Famous People Who Died Due to Suicide, Drugs or Alcohol

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Some of the drug overdoses listed have been ruled "accidental"

Depression is a serious disease.  If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, there is help:

National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255

Suicide Prevention Resource Center. SPCR.org 

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: AFSP.org 

(WRITER SUICIDES LISTED ON A SEPARATE BLOG)

R.I.P

A:

Dorothy Abbott: age 47: 1968: actress: suicide 

Art Acord: age 40: 1931: actor: poison

Nick Adams: age 36: 1968: Actor: pill overdose

Stanley Adams: age 62: 1977: actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Dave Alexander: age 27: 1975: musician: pancreatitis from alcoholism 

Ross Alexander: age 29: 1937: Actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Gia Allemand: age 29: 2013: model: suicide 

DJ AM (Adam Goldstein): age 36: 2009: disc jockey: multiple drug overdose including cocaine and prescription drugs.

Robert Ames: age 42: 1931: actor: seizure from alcohol withdrawal 

Keith Andes: age 85: 2005: actor: hanging 

Carol Andrews: age 34: 1956: actress: barbiturate overdose

Pier Angeli: age 39: 1971: Actress: barbiturate overdose

Mark Anthony: age 53: 30 BC: Roman general: stabbing

Jeremy Applegate: age 34: 2000: actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Diane Arbus: age 48: 1971: photographer: barbiturate overdose

Jane Arden: age 55: 1982: actress: suicide 

David Arkin: age 49: 1991: Actor: suicide

Pedro Armendariz: age 51: 1963: Actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Todd Armstrong: age 55: 1992: actor: gunshot 

Hooper Atchley: age 56: 1943: actor: gunshot 

Avicii: age 28: 2018: DJ and songwriter: stabbed himself

Marion Aye: age 48: 1951: actress: swallowed mercury chloride tablets

B:

Lynn Baggett: age 36: 1960: actress: barbiturate overdose

Boris Barnet: age 62: 1965: director: hanging 

Charles T. Barney: age 56: 1907: banker: self-inflicted gunshot

Don "Red" Barry: age 68: 1980: actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Diana Barrymore: age 38: 1960: Actress: alcohol and barbiturate overdose

John Barrymore Sr. age 60: 1942: actor: liver failure from alcoholism

Jean-Michael Basquiat: age 27: 1988: artist: heroin overdose

Barbara Bates: age 43: 1969: Actress: carbon monoxide poisoning

Scotty Beckett: age 38: 1968: actor: alcohol and barbiturate overdose.

Ludwig van Beethoven: age 56: 1827: Pianist: liver failure from alcoholism

David Begelman: age 73: 1995: film producer and agent: self-inflicted gunshot

Leon "Bix" Beiderbecke: age 28: 1931: jazz musician: alcoholism 

Luke Bell: age 32: 2022: country musician: fentanyl overdose 

John Belushi: age 33: 1982: Actor: cocaine/heroin overdose

Robert Benchley: age 56: 1945: actor: cirrhosis of liver from alcoholism

Malik Bendjelloul: age 36: 2014: Director: suicide

Brenda Benet: age 36: 1982: actress: gunshot 

Barbara Bennett: age 51: 1958: actress: suicide

Jill Bennett: age 58: 1990: actress: barbiturate overdose

Chester Bennington: age 41: 2017: Musician: hanging

Chris Benoit: age 40: 2007: Wrestler: murder-suicide

Mary Kay Bergman: age 38: 1999: Voice-actress: self-inflicted gunshot

Paul Bern: age 42: 1932: Director/Producer for MGM: self-inflicted gunshot

George Best: age 59: 2005: British soccer player: alcoholism

Herman Bing: age 57: 1947: voice actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Steve Bing: age 55: 2020: film producer: jumped off his apartment building 

Laurie Bird: age 25: 1979: actress: valium overdose

Harry Black: age 66: 1930: NYC Realtor: gunshot wound 

Jeremy Blake: age 35: 2007: painter: drowning

Clara Blandick: age 81: 1962: Actress (Auntie Em) : sleeping pill overdose

Isabella Blow: age 48: 2007: designer: poisoning

John Bonham: age 32: 1980: Musician from "Led Zepplin": alcohol overdose. after heavily drinking he choked on his own vomit.

Stephen "tWitch" Boss: age 40: 1982: DJ from "Ellen": self-inflicted gunshot

Anthony Bourdain: age 61: 2018: Chef: hanging

John Bowers: age 50: 1936: actor: drowning

Christopher Bowman: age 40: 2008: Ice skater: prescription drug overdose

Tommy Boyce: age 55: 1994: actor: self-inflicted gunshot 

Charles Boyer: age 78: 1978: actor: seconal overdose. (2 days after his wife died of brain cancer)

Jonathan Brandis: age 27: 2003: Actor: hanging

Cheyenne Brando: age 25: 1995: model: hanging 

Tyler Brooke: age 56: 1943: actor: carbon monoxide poisoning

Jean Brooks: age 47: 1963: actress: liver failure from alcoholism

Barry Brown: age 27: 1978: actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Lenny Bruce: age 40: 1966: Comedian: morphine overdose

Tim Buckley: age 28: 1975: Musician: heroin overdose.


C:

Donald Cammell: age 62: 1996: actor: gunshot 

Alan Campbell: age 59: 1963: screenwriter: barbiturate and alcohol overdose 

Capucine: age 62: 1990: actress: jumped to her death 

Allan Carr: age 62: 1999: producer: liver cancer and failure due to alcoholism 

David Carradine: age 72: 2009: Actor: hanging

Aaron Carter: age 34: 2022: singer: drug overdose 

John Cassavetes: age 59: 1989: actor/director: liver failure from alcoholism

Peggie Castle: age 45: 1973: actress: cirrhosis of liver from alcoholism

Charley Chase: age 46: 1940: actor: alcoholism

Spencer Charters: age 67: 1943: actor: sleeping pills and carbon dioxide poisoning 

Chrsitine Chubbuck: age 29: 1974: news anchor: shot herself on live TV

Diana Churchill: age 54: 1963: Prime Minister's daughter: barbiturate overdose

Frank Churchill: age 40: 1942: Disney composer: self-inflicted gunshot

Chyna: age 45: 2016: wrestler: drug overdose

Gene Clark: age 46: 1991: singer: ruptured ulcer from drug overdose

Cleopatra: age 39: 30 BC: Egyptian queen: asp poison

Pat Close: age 39: 1988: actor: liver failure from alcoholism

Kurt Cobain: age 27: 1994: Musician: self-inflicted gunshot

Dennis Cole: age 69: 2009: actor: liver failure from alcoholism

Roberta Collins: age 63: 2008: actress: drug and alcohol overdose

Ray Combs: age 40: 1996: Former host of "Family Feud": hanging

Tom Conway: age 62: 1967: actor: cirrhosis of liver from alcoholism

Peter Cook: age 57: 1995: comedian: internal bleeding from alcoholism 

Wendell Corey: age 54: 1968: actor: cirrhosis of liver from alcoholism

Don Cornelius: age 75: 2012: screenwriter: gunshot 

Chris Cornell: age 52: 2017: Musician: hanging

Don Costello: age 44: 1945: actor: accidental sleeping pill overdose

John Costelloe: age 47: 2008: Actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Dennis Crosby (Bing's son) : age 56: 1991: singer: self-inflicted gunshot

Lindsay Crosby (Bing's son): age 51: 1989: singer: self-inflicted gunshot

Harry Crosby: age 31: 1929: poet: self-inflicted gunshot

Julee Cruise: age 65: 2022: singer: suicide 

Lester Cuneo: age 37: 1935: actor:  self-inflicted gunshot

Jackie Curtis: age 38: 1985: actress: heroin overdose

Patricia Cutts: age 48: 1974: actress: barbiturate overdose

D:

Dorothy Dandridge: age 42: 1965: Actress: anti-depressant overdose

Karl Dane: age 47: 1934: actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Mickey Daniels: age 55: 1970: actor: cirrhosis of liver from alcoholism

Bella Darvi: age 42: 1971: actress: carbon dioxide poisoning 

Brad Davis: age 41: 1991: actor: assisted suicide while dying from AIDS.  Pill overdose.

Georgia Davis: age 54: 1976: actress: shot herself on the same day her nine year old son died 18 years before. 

Jason Davis: age 35: 2020: actor: fentanyl overdose

Raphael de Rothschild: age 23: 2000: Rothschild heir: heroin overdose 

Sandra Dee: age 62: 2005: actress: kidney failure from alcoholism and anorexia

Charlie Dexter: age 57: 1934: baseball player: self-inflicted gunshot

DMX: age 50: 2021: rapper: cocain overdose 

Johnny Dollar: age 53: 1986: musician: suicide

Jenny Dolly: age 48: 1941: stage actress: hanging

Joan Dowling: age 26: 1954: actress: hanging 

Nick Drake: age 26: 1974: Singer: anti-depressant overdose

Bobby Driscoll: age 31: 1968: Actor (voice of Disney's Peter Pan): heart attack brought on by his heroin use

Ethel du Pont: age 49: 1965: Dupont heiress: suicide

Pete Duel: age 31: 1971: Actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Joseph Duell: age 29: 1986: Dancer: jumped from building 

Dave Duerson: age 50: 2011: NFL player: self-inflicted gunshot wound to chest

Kenne Duncan: age 69: 1972: actor: barbiturate overdose 

Theresa Duncan: age 40: 2007: video game designer: drug overdose

R. Budd Dwyer: age 47: 1987: American politician: shot himself on live television

E:

George Eastman: age 77: 1932: Inventor: self-inflicted gunshot

Mary Eaton: age 47: 1948: actress:  liver failure from alcoholism

Nelson Ellis: age 39: 2017: Actor: heat failure from alcohol withdrawal

John Entwistle: age 57: 2002: Musician: cocaine induced heart attack

Peg Entwistle: age 24: 1932: Actress: jumped from the "Hollywood" sign

Brian Epstein: age 32: 1967: The Beatles' manager: barbiturate overdose 

Tom Evans: age 36: 1983: Musician: Hanging 

F:

Chris Farley: age 33: 1997: Comedian/actor: cocaine and morphine overdose

Richard Farnsworth: age 80: 2000: Actor:  self-inflicted gunshot

Rene Favaloro: age 77: 2000: cardiologist: self-inflicted gunshot to the heart (Ironic)

Bekim Fehmiu: age 74: 2010: actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Caroline Flack: age 40: 2020: British tv host: hanging

Ed Flanders: age 60: 1995: actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Keith Flint: age 49: 2019: Musician: suicide

"Tennessee" Ernie Ford: age 72: 1991: Musician: liver failure from alcoholism

James Forrestal: age 57: 1949: U.S. Secretary of Defense: jumped from hospital window 

Jason David Frank: age 49: 2022: Actor: suicide 

Alan Freed: age 43: 1965: American DJ: cirrhosis of liver from alcoholism

Aleta Freel: age 28: 1935: actress: self-inflicted gunshot

Paul Frees: age 66: 1986: voice actor: prescription pill overdose

Nora May French: age 26: 1907: poet: cyanide 

Sigmund Freud: age 83: 1939: Psychiatrist: morphine overdose

Anton Furst: age 47: 1991: production designer: jumped off building

G:

Danny Gans: age 52: 2009: comedian: toxic reaction to painkillers

Geraldine Gardner: age 36: 1987: actress: hypothermia 

Judy Garland: age 47: 1969: Actress/singer: barbiturate overdose

William Garwood: age 66: 1950: actor: cirrhosis of liver from alcoholism

Romain Gary: age 66: 1980: actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Gidget Gein: age 39: 2008: bassist: herion overdose

Lowell George: age 34: 1979: musician: cocaine overdose 

Olga Georges-Picot: age 57: 1997: actress: jumped off building in Paris, France 

Andrew Getty: age 47: 2015: Getty oil heir: drug overdose and GI bleed

George Getty II: age 43: 1973: Getty oil heir: drug overdose and self inflicted stabbing

Talitha Pol-Getty: age 30: 1971: Getty oil heir : heroin overdose

Jeremy Giambi: age 47: 2022: Baseball player: self-inflicted gunshot

John Gilbert: age 38: 1936: director: alcohol induced heart attack

Paul Gilbert: age 57: 1976: actor: suicide

Michael Gilden: age 44: 2006: actor: hanging

Claude Gillingwater: age 69: 1939: actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Greg Giraldo: age 44: 2010: Comedian: prescription drug overdose

Alexander Godunov: age 45: 1995: Actor: hepatitis C and alcoholism

Michael Goodliffe: age 61: 1976: Actor: leaped from a hospital fire escape

Lucy Gordon: age 28: 2009: Actress: hanging

Arshile Gorky: age 44: 1948: artist: hanging ff

Michael Gothard: age 53: 1992: actor: hanging 

Philip Graham: age 48: 1963: co-owner of Washington Post: self-inflicted gunshot wound

Spalding Gray: age 62: 2004: Playwright: drowned after jumping off Staten Island Ferry

Paul Gregory: age 95: 2015: Producer: committed suicide

H:

Jonathan Hale: age 74: 1966: actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Jon Hall: age 64: 1979: actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Lois Hamilton: age 56: 1999: Actress: overdose of sleeping pills

Tony Hancock: age 44: 1968: Actor: barbiturate overdose

Robert Harron: age 27: 1920: Actor: self-inflicted gunshot to the chest

Elizabeth Hartman: age 47: 1987: Actress: jumped to her death

Domino Harvey: age 35: 2005: bounty hunter: fentanyl overdose

Steve Harwell: age 56: 2023: singer: liver failure from alcoholism 

Imogen Hassall: age 38: 1980: actress: pill overdose 

Phyllis Haver: age 61: 1960: actress: barbiturate overdose

Taylor Hawkins: age 50: 2022: musician: herion overdose 

James Hayden: age 29: 1983: actor: herion overdose

William Hayward: age 66: 2008: Producer: self-inflicted gunshot

Mitch Hedberg: age 37: 2005: Comedian: cocaine and heroin overdose

Margaux Hemingway: age 42: 1996: Actress/model: drug overdose

Benjamin Hendrickson: age 55: 2006: actor: gun shot wound 

Jimi Hendrix: age 27: 1970: Musician: barbiturate overdose

Fred Herko: age 28: 1964: choreographer: jumped out a window

Blake Heron: age 35: 2017: actor: drug overdose

Willard Hershberger: age 30: 1940: Baseball player: sliced his throat

Conrad Hilton Jr. : age 42: 1969: Hotel heir: alcoholism related heart attack

Bob Hite: age 38: 1981: singer: heroin and cocaine overdose

Philip Seymour Hoffman: age 46: 2014: Actor: herion overdose

Billie Holiday: age 44: 1959: singer: cirrhosis of the liver from alcoholism

Anthony Holland: age 60: 1988: actor: while dying from AIDS he committed suicide 

Libby Holman: age 67: 1971: singer: carbon monoxide poisoning

Ralph Holmes: age 30: 1945: actor: barbiturate overdose

Shannon Hoon: age 28: 1995: Musician for "Blind Melon" : cocaine overdose.

Silvio Horta: age 45: 2020: screenwriter: self-inflicted gunshot

Whitney Houston: age 48: 2012: Singer: cocaine overdose. drowning

Trevor Howard: age 74: 1989: actor: liver failure from alcoholism

Kenneth Hume: age 41: 1967: director: barbiturate overdose

Paul Hurst: age 64: 1953: actor: suicide

Michael Hutchence: age 37: 1997: singer: hanging 

I:

John Indrisano: age 62: 1968: actor: hanging

Isao Inokuma: age 63: 2001: Olympian gold mentalist: "Seppuku" (Japanese killing with a sword)

Irene: age 61: 1962: costume designer: jumped out hotel window

J:

Michael Jackson: age 50: 2009: Singer: propofol overdose

Claire James: age 65: 1986: Actress: liver failure from alcoholism

Joyce Jameson: age 54: 1987: Actress: pill overdose

Rick Jason: age 77: 2000: actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Richard Jeni: age 49: 2007: Comedian: self-inflicted gunshot

Isabel Jewell: age 64: 1972: actress: barbiturate overdose

Johann Johansson: age 48: 2018: composer: cocaine overdose 

Anissa Jones: age 18: 1976: Actress: drug overdose

Janis Joplin: age 27: 1970: Musician: heroin overdose

Bobby Jordan: age 42: 1965: actor: liver failure from alcoholism

Yootha Joyce: age 53: 1980: actress: liver failure from alcoholism

Naomi Judd: age 76: 2022: musician: self-inflicted gunshot

K:

Norman Kean: age 53: 1988: Broadway producer: jumped from his NYC apartment after stabbing his wife to death. 

Steven Keats: age 49: 1994: actor: suicide 

Brian Keith: age 75: 1997: Actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Anthony Paul Kelly: age 35: 1932: playwright: cardon dioxide poising 

Chris Kelly: age: 34: 2013: rapper: drug overdose

Lisa Robin Kelly: age 43: 2013: Actress: drug overdose

Margot Kidder: age 69: 2018: actress: drug and alcohol overdose 

Dorothy Kilgallen: age 52: 1965: journalist: barbiturates and alcohol overdose 

Thomas Kinkade: age 54: 2012: Artist: heart attack from alcoholism

Tawny Kitaen: age 59: 2021: model: pill overdose and heart failure 

Skelton Knaggs: age 43: 1955: actor: liver failure from alcoholism

Wyatt Knight: age 56: 2011: actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Andrew Koenig: age 41: 2010 actor: hung himself in a park

Ruslana Korshunova: age 20: 2008: Model: jumped from 9th floor balcony

Cheslie Kryst: age 30: 2022: Miss. USA: jumped off a building in NYC 

L:

Alan Ladd: age 50: 1964: actor: accidental overdose of alcohol and sedatives

Carole Landis: age: 29: 1948: Actress: prescription pill overdose

Jani Lane: age 47: 2011: Musician: alcohol and prescription drug overdose

Nora Lane: age 43: 1948: actress: gunshot 

Peter Lawford: age 61: 1984: actor: alcohol induced heart attack 

Florence Lawrence: age 52: 1938: Actress: ingested ant poison

Priscilla Lawson: age 44: 1958: actress: cirrhosis of liver from alcohol

Heath Ledger: age 28: 2008: Actor: prescription drug overdose (oxycodone, hydrocodone)

Coco Lee: age 48: 2023: Voice of Disney's "Mulan": suicide 

Valery Legasov: age 51: 1988: Russian chemist investigator of the Chernobyl disaster: hanging 

Meriwether Lewis: age 35: 1809: Explorer: self-inflicted gunshot

Rudy Lewis: age 27: 1964: singer: drug overdose 

Harold Lloyd Jr. Age 40: 1971: alcoholic stroke 

Jeanette Loff: age 35: 1942: actress: ingested ammonia

Donyale Luna: age 33: 1979: model: herion overdose 

Gianni Lunadei: age 60: 1998: actor: gunshot 

Paul Lynde: age 55: 1982: Actor: alcohol induced heart attack

M:

Herman J. Mankiewicz: age 55: 1953: screenwriter: kidney failure from alcoholism 

Michael Mantenuto: age 35: 2017: Actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Vanessa Marquez: age 49: 2018: actress: shot (assisted suicide by police) 

Virginia Maskell: age 31: 1968: actress: barbiturate overdose 

Alfred Henry Maurer: age 64: 1932: American artist 

Brittany Maynard: age 29: 2014: advocate for euthanasia: legal suicide by drug overdose (terminal brain tumor)

Ray McCarey: age 44: 1948: director: prescription drug overdose

Joseph McCarthy: age 48: 1957: U.S. Senator know for "McCarthyism": Hep C/ liver failure from alcoholism

Charles "Kid" McCoy: age 67: 1940: Boxer: pill overdose 

Mindy McCready: age 37: 2013: Country Singer: self-inflicted gunshot

Marc McDermott: age 57: 1929: actor: cirrhosis due to alcoholism

Marie McDonald: age 42: 1965: actress: pill overdose

Maggie McNamara: age 49: 1978: actress: barbiturate overdose

Michelle McNamara: age 46: 2016: writer: accidental overdose of xanax, adderall and fentanyl

Alexander McQueen: age 40: 2010: Fashion Designer: hanging

Blanche Mehaffey: age 59: 1968: actress: drug overdose

John Meillon: age 55: 1989: Actor: alcoholism

Bob Merrill: age 76: 1998: lyricist/composer: self-inflicted gunshot

Mayo Methot: age 47: 1951: Actress: alcoholism

Harry Meyen: age 54: 1979: Actor: hanging 

Billy Miller: age 43: 2023: actor: suicide 

Eve Miller: age 50: 1973: actress: suicide

Mac Miller: age 26: 2018: Rapper: drug overdose of fentanyl, cocaine, and alcohol

Miroslava: age 30: 1955: actress: sleeping pill overdose 

Dave Mirra: age 41: 2016: Athlete: self-inflicted gunshot wound

Marilyn Monroe: age 36: 1962: Actress: prescription drug overdose

Cory Monteith: age 31: 2013: Actor: lethal overdose of heroin and alcohol

Keith Moon: age 32: 1978: Musician: prescription drug overdose

Owen Moore: 52: 1939: actor: heart failure from alcoholism

Helen Morgan: age 41: 1941: singer: alcoholism

Jan Moriarty: age 24: 1964: actress: prescription drug overdose

Jim Morrison: age 27: 1971: Musician for "The Doors": alcohol and drug overdose

Bert Moorhouse: age 59: 1954: actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Al Mulock: age 41: 1968: actor: jumped from his hotel room while on location for "Once Upon a Time in the West".

Ona Munson: age 51: 1955: actress: barbiturate overdose

N:

Nero: age 30: 68 AD: Romanian Empire: self-stabbing

Scott Newman: age 28: 1978: Actor: drug mixture overdose

Robert Newton: age: 50: 1956: actor: alcoholism 

Bradley Nowell: age 28: 1996: Musician for "Sublime": heroin overdose

O:

Hugh O'Connor: age 32: 1995: Actor: gunshot wound to the head

Phil Ochs: age 35: 1976: singer: hanging 

Ol' Dirty Bastard: age 35: 2004: Rapper: cocaine and prescription drug overdose

P:

Charlie Parker: age 34: 1955: Jazz Musician: alcohol induced heart attack

Stephanie Parker: age 22: 2009: actress: hanging 

James Parrott: age 41: 1939: actor: alcoholism

Jules Pascin: age 45: 1930: artist: hanging 

Robert Pastorelli: age 49: 2004: Actor: heroin overdose

Cesare Pavese: age 41: Italian screenwriter: sleeping pill overdose 

Barbara Payton: age 39: 1967: actress: liver failure from alcoholism

Harvey Pekar: age 70: 2010: cartoonist: accidental pill overdose.

Elizabeth Pena: age 55: 2014: Actress: alcohol induced heart attack

Jeret Peterson: age 29: 2011: Olympian skier: self-inflicted gunshot wound

Christopher Pettiet: age 24: 2000: Actor: drug overdose

Antonio Pettigrew: age 42: 2010: Olympian: sleeping pill overdose

Tom Petty: age 66: 2017: musician: overdose of fentanyl and oxycodone 

Kristen Pfaff: age 27: 1994: musician: herion overdose

Helena Pickard: age 58: 1959: actress: sleeping pill overdose

Jack Pickford: age 36: 1933: polyneuropathy brought on by alcoholism

Lottie Pickford: age 43: 1936: actress: alcohol induced heart attack

Justin Pierce: age 25: 2000: actor: hanging

River Phoenix: age 23: 1993: Actor: heroin and cocaine overdose

Dana Plato: age 34: 1999: Actress: drug overdose

Edward Platt: age 58: 1974: actor: suicide

Daniel Pollock: age 23: 1992: actor: hit by train 

Jeff Porcaro: age 38: 1992: musician: cocaine overdose

Melvin Purvis Jr.: age 56: 1960: FBI agent who shot John Dillinger: self-inflicted gunshot

Kristen Pfaff: age 27: 1994: musician: opiate overdose 

Elvis Presley: age 42: 1977: Singer: heart attack brought on by drug overdose

Marie Prevost: age 40: 1937: actress: acute alcohol overdose

Prince: age 57: 2016: Muscian: fentanyl overdose

Freddie Prinze: age 22: 1977: Comedian and actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Q:

Richard Quine: age 68: 1989: actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Glenn Quinn: age 32: 2002: Actor: heroin overdose

R:

Dee Dee Ramone: age 50: 2002: Musician for "The Ramones": heroin overdose

David Rappaport: age 38: 1990: actor: gunshot

Barbara Read: age 45: 1963: actress: carbon monoxide poisoning

Oliver Reed: age 61: 1999: Actor: heart attack brought on by alcohol overdose. Died in a bar after drinking three bottles of rum, eight bottles of beer, and shots of whiskey and cognac.

George Reeves: age 45: 1959: Actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Richard Reeves: age 54: 1967: actor: liver failure from alcoholism

Wallace Reid: age 31: 1923: actor: morphine addiction and flu 

Brad Renfro: age 25: 2008: Actor: heroin and morphine overdose

Lynn Reynolds: age 35: 1927: actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Zachary Smith Reynolds: age 20: 1932: heir to tobacco company: self-inflicted gunshot (possible murder) 

Adam Rich: age 54: 2023: actor: opioids?

Adele Ritchie: age 55: 1930: vaudeville actress: shot herself after shooting a friend

Peter Robbins: age 65: 2022: original voice of "Charlie Brown": suicide 

Rachel Roberts: age 53: 1980: Actress: barbiturate, alcohol and lye overdose

Edward G. Robinson Jr. : age 40: 1974: actor: alcohol induced heart attack

Charles Rocket: age 56: 2005: Actor: slit his throat

Mark Rothko: age 66: 1970: Artist: slit wrists and anti-depressant overdose

Amschel Rothschild: age 41: Banker: hanging 

Gail Russell: age 36: 1961: actress: alcohol overdose

S:

Johanna Sallstrom: age 32: 2007: actress: pill overdose 

Albert Salmi: age 62: 1990: actor: murder-suicide

Ramon Sampedro: age 55: 1998: writer: assisted suicide (quadriplegic)

George Sanders: age 65: 1972: Actor: barbiturate overdose

Gia Scala: age 38: 1972: Actress: alcohol and barbiturate overdose

Romy Schneider: age 43: 1982: Actress: alcohol induced heart attack 

Bon Scott: age 33: 1980: Musician: alcohol/heroin overdose

Debralee Scott: age 52: 2005: Actress: cirrhosis due to alcoholism

L'Wren Scott: age 49: 2014: Fashion designer: hanging

Tony Scott: age 68: 2012: Director: jumped off a bridge

Angela Scoular: age 65: 2011: actress: drank drain cleaner and set herself on fire 

Junior Seau: age 43: 2012: NFL player: self-inflicted gunshot wound to chest

Jean Seberg: age 40: 1979: Actress: barbiturate overdose

Edie Sedgwick: age 28: 1972: Model: drug overdose

Robert Seymour: age 38: 1836: illustrator for Dickens: self-inflicted gunshot

Ernest Shackleton: age 47: 1922: explorer: heart attack from alcohol overdose

Del Shannon: age 55: 1990: Musician: self-inflicted gunshot

Peggy Shannon: age 34: 1941: actress: heart attack/liver failure brought on by alcohol overdose

Elizabeth Siddal: age 32: 1862: artist: overdose of the drug Laudanum 

Don Simpson: age 52: 1996: Producer: drug overdose

Walter Slezak: age 80: 1983: actor: gunshot 

Everett Sloane: age 55: 1965: actor: barbiturate overdose

Hillel Slovak: age 26: 1988: Musician for "The Red Hot Chili Peppers": heroin overdose

June Smaney: age 71: 1993: Actress: suicide 

Anna Nicole Smith: age 39: 2007: Playboy model: prescription drug overdose

Bubba Smith: age 66: 2011: actor: overdose of phentermine

Cheryl Smith: age 47: 2002: actress: liver failure from hepatitis C and heroine overdose

Elliott Smith: age 34: 2003: Musician: stabbed himself

Kate Spade: age 55: 2018: Designer: hanging

Layne Staley: age 34: 2002: Musician for "Alice in Chains": cocaine overdose

Mike Starr: age 44: 2011: Musician for "Alice in Chains": prescription drug overdose

David Steinberg: age 45: 2010: actor: hanging 

Jon Paul Steuer: age 33: 2018: actor: gunshot 

Carl Steven: age 36: 2011: Actor: heroin overdose

Brodt Stevens: age 48: 2019: Comedian: hanging

Inger Stevens: age 35: 1970: actress: barbiturate overdose

Jay Stewart: age 71: 1989: game show announcer: self-inflicted gunshot

Robin Stille: age 34: 1996: actress: suicide 

Rose Stradner: age 45: 1958: actress: pill overdose

Mel Street: age 43: 1978: singer: self-inflicted gunshot wound

Margaret Sullavan: age 50: 1960: Actress: barbiturate overdose

Sawyer Sweeten: age 19: 2015: Actor: self-inflicted gunshot wound

Harold Switzer: age 42: 1967: Actor: committed suicide after murdering a man.

T:

Joan Tabor: age 36: 1968: actress: accidental drug overdose

Lou Tellegen: age 52: 1934: Actor: self stabbing

Carlos Thompson: age 67: 1990: actor: self-inflicted gunshot wound

Thelma Todd: age 29: 1935: Actress: carbon monoxide poisoning

Sammee Tong: age 63: 1964: actor: barbiturate overdose

Verne Troyer: age 49: 2018: actor: alcohol overdose

Butch Trucks: age 69: 2017: musician: self-inflicted gunshot wound

Alan Turing: age 41: 1954: mathematician and WWII code breaker: cyanide poisoning

Helen Twelvetrees: age 49: 1958: actress: sedative overdose

U:

Mary Ure: age 42: 1975: Actress: barbiturate overdose

V:

Dan Vadis: age 49: 1987: Actor: heroin-morphine overdose

W.S. Van Dyke: age 53: 1943: director: suicide

Vincent Van Gogh: age 37: 1890: Artist: self-inflicted gunshot

Philip Van Zant: age 53: 1958: actor: sleeping pill overdose

George Washington Vanderbilt III: age 47: 1961: jumped to his death 

Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt: age 45: 1925: cirrhosis of the liver from alcoholism

Lupe Velez: age 36: 1944: Actress: sleeping pill overdose

Sid Vicious: age 21: 1979: Musician for "The Sex Pistols": heroin overdose

Herve Villechaize: age 50: 1993: Actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Gary Vinson: age 47: 1984: actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Christopher Von Erich: age 21: 1991: wrestler: self-inflicted gunshot

Kerry Von Erich: age 33: 1993: wrestler: self-inflicted gunshot

Michael Von Erich: age 23: 1987: wrestler: pill overdose 

W:

Robert Walker: age 32: 1951: actor: accidental mixture of alcohol and barbiturate

Larry Walters: age 44: 1993: inspiration for film "Danny Deckchair": self-inflicted gunshot

Luana Walters: age 50: 1963: actress: alcoholism 

Dinah Washington: age 39: 1963: singer: accidental prescription drug overdose

Doodles Weaver: age 71: 1983: Actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Richard Webb: age 77: 1993: actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Scott Weiland: age 48: 1967: musician: cocaine and alcohol overdose

George Westmore: age 52: 1931: hair/make-up artist: ingested mercury

James Whale: age 67: 1957: Director: drown himself in swimming pool

Pearl White: age 49: 1938: actress: liver failure from alcoholism

Hank Williams: age 29: 1953: Musician: heart attack from alcohol and drug overdose

Michael K. Williams: age 54: Actor: herion overdose 

Robin Williams: age 63: 2014: Actor: hanging

Alan Wilson: age 27: 1970: musician: barbiturate overdose 

Don Wilson: age 29: 1975: Baseball player: carbon monoxide poisoning

Amy Winehouse: age 27: 2011: Singer: alcohol overdose

Kim Winona: age 47: 1978: actor: gunshot 

Grant Withers: age 55: 1959: Actor: barbiturate overdose.

Harris Wittels: age 30: 2015: writer/producer: heroin overdose

Ann Woodward: age 59: 1975: socialite: cyanide poisoning 

Allen Woody: age 44: 2000: musician: heroin overdose

Frank Wolff: age 43: 1971: actor: slit his throat

Edna Woolworth-Hutton: Age 33: 1917: Woolworth heir: poison

Y:

Ralph Yearsley: age 32: 1928: actor: suicide

Duke York: age 43: 1952: actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Gig Young: age 64: 1978: Actor: shot his wife then himself

Lee Thompson Young: age 29: 1984: Actor: self-inflicted gunshot wound