member of the Texas 7
Eric Harris, (1999), Columbine High shooter
Brynn Hartman, (1998), wife of actor Phil Hartman whom she killed
before turning the gun on herself
Elizabeth Hartman, (1987), US actress who emulated a character in her
film 'The Group' who jumped from a window
Donny Hathaway, (1979), singer, best known for his duets with Roberta Flack
Phyllis Haver, (1960), American actress of the silent film era
Ernest Hemingway, (1961), American novelist
Margaux Hemingway, (1996), American actress and model; Ernest
Hemingway's granddaughter
Jimi Hendrix, (1970), American musician; drowned in vomit after
overdosing on Vesperax sleeping pills.
James Leo Herlihy, (1993), US novelist ('Midnight Cowboy')
Eric Harris, (1999) US Mass Murderer, Famous for the Columbine High
School Massacre shootings with Dylan Klebold
John Heddle, (1989), British politician
Rudolf Hess, (1987) Nazi leader
Paul Hester, (2005) Australian musician
Joel Henry Hinrichs III, (2005), detonated suicide bomb at the
University of Oklahoma
Abbie Hoffman, (1989), US political activist and political demonstrator
Frederick Holliday, (1985), Cleveland, OH school board president
Shannon Hoon, (1995), Lead singer of the band Blind Melon
Doug Hopkins, (1993), musician, founding member of rock group The Gin
Blossoms. Killed himself with a .38 pistol December 5
Elmyr de Hory, (1976), Hungarian art forger
Francis Hughes (1981), IRA activist starved himself.
Chuck Humphrey, (1998), Heaven's Gate cult member
Michael Hutchence, (1997), Australian lead singer of rock group INXS,
hanged himself in hotel room. Speculated to be autoerotic asphyxiation
gone bad.
Phyllis Hyman, (1995), singer
William Inge, (1973), US playwright (Picnic, Come Back, Little Sheba,
Bus Stop, Splendor in the Grass)
Wafa Idis, (2002), first Palestinian female suicide bomber
Vittorio Jano, (1965), automobile design engineer
Randall Jarrell (1965), US writer and poet
Rick Jason, (2000), US actor best known in 'Combat'
Jiang Qing, (1991), 3rd wife of Mao Zedong, leader of the Gang of Four
David Johnson, (1995), Episcopal Bishop of Massachusetts
Jim Jones, (1978), reverend, leader of the "Peoples Temple" cult. Died
during mass suicide that cost the lives of more than 900 in Guyana.
Nafisa Joseph, (2004), Miss India 1997, killed herself four weeks
before being married.
Sarah Kane, (1999), British playwright
Yasunari Kawabata (1972), Japanese writer and Nobel Prize for
Literature laurate, gassed himself.
Terry Kath, (1978), guitarist, Chicago (Died of an accidental
self-inflicted gunshot wound. He pointed a gun to his head thinking it
wasn't loaded and pulled the trigger.)
Brian Keith, (1997), American actor (Family Affair)
Dr. David Kelly, (2003), British scientist, source of BBC story about
the September Dossier
Douglas Kenney, (1980), Writer, producer, actor of National Lampoon
Magazine and Animal House. Fell or was pushed off cliff in Hawaii.
Composed note "These are the best days I've chosen to ignore" in hotel
room.
Dylan Klebold, (1999), Columbine High shooter
Fletcher Knebel, (1993), US novelist ('Seven Days in May')
William F. Knowland, (1974), former Senate Majority Leader, self inflicted gunshot
Sándor Kocsis, (1979), Hungarian football (soccer) player, killed
himself in Barcelona after diagnosis of cancer
Arthur Koestler, (1983), journalist, novelist, political activist, and
social philosopher
Hannelore Kohl, (2001), wife of ex-chancellor of Germany Helmut Kohl
Nestor Kombot-Naguemon 2004 diplomat and politician from the Central
African Republic, jumped out of a window in Paris while serving as
ambassador to France
Jerzy Kosinski, (1991), Polish-American author
Philip Taylor Kramer, (1995), Rock musician and physicist
Alan Ladd, (1964), U.S. film star, overdose of alcohol and pills,
highly disputed for many years
Karen Lancaume, (2005), French adult film star.
Katherine Lawrence, (2004), writer
Lee Kyung Hae, (2003), South Korean activist
Marshall Ledbetter Jr., (2003), lone man of non-violent protest within
an office in Tallahassee,FL capitol building in 1991
Primo Levi, (1987), Italian author and Auschwitz survivor
Peter Llewelyn-Davies, (1960), UK publisher who as a boy was the
inspiration for J M Barrie's Peter Pan
Mark Lombardi, (2000), US artist whose art described international
white-collar crime networks; hanged himself in his Williamsburg, New
York studio
Terry Long, (2005), Former NFL player
Noah Lottick, (1991), Scientology follower.
Gherasim Luca, (1994), Romanian surrealist
Ron Luciano, (1995), baseball umpire
J. Anthony Lukas, (1997), US author and journalist
Roman Lyashenko, (2003), professional hockey player
Richard Manuel, (1986), singer, multi-instrumentalist, member of The
Band hung himself while on tour in Fla.
Billy Mackenzie, (1996), lead singer of 1980s pop group The Associates
Gordon McMaster, (1997), British politician
Sándor Márai, (1989), Hungarian writer and journalist
Hideto Matsumoto, (1998), Japanese rock musician
Denis Matthews, (1988), UK pianist
Robert Maxwell, (1991), Czech-born UK newspaper magnate who, some
believe, jumped overboard in the Atlantic leaving a financial disaster
in his wake - the official inquest ruled it was 'accidental drowning'.
Jacques Mayol (2001), French free-diver
Joe Meek (1967), Record producer
Niklaus Meienberg, (1993), Swiss author
James Miller, fan man, (2003), parachutist
Walter M. Miller, Jr., (1996), science-fiction writer
Freddie Mills, (1965), world champion boxer
Yukio Mishima, (1970), Japanese novelist; committed public ritual seppuku
Scott Mody , (2005) , Convicted Felon
Moses Taiwa Molelekwa, (2001), South African jazz pianist
Jürgen W. Möllemann, (2003), German politician
Henry de Montherlant, (1972), French writer
Donnie Moore, (1989), relief pitcher for the California Angels
Florencio Morales Ramos, 1989, Ramito, trova singer
Ted Moult, (1986), British television personality
David Munrow, (1976), UK early music specialist, founder of the Early
Music Consort
Joachim Nielsen, (2000), Norwegian singer in the band Jokke Og
Valentinerne, overdosed on heroin.
Robert Leon Nichols, (1997), Roadie with the Grateful Dead in an
apparent copy of the Heaven's Gate cult suicides.
Luis Ocaña, (1994), Spanish cyclist, Tour de France winner
Phil Ochs, (1976), American singer, hanged himself in sister's
apartment, Far Rockaway, New York.
John O'Brien, (1994), author of Leaving Las Vegas (on which the film was based)
Per Yngve Ohlin, (1991), vocalist for Mayhem, shot himself with a
shotgun after having slashed his wrist and cut his throat
Christina Onassis, (1988), Greek tycoon,
Hugh O'Connor, (1995), actor
Johnny O'Keefe, (1978), Australian rock legend known as The Wild One;
drug overdose
Jan Palach, (1969), protesting Soviet crushing of the Prague Spring
Violeta Parra (1967), famous Chilean folk singer
John Patrick, (1995), US playwright and screenwriter; placed a plastic
bag over his head
H. Beam Piper, (1964), American science fiction writer
Sylvia Plath, (1963), American poet, author and essayist
Dana Plato, (1999), American actress
Derrick Plourde, (2005) Musician, drummer of the Ataris, Lagwagon, Bad
Astronaut, RKL and Mad Caddies shot himself on March 30th
Stevie Plunder, (1995), Australian guitarist, The Whitlams
Ben Pollack, (1971), Drummer and big-band leader from the mid 20s to the Swing era
Marc Potvin, (2006), Hockey coach, hanged himself
Nicos Poulantzas,(1979),Greco-French Marxist political sociologist
Freddie Prinze, (1977), Puerto Rican American comedian and actor, best
known for television show Chico and the Man, died of self inflicted
gunshot wound.
Carlos Prío Socarrás, (1977), former president of Cuba.
Boris Pugo, (1991), serving minister of the Interior of the USSR
Jack Purvis, (1962), American jazz trumpeter
Richard Quine, (1989), US film director
Robert Quine, (2004), guitar player of Richard Hell & the Voidoids
Glenn Quinn, (2002), Actor, famous for his role in the TV Shows
Beverly Hills, 90210 and Angel. Drug overdose.
Dalia Rabikovich, (2005), Israeli poet
Kuljeet Randhawa, (2006), Indian television actress, hanging [1]
Danny Rapp, (1983), frontman for Danny & the Juniors
David Rappaport, (1990), actor
Matt Rasberry, (2005),
Jan-Carl Raspe, (1977), German criminal in Baader-Meinhof gang
David Reimer, (2004), Canadian advocate/the "John/Joan" case
René Rivkin, (2005), Australian stockbroker and entrepreneur
Carlos Roberto Reina, (2003), former president of Honduras
John Robarts, (1982) former Premier of the Canadian province of
Ontario, 1961 - 1971; committed suicide with shotgun
Rachel Roberts, (1980)), Welsh-born British actress
Bill Robinzine, (1982), American basketball player
Charles Rocket, (2005), American comedian
Iris von Roten-Meyer, (1990), artist and jurist
Mark Rothko, (1970), Russian-American painter
Irv Rubin, (2002), leader of the Jewish Defense League
Michael Ryan, (1987), mass murderer at Hungerford; shot himself as
police closed in on him
Albert Salmi, (1990), American actor
George Sanders, (1972), English actor
Bobby Sands (1981), IRA activist who starved himself as a result of a
hunger strike
Bruce Sarver , (2005), NHRA driver
Savannah, (1994), pornographic actress
Gia Scala, (1972), actress
Romy Schneider, (1982), Austrian actress (officially cardiac arrest,
but may have been self-induced)
Margie Schoedinger, (2003), Filed lawsuit against George W. Bush
claiming she had been raped
Conrad Schumann, (1998), GDR refugee
'Screaming Lord Sutch', (1999), UK eccentric singer and politician
Jean Seberg, (1979), American actress
Anne Sexton, (1974), American poet
Del Shannon, (1990), American singer
Elizabeth Shin, (2000), MIT student
Harold Shipman, (2004), imprisoned British doctor found to have killed
250+ of his patients
Eli Siegel, (1978), founded Aesthetic Realism
Varnado Simpson, (1997), Pfc jointly responsible for the My Lai Massacre
Walter Slezak, (1983), U.S. actor
Everett Sloane, (1965) U.S. actor, part of Orson Welles' Mercury Theater
Elliott Smith, (2003), American musician (reported as suicide but
still under investigation)
James Leonard Brierley Smith, 1968, South African paleoanatomist
Layne Staley, (2002), singer of Alice in Chains
Gary Stewart, (2003), country singer
Rory Storm, (1972), singer of the Hurricanes (the band Ringo Starr was
in before he joined the Beatles), in a pact with his mother
David Strickland, (1999), actor
Arthur Teele Jr., (2005), former Miami city commissioner; in the lobby
of the Miami Herald.
Luigi Tenco, (1967), Italian singer-songwriter
Jason Thirsk, (1996), bassist for Pennywise
Hunter S. Thompson, (2005), American author
Ric Throssell, (1999), Australian diplomat, writer
Georg Tintner, (1999), Austrian-born conductor active in Canada and
Australia; jumped 11 stories when he was no longer able to conduct due
to illness
John Kennedy Toole, (1969), American novelist
John Walker Turnbull, (1999), British Soldier
Randy Turpin, (1966), British world champion boxer
Amy Vanderbilt, (1974), etiquette writer
George Washington Vanderbilt III, (1961), American yachtsman and a
scientific explorer
Peter Van Eyck, (1969), Dutch-UK film actor
Tudor Vianu, (1964), Romanian writer
Sid Vicious, (1979), bass player of the Sex Pistols. Drug overdose.
Hervé Villechaize, (1993), French actor
Petri Walli, (1995), Finnish rock musician
Jeremy Michael Ward, (2003), musician in The Mars Volta
Stephen Ward, (1963), UK osteopath who was caught up in the Profumo affair
Doodles Weaver, (1983), US comedian, member of Spike Jones' City Slickers
Gary Webb, (2004), US investigative reporter; death ruled as suicide
from two gunshots
George Weldon, (1963), UK conductor, died in South Africa
Fred West, (1995), husband of convicted British killer Rosemary West.
Hanged himself in prison whilst awaiting trial on the same crimes.
Kenneth Williams (1988), camp comedian, UK TV personality and diarist
Larry Williams - had hit songs with "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" and "Bony
Maronie", was found dead on January 7th, 1980 at his Los Angeles home
of a gunshot wound to the head. The medical examiner called the death
a suicide, but rumours persisted for years after his death that he was
murdered because of his involvement in drugs and crime
Paul Williams, (1973), singer (Temptations)
Percy Williams (1982), athlete
Rozz Williams, (1998), Musician, "Christian Death"
Wendy O. Williams, (1998), musician, The Plasmatics
Al Wilson - vocalist and harmonica player for Canned Heat on their
hits "On The Road Again" and "Going Up The Country", committed suicide
on September 3rd, 1970, in Topanga Canyon, California, when it turned
out that he couldn't save a redwood forest from being cut by a timber
company.
Greg Wilton, (2000), the only Australian Federal politician who has
ever successfully attempted suicide
Wally Wood, (1981), cartoonist
Paula Yates, (2000), British television personality
Alfredo Yabrán, (1998), Argentine businessman
Haile Yimenu, (1991), former prime minister of Ethiopia
Faron Young - who reached number 12 on the US pop chart in 1961 with
the country cross-over hit "Hello Walls", died of a self-inflicted
gunshot wound on December 10th, 1996, at the age of 64
Gig Young, (1978), US actor
Bernd Alois Zimmermann, (1970)
Mahmoud Zuabi, (2000), Syrian prime minister shot himself on May 21,
two months after resigning over corruption charges
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DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS
Matthew Ansara, actor, son of Michael Ansara and Barbara Eden
Bridget Andersen, child actress, Savannah Smiles
John Belushi, comedian/actor
Len Bias, college basketball star
Mike Bloomfield - lead guitarist for The Electric Flag
Tommy Bolin, Deep Purple musician
John Bonham, Led Zeppelin singer/musician
Elisa Bridges, Playboy Playmate
Lenny Bruce, comedian
Robert Buck, 10,000 Maniacs Musician
Tim Buckley, musician
Ken Caminiti, baseball player
Steve Clark, Def Leppard musician
Montgomery Cliff, actor
Dorothy Dandridge, actress
Nick Drake, musician
Bobby Duncum, Jr., professional wrestler
John Entwistle, musician
Brian Epstein, Beatles manager
Chris Farley, comedian/actor
W.C. Fields, actor/comedian
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, film director
Keith Ferguson, Fabulous Thunderbirds, musician
Jerry Garcia, singer/musician, cardiac arrest induced by longtime heroine use
Judy Garland, musician/actress
Trevor Goddard, actor
Tim Hardin, musician
Bobby Hatfield, musician (fatal heart attack was triggered by a cocaine overdose)
Margaux Hemingway, model/actress
Jimi Hendrix, musician
Curt Hennig, professional wrestler
Shannon Hoon, musician
Anissa Jones, actress
Janis Joplin, musician
John Kordic,hockey player
Eugene (Big Daddy) Lipscomb, American football player
Sonny Liston, world champion boxer (possible)
Bela Lugosi, actor
Phil Lynott, musician
Frankie Lymon, musician
Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist
Keith Moon, musician
Marilyn Monroe, actress (death of a barbituate overdose has still not been proven)
Jim Morrison, musician (fatal heart attack triggered by a heroin overdose)
Brad Nowell, musican
Hugh O'Connor, actor, In the Heat of the Night, son to actor Carroll O'Connor
Lani O'Grady, actress, Eight Is Enough
Brian O'Leary, actor
Marco Pantani, cyclist
Gram Parsons, musician
Robert Pastorelli, actor
Christopher Pettiet, actor
Christopher Penn, actor
Kristen Pfaff, musician
River Phoenix, actor
Rob Pilatus, acting singer Milli Vanilli
Dana Plato, actress
Edgar Allan Poe, author (possible)
Elvis Presley, musician
Freddie Prinze, comic, actor Chico and the Man, self-inflicted gunshot
wound while under the influence of Quaaludes
Glenn Quinn, actor
Dee Dee Ramone, musician
Elis Regina, Brazilian singer
Don Rogers, American football player
Bon Scott, singer AC/DC, Aspiration brought on by alcohol intoxication
Edie Sedgwick, model/actress
Bobby Sheehan singer/musician, Blues Traveler
Eric Show baseball player
Layne Staley, musician
Sid Vicious, musician
Flemming Williams - lead singer for The Hues Corporation
Andrew Wood, musician and singer
Paula Yates, TV personality
Hillel Slovak, musician
Enrique Urquijo, Spanish musician
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My sources:
Wikipedia: List of Suicides
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicides
Wikipedia: Famous Deaths by Accidental Drug Overdose
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_famous_deaths_by_accidental_drug_overdose
Rotten.com: Famous Suicides
http://www.rotten.com/library/death/suicide/famous/
Google Directory - Society > Death > Suicide > Incidents
://www.google.com/Top/Society/Death/Suicide/Incidents/
Corsinet Bizarre Celebrity Suicides
http://www.corsinet.com/trivia/2-triv.html
Classic Bands: Rock and Roll Heaven
http://www.classicbands.com/heaven.html
My Google search strategy:
Google Web Search: famous OR celebrity suicides
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=famous+OR+celebrity+suicides
Many thanks to my friend and colleague Voila, who suggested the
Classic Bands site in a comment below.
I hope this is helpful. If you need additional information about any
of these people, please let me know. I'll be glad to offer further
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