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Whitney Houston was an American singer, actress, producer, and model. Guinness World Records cited her as the most awarded female act of all time. She died in the bathtub of a hotel room. Coroners ruled the death an accidental drowning due to heart disease and cocaine. However, there are many conspiracy theories and rumors swirling about the actual presence of drugs or foul play. She died February 11, 2012. Be Your Own Boss-Learn How To Sell New & Used Items On Amazon & Ebay: just cli
- Weird Celebrity Death: Whitney Houston
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Vincent van Gogh was a major Post-Impressionist painter. After years of painful anxiety and frequent bouts of mental illness he died at the age of 37 from a gunshot wound, generally accepted to be self-inflicted, or was he a murder victim? Most believe that he shot himself while standing in a wheat field about a mile from his home near Paris. Though the bullet missed his vital organs, van Gogh died 30 hours later from an infection caused by the gunshot wound. But new research suggests van Gogh m
- Weird Celebrity Death: Vincent van Gogh
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Vic Morrow was an American actor that died in one of the more grisly celebrity death. He was killed durring a scene for the 1982 film Twilight Zone: The Movie. While filmig the movie a pyrotechnic explosions damaged a helicopter and caused it to crash on top of him and two children. Struck by the whirring helicopter blades, Morrow was instantly decapitated. Though director John Landis and producer Steven Spielberg were among those initially charged with involuntary manslaughter in the incident,
- Weird Celebrity Death: Vic Morrow
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This legendary rapper also known by his stage names 2Pac and briefly as Makaveli, was also a songwriter and an actor. He has sold over 75 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time, was murdered in an incident that still remains unsolved to this day. He was shot multiple times in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas. There are many conspiracy theories detailing potential suspects, including Christopher Wallace also known as Notorious B. who denies playing
- Weird Celebrity Death: Tupac Shakur
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Thomas H. Ince was an American silent film producer, director, screenwriter, and earlier an actor. He was a pioneering studio mogul who made more than 600 films.Known as "The Father of the Western," On Nov. 15, 1924, on the yacht of William Randolph Hearst, Ince fell ill and was returned to shore.Later he succumbed to heart failure, but in the newspaper that evening it was reported that Ince was shot on Hearst's yacht. In one version of events, Hearst allegedly walked in on Marion Davies, who
- Weird Celebrity Death: Thomas H. Ince
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Thelma Todd was an American actress. Appearing in about 120 pictures between 1926 and 1935, including the Marx Brothers' 'Horse Feathers' and 'Monkey Business.' She was found dead in the garage of actress Jewel Carmen, the former wife of Todd's lover and business partner. The cause of death was carbon monoxide poisoning. Police found that Todd had spent the night before her death at a popular Hollywood restaurant, where she had an argument with her ex-husband; she then retreated to Carmen's home
- Weird Celebrity Death: Thelma Todd
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Tennessee Williams was an American playwright and author of many stage classics, and although a man named Williams was responsible for Sal Mineo’s death, another man named Williams was responsible for the launch of his career: Tennessee Williams.The Rose Tattoo provided Mineo with his first role on stage. (Natalie Wood was no stranger to Williams, either. She starred with Robert Redford in This Property Is Condemned, a Williams adaptation from 1966, as well as in a TV version of Cat on a Hot Tin
- Weird Celebrity Death: Tennessee Williams
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Steve Irwin, The Crocodile Hunter was an Australian wildlife expert, television personality, and conservationist, who was killed by a sting ray that pierced his chest, while snorkeling in Australia, he wrestled crocodiles and dealt with dangerous animals every day. He seemed invincible when it came to dealing with any animal and yet it was a fluke encounter that killed this beloved celebrity. Be Your Own Boss-Learn How To Sell New & Used Items On Amazon & Ebay: just click here
- Weird Celebrity Death: Steve Irwin
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Sonny Bono was an American recording artist and producer best known for being Cher’s first husband, singer Sonny Bono managed to get elected to Congress in 1995. He died after running into a tree while skiing near Lake Tahoe. Though his death was ruled an accident, strong rumors persist that, having been tipped off that high-ranking U.S. government employees were illegally selling weapons and drugs in Central America, Bono was murdered before he could launch a congressional investigation. He die
- Weird Celebrity Death: Sonny Bono
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Sid Vicious was an English bass guitarist and vocalist, most famous as a member of the influential punk group the Sex Pistols, and notorious for his arrest for the murder of girlfriend Nancy Spungen, he awoke in his Chelsea Hotel room to find her dead from a knife wound. Vicious would alternately claim tearful responsibility for her murder, that he had no recollection of the night and that they had made a suicide pact. Many believe that Spungen, a heroin addict who was desperately hunting that n
- Weird Celebrity Death: Sid Vicious
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Selena was an American singer, songwriter, a spokesperson, actress, and fashion designer. And she was a very popular, up and coming Latina singer and actress. She had many fans and fan clubs dedicated to her. Ironically, it was the president of her fan club who shot and killed her. She died March 31, 1995 at the age of 23. Be Your Own Boss-Learn How To Sell New & Used Items On Amazon & Ebay: just click here
- Weird Celebrity Death: Selena
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Sal Mineo was a child actor who skyrocketed to stardom in "Rebel without a Cause" and was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He was stabbed to death behind his apartment building. Many wondered if the murder was a hate crime since Mineo had come out as a homosexual. However, years later the murderer was identified as a pizza delivery man who was trying to rob him, who did not know that he was a famous actor. He died February 12, 1976. Be Your Own Boss-Learn How T
- Weird Celebrity Death: Sal Mineo
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Ray Combs began his professional career as a stand-up comedian in the 1980s and eventually signed as the host of the revival of the game show Family Feud, but the 1990s Family Feud host was plagued by personal demons in the last years of his life. In 1994, a car accident nearly paralyzed him, leaving him in constant pain, then business problems followed, also his house was repossessed, and then he split with his wife. Committed to a psychiatric ward in June 1996, Combs hung himself in his hospit
- Weird Celebrity Death: Ray Combs
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Phil Hartman was a Canadian-American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and graphic artist. The comedy world was never quite the same after his death. He was fatally shot by his wife, in their California home. She then turned the gun on herself, in this bizarre murder suicide. He died May 28, 1998 at the age of 49. Be Your Own Boss-Learn How To Sell New & Used Items On Amazon & Ebay: just click here
- Weird Celebrity Death: Phil Hartman
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Peggy Entwistle was a was a Welsh-born English stage and screen actress, who once appeared on stage opposite Humphrey Bogart, entered Hollywood mythology by hurling herself off the Hollywood sign in 1932. Her part in RKO’s “The 13 Women” ended up on the cutting room floor; some say she lept from the 13th letter of the sign, then called Hollywoodland and lit by electric bulbs. Actually, she climbed up 50 feet of an electrician’s ladder behind the H, losing one of her shoes in the process. When sh
- Weird Celebrity Death: Peggy Entwistle
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Natalie Wood became a successful Hollywood star as a young adult, receiving three Academy Award nominations before she was 25. The official report about Natalie Wood's death was that she drowned when she slipped from the boat she was on along with husband actor Robert Wagner and friend, actor Christopher Walken. Officials opened another investigation in 2011 in light of new information implicating her husband and Walken in her death. She died on November 29, 1981. Be Your Own Boss-Learn How T
- Weird Celebrity Death: Natalie Wood
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American country music superstar Mindy McCready, active from 1995 until her death, she recorded a total of five studio albums, shot herself on the porch of her house where her boyfriend also shot himself a month before. She also shot the dog belonging to her dead boyfriend. She died on February 17, 2013. Be Your Own Boss-Learn How To Sell New & Used Items On Amazon & Ebay: just click here
- Weird Celebrity Death: Mindy McCready
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Michael Jackson was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actor, who was very controversial, but also beloved around the world and his sudden death was a shock to many people. He died from being given a mixture of too many drugs, by his in-house doctor, and was unable to be resuscitated. He died June 25, 2009 at the age of 50. Be Your Own Boss-Learn How To Sell New & Used Items On Amazon & Ebay: just click here
- Weird Celebrity Death: Michael Jackson
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Marvin Gaye was an American singer-songwriter and musician. At the time of his death, Marvin Gaye was living with his parents. He was depressed and suicidal. His father ended up fatally shooting him after Marvin had allegedly beaten him, all over a misplaced document. He died April 1, 1984 at the age of 44. One day before his 45th birthday. Be Your Own Boss-Learn How To Sell New & Used Items On Amazon & Ebay: just click here
- Weird Celebrity Death: Marvin Gaye
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After spending much of her childhood in foster homes, Monroe began a career as a model, which led to a film contract in 1946 with Twentieth Century-Fox. The death of this actress is one of the most famous Hollywood mysteries and spurred many theories about its real cause rather than barbiturate poisoning as reported by the coroner. Those who believe that she was murdered suggest the involvement of the mob, the communists and even the CIA. She died August 5, 1962. Be Your Own Boss-Learn How To
- Weird Celebrity Death: Marilyn Monroe
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Marie Prevost was a Canadian-born film actress. Modern audiences tend to look back upon movie stars of an earlier age as somehow simpler and more innocent, untainted by the temptations and setbacks that visit contemporary celebrities. Anyone who investigates the back pages of an earlier Hollywood is sure to find that this isn’t the case. Take the story of Marie Prevost. Born in Canada, Mary Bickford Dunn moved to L.A. and made her movie debut in 1916. A couple of years later, she was signed on a
- Weird Celebrity Death: Marie Prevost
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Kurt Cobain was an American musician who was best known as the lead singer, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the grunge band Nirvana. Investigators ruled Kurt Cobain's death as a suicide due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound. However, conspiracy theorists claim that he had too much heroin in his system to be able to physically function. The shotgun that he used did not have any fingerprints, which the theorists say the person who shot him wiped clean. He died April 5, 1994. Be Your Own Bo
- Weird Celebrity Death: Kurt Cobain
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Keith Moon was an English musician best known as the drummer of the English rock group the Who. Who had a grimly ironic death, he overdosed on Clomethiazole pills that were prescribed to help him combat his alcoholism and in a macabre coincidence, the apartment where Moon died was the same one in which singer Mama Cass Elliot of the rock group The Mamas & the Papas had succumbed four years prior. If there were ever a good reason for a rock band to trash a hotel room, this sounds like it. He
- Weird Celebrity Death: Keith Moon
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Actor and model Jon-Erik Hexum appeared to be on his way to making a big mark in show biz when a freak accident ended his life. He died as a result of an accidental self-inflicted head wound. He was on the set of his own TV show "Cover Up" in-between takes when he began playing around with a prop gun, he then playfully pointed the gun to his head, pulled the trigger and was killed by the wadding on the blank bullet. He died October 18, 1984. Be Your Own Boss-Learn How To Sell New & Used I
- Weird Celebrity Death: Jon-Erik Hexum
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John Belushi was an American comedian, actor, and musician. Half of the very popular Blues Brothers, was found dead in his Hollywood hotel room. He died from an overdose of heroin and cocaine at the time called a ‘high ball’. His companion at the time was sentenced to prison for giving him the fatal overdose. Be Your Own Boss-Learn How To Sell New & Used Items On Amazon & Ebay: just click here
- Weird Celebrity Death: John Belushi
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Jimi Hendrix was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, who began playing guitar at the age of 15. According to the coroner’s report, died in London after choking on his own vomit while intoxicated with sedatives, but conflicting accounts from Hendrix’s companion the night of his death stirred skepticism. Scotland Yard opened an inquiry more than two decades later, but that ended inconclusively. He died September 18, 1970 at the age of 27. Be Your Own Boss-Learn How To Sell New &
- Weird Celebrity Death: Jimi Hendrix
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Jim Morrison was an American singer, poet and songwriter best remembered as the lead vocalist of the Doors. The singer died in a Paris bathtub, officially he died of a heart attack, although there was no autopsy because of a lack of evident foulplay and unofficially he died of a drug overdose. Some deny that he died at all. He died July 3, 1971 at the age of 27. Be Your Own Boss-Learn How To Sell New & Used Items On Amazon & Ebay: just click here
- Weird Celebrity Death: Jim Morrison
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Jayne Mansfield was an American actress in film, theatre, and television. She was also a nightclub entertainer, a singer, and one of the early Playboy Playmates.While no one will dispute that bombshell Jayne Mansfield's death was from anything other than a car accident, she's still the subject of a particularly gory urban legend. It's long been rumored that the actress was decapitated, but that wasn't the case according to the police report. It seems that a widely-circulated photo of the acciden
- Weird Celebrity Death: Jayne Mansfield
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