Companies That Have Gone Out of Business Since I Was Born: 1983

Some of these stores were established in the 1800s and it upsets me that they are no longer around.  It helps to know I was an 80s child and grew up in New York and I only mention retailers that I remember.

Alphabetical order:

A & S: 
Department store. Established in 1881. Closed in 1995.

A.C. MOORE:
craft and hobby store. Established in 1985.  Defunct in 2020.  terrible

ALEXANDER'S: 
Department store. Established in 1928. Closed in 1992.

AJ WRIGHT:
Home goods store. Established in 1998. Shut down in 2011.

ATARI, Inc.
Video game company. Established in 1972. Shut down in 1984.

B. DALTON:
bookstore. established in 1966. Merged with Barnes and Noble in 1987. Shut down in 2013.

BABIES "R" US:
baby items store. Established in 1996. Closed in 2018.

BARNEYS NEW YORK:

high-end clothing store. established in 1923. closed in 2020. 

BED, BATH & BEYOND:

household goods. Established 1971.  Closed 2023

BEN FRANKLIN:
General store. Established in 1927. Closed in 1996.

BLOCKBUSTER:
Video rental company. Established in 1985. All stores shutdown in 2012.

BOMBAY COMPANY:
Furniture store. Established in 1978. Closed in 2007.

BUY BUY BABY:

Baby merchandise. Established 1996. Closed 2023. (Bed, Bath and Beyond was parent company)

CALDOR: 
Discount Department store. Established in 1951. Closed in 1999.

CHRISTMAS TREE SHOPS:

home decor.  Established 1970. Closed 2023. (Bed, Bath and Beyond was parent company)

CIRCUIT CITY: 
Electronic Store. Established in 1949. Closed in 2009.

CONCORDE:
Aircraft. First flight in 1969. Retired in 2003.

DELIA'S 

girls clothing store. established 1993. closed 2015

DeLOREAN MOTOR COMPANY:
 Car company. Established in 1975. Shut down in 1983.

EASTERN AIRLINE:
Airline. Established in 1926. Shut down in 1991.

ECKERD:
Pharmacy. Established in 1898. Closed in 2007.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY:

weekly movie and music Magazine. first edition February 1990. Last paper edition April 2022.

FASHION BUG:
clothing store: Established in 1960: Closed in 2013.

FILENE'S:
Department store. Established in 1881. Closed in 2006.

FORTUNEOFF: 
Houseware store. Established in 1922. Closed in 2009.

GENOVESE:
Pharmacy. Established in 1924. Closed in 1998.

GIMBELS:
Department store. Established in 1887. Closed in 1987.

GRAND UNION:
Supermarket. Established 1872. Closed in 2000.

HARMON DRUGS:

drugstore. Established 1971. Closed 2023. (Bed, Bath and Beyond was parent company)

HERMAN'S: 
Sporting Goods Store. Established in 1916. Closed in 1993.

HESS:
gasoline station: Established in 1919: Sold in 2015 (company still supplies Christmas trucks)

HOLLYWOOD VIDEO:
Video rental company. Established in 1988. Shut down in 2010.

KB TOYS:
Toy store. Established in 1922. Closed in 2009.

KIDS "R" US:
Children's apparel store. Established in 1983. Shut Down in 2003.

KINNEY SHOES: 
Shoe store. Established in 1894. Closed in 1998.

KODAK:
camera and film company. Established in 1888: Shut down in 2013.

LEVITZ:
Furniture Store. Established in 1910. Closed in 2008.

LIFE:
Magazine. Established in 1883. Shut down in 2000.

LILLIAN VERNON:
American Catalog. Established in 1952. Shutdown in 2008.

THE LIMITED:
clothing store. established 1963. Defunct 2017

LINENS 'N THINGS: 
Houseware store. Established in 1975. Closed in 2008.

MAD MAGAZINE:
comic magazine. first issue 1952. Defunct in 2019.

MADEMOISELLE:
Women's magazine. Established in 1935. Shut down in 2001.

MAYS:
Discount department store. Established in 1927. Closed in 1988.

MCI:

telephone communication company: Established in 1983. Defunct in 2006

MEDIA PLAY:
music store: Established in 1992: Closed in 2006

MILTON BRADLEY COMPANY:
boardgames company. established 1860. Bought by Hasbro in 1984. Brand name defunct in 2009.

MODELL'S SPORTING GOODS:
sporting goods store.  Established in 1889.  Defunct in 2020.

MONTGORMERY WARD:
department store: Established in 1872. Defunct in 2001.

MUSICLAND:
Music company. Established in 1955. Shut down in 2006.

NECCO:
candy company. Established 1901. Defunct in 2018.

NEWSWEEK:
Weekly magazine. Established in 1933. Stopped all paper editions December 2012.

ORION PICTURES:
Movie producer. Established in 1978. Shut down in 1998.

PAN AM:
Airline. Established in 1927. Shutdown in 1991

PARKER BROTHERS:
boardgames company. established 1883. Bought by Hasbro in 1991. Brand name defunct in 2009.

PATHMARK:
supermarket: Established in 1968: Closed in November 2015

PAYLESS SHOESOURCE:
shoe store. Established 1956. Defunct in 2019.

PERGAMENT:
Home Improvement store. Established in 1935. Closed in 2001.

PETS.COM (sock puppet)
Online Pet Supply Company. Established in 1998. Shut down in 2000.

PIER 1 IMPORTS:
home decor store. established in 1962. Defunct in 2020

POLAROID CORPORATION:
Camera company. Established in 1937. Shut down in 2008.

REVCO:
Pharmacy. Established in 1956. Closed in 1997.

SAM GOODY: 
Music Store. Established in 1956. Closed in 2008.

SERVICE MERCHANDISE:
Gift department store. Established in 1934. Closed in 2002.

SHARPER IMAGE:
High-end electronic store. Established in 1997. Closed in 2008.

SPORTS AUTHORITY:
sporting goods store: Established in 1987: Closed in 2016

STERN'S:
Department store. Established in 1867. Closed in 2001.

SWEZEY'S:
department store: Established in 1894: Closed in 2003.

TIMES SQUARE STORES (T. S. S):
Department store. Established in 1929. Closed in 1989.

TOWER AIR:
Airline. Established in 1983. Shut down in 2000.

TOWER RECORDS:
Music Store. Established in 1960. Closed in 2006.

TOYS "R" US:
toy store. Established in 1948. Closed in 2018.

TWA:
Airline. Established in 1925. Shutdown in 2001.

WACHOVIA BANK:

bank. established 1879. Closed 2008

WALDENBOOKS, BRENTANO'S and BORDERS:
Bookstores. Waldenbooks was established in 1933. Brentano's was established in 1853, it merged with Waldenbooks in 1983. They were acquired by Borders (established in 1971) and Kmart in 1994 but retained their original company names. In 2004 Borders converts all Waldenbooks and Brentano's into Borders Express.  Due to over expansion and a drastic drop in book sales Borders suffered greatly.  Its last year to turn a profit was 2006.  Borders files for bankruptcy in February 2011. Complete  Shut down in September 2011.  I worked at a Waldenbooks from 1999 till it was shut down in 2009. Sad day.

THE WALL, RECORD TOWN, and COCONUTS:
Music stores all converted to F.Y.E in 2001

THE WARNER BROS. STORE

WB retail merchandise. established 1991. Last stores closed 2008.

WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK (WAMU):

bank: established 1889. Closed 2008

The WIZ:
Electronic Store. Established in 1976. Closed in 2003.

WOOLWORTH:
General Store. Established in 1878. Closed in 1997.

WORLDS OF WONDER:
Toy Company. Established in 1985. Shut down in 1990.

Famous People That Were Murdered

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R.I.P:

Joy Adamson: age 69: January 8, 1980: animal activist and author of "Born Free: Elsa": killed by former employee Paul Nakware Ekai 

David Angell: age 55: September 11, 2001: sitcom writer for "Cheers" and "Frasier": killed with his wife on American Airlines flight #11.  First plane to hit the World Trade Center. 

Marie Antoinette: age 37: 1793: guillotined by the French Revolutionary Tribunal

Peter Arne: age 62: 1983: Actor: bludgeoned to death by a vagrant named Giuseppe Perusi

Lloyd Avery II: age 36: 2005: actor: murdered by his prison cellmate Kevin Roby.

David Bacon: age 29: 1943: Actor: stabbed to death (unsolved)

Judith Barsi: age 10: 1988: Actress: shot by her father Jozsef Barsi

Lee Beaupre: age 42: 1984: publicist for 20th Century Fox: stabbed and strangled by roommate Joseph Mitchell.

Berry Berenson: age 53: September 11, 2001: model/actress.  wife of actor Anthony Perkins.  killed on American Airlines flight #11.  First plane to hit the World Trade Center

Zina Bethune: age 66: 2012: actress: killed in a hit-and-run road accident (unsolved)

Francis Boggs: age 41: 1911: director: shot by Frank Minnimatsu, a disgruntled worker that was recently fired from a movie set.  

Lyman Bostock: age 27: 1978: Baseball player: shot by Leonard Smith

Susan Cabot: age 59: 1986: actress: beaten to death by her only child, son Timothy Scott Roman.

Martha "Mamah" Cheney (nee. Borthwick): age 45: 1914: feminist and Suffragette: killed with a hatchet and then set on fire in her lover Frank Lloyd Wright's house by his servant Julian Carlton. Her  two young children were also murdered.

Frank Christi: age 52: 1982: actor: shot to death over a woman by hired men Harvey Rosenberg, Ronald Coe and Alan Betts.  

Bob Clark: age 67: 2007: Director: killed by a drunk driver Hector Velazquez-Nava

Lana Clarkson: age 40: 2003: Actress: shot by music producer Phil Spector

Barbara Colby: age 36: 1975: Actress: shot in a parking garage along with James Kiernan (unsolved)

Big L/ Lamont Coleman: age 24: 1999: Rapper: shot (unsolved)

Sam Cooke: age 33: 1964: Singer: shot by a motel clerk Bertha Franklin

Adolph Coors III: age 44: 1960: Coors Company owner: stabbed by Joseph Corbett Jr.

Tara Correa-McMullen: age 16: 2005: actress: shit by gang member Damiem Watts

Bob Crane: age 49: 1978: Actor: bludgeoned to death (unsolved)

Judge Joseph Crater: age 41: New York Supreme Court Judge: disappeared August 6, 1930, declared legally dead on June 6, 1939. Case officially closed in 1979.  (foul-play believed to be involved, unsolved)

Gary DeVore: age 55: 1997: screenwriter: found dead in his car at the bottom of a lake.  His hands were missing. (Unsolved)

Gwynda Donhowe: age 54: 1988: actress: stabbed to death by her husband, Broadway producer, Norman Kean.  He then jumped to his death from his NYC apartment. 

Dominique Dunne: age 22: 1982: Actress: shot by her ex-boyfriend, John Thomas Sweeney

Pearl Eaton: age 60: 1958: actress in the Ziegfeld Follies: murdered in her California apartment: unsolved

Medgar Evers: age 37: 1963: Civil Right Activist: shot by assassin Byron De La Beckwith 

James Fisk: age 36: 1872: Financier "robber baron": shot by disgruntled business associate Edward Stiles Stokes. 

Blaze Foley: age 39: 1989: country music musician: shot by his friend's son Carey January after an argument.

Dian Fossey: age 53: 1985: gorilla conservationist: murdered by an African bushman

Bobby Fuller: age 23: 1966: musician: found beaten in his car and covered in gasoline (unsolved)

James Garfield: age 49: 1881: 20th U.S. president: shot by assassin Charles J. Guiteau

Ghandi: age 78: 1948: Peace activist: shot by Nathuram Godse

Indira Gandhi: age 66: Fourth Prime Minister of India: shot by her bodyguards

Marvin Gaye: age 44: 1984: Singer: shot by his father, Marvin Sr.

Donald Goines: age 35:1974: writer: shot to death with his wife (unsolved)

Andrew Haswell Green: age 83: 1903: NYC planner: shot by Cornellus Williams in a case of mistaken identity. 

Maurizio Gucci: age 46: 1995: Gucci Heir and once CEO: shot to death by hitman Benedetto Ceraulo, hired by his ex-wife, Patrizia.

Alexander Hamilton: age 47: 1804: Politician: shot by Vice-President Aaron Burr 

Phil Hartman: age 49: 1998: Actor: shot by his wife, Brynn, she then shot herself.

"Wild Bill" James Hickok: age 39: 1876: gunslinger/showman: shot by Jack McCall. 

Jimmy Hoffa: age 62: 1975: Union Leader of "The Teamsters": disappeared July 30, 1975, declared legally dead July 30, 1982 (foul-play believed to be involved, unsolved)

David Huffman: age 39: 1985: Actor: stabbed to death by Genaro Samano Nillanueva

Nipsey Hussle: age 33: 2019: Rapper: shot by Eric Holder Jr. 

Robert Johnson: age 27: 1938: Blues musician: (unsolved) possible strychnine poisoning: body found on the side of the road in Greenwood, Mississippi.

Dick Kallman: age: 46: 1980: actor: shot (along with his partner Steven Szladek) during a robbery in his NY apartment by Charles Lonnie Grosso.

Darwood "Waldo" Kaye: age 72: 2002: actor: killed in a hit-and-run road accident: unsolved

John F. Kennedy: age 46: 1968: 35th President: shot in his car in Dallas, TX by Lee Harvey Oswald (Oswald killed shortly after)

Robert F. Kennedy: age 42: 1968: New York Senator: shot in a hotel in Los Angelos, California by Sirhan Sirhan

Victor Kilian: age 88: 1979: Actor: beaten to death during a home invasion. (died 5 days after Charles Wagenheim was killed under the same circumstances, and was acting in the same episode of "All in the Family" and lived a few blocks away from each other. Possibly the same killers, both cases have never been solved.)

Martin Luther King Jr. : age 39: 1968: Civil Rights activist: shot by James Earl Ray

Rob Knox: age 18: 2008: Actor: stabbed outside a British club by Karl Norman Bishop

Karyn Kupcinet: age 22: 1963: actress: strangled to death in her home (unsolved) 

Robert Lees: age 91: 2004: screenplay writer: decapitated by an intruder Keven Lee Graff

John Lennon: age 40: 1980: Musician: shot by Mark David Chapman

Abraham Lincoln: age 56: 1865: 16th President: shot by John Wilkes Booth

Danny Lockin: age 34: 1977: Actor: stabbed to death by Charles Hopkins

Huey Long: age 42: 1935: Louisiana State Governor: Shot by Dr. Carl Weiss

Jenny Maxwell: age 39: 1981: actress: shot during a robbery in the lobby of her condo (unsolved)

William McKinley: age: 58: 1901: 25th U.S. President: shot by Leon Czolgosz

Harvey Milk: age 48: 1978: Politician/ gay rights activist: shot by Dan White

Sal Mineo: age 37: 1976: Actor: stabbed (unsolved)

Carolyn Mitchell: age 29: 1966: Actress: shot by Milos Milosevic

Rhea Mitchell: age 66: 1957: actress: strangled by Sonnie Hartford, Jr.

George Moscone: age 49: 1978: Mayor of San Francisco: shot by Dan White

Jack Nance: age 53: 1996: Actor: beat up in a parking lot in Pasadena by two homeless men.  He died 24 hours later from a brain bleed. (unsolved)

Haing S. Ngor: age 55: 1996: Actor: shot during a mugging (unsolved)

Ramon Novarro: age 69: 1968: Actor: strangled and beaten in his house by two robbers, Paul and Tom Ferguson.

Madalyn Murray O'Hair: age 76: 1995: Atheist Activist: murdered and dismembered by former employee David Roland Waters.

Robert Opel: age 39: 1979: Artist and Gay Activist: best known for streaking across the stage during the 1974 Oscars: was shot and killed by Robert E. Kelly and Maurice Keenan while they tried robbing his art gallery in San Fransisco.

Lou Perryman: age 67: 2009: actor: killed with an axe by a home invader named Seth Christopher Tatum.  

Ray Raymond: age 40: 1927: actor: killed while in a drunken brawl with fellow actor Paul Kelly.

Czar Nicholas Romanov II of Russia: 50: 1918: shot to death with his family by Russian Bolsheviks.
Family murdered with him was his wife, Alexandra: age 47, daughter Olga: age 22, daughter Tatiana: age 21, daughter Maria: age 19, daughter Anastasia: age 17, and Heir to the Throne Alexei: age 13. 

George Rose: age 68: 1988: actor: beaten to death by his adopted son and his son's biological father and uncle.  

Vladimir "Spider" Sabich: age 31: 1976: Olympic skier: shot by his girlfriend Claudine Longet

Selena: age 23: 1995: Latin Singer: shot by her fan club manager, Yolanda Saldívar

Rebecca Schaeffer: age 21: 1989: Actress: shot by obsessed fan Robert John Bardo

Walter Scott: age 40: 1983: Singer: shot by James Williams

Betty Shabazz: age 63: 1997: activist (wife of Malcolm X): burned by her grandson Malcolm Shabazz. Her grandson was ruled schizophrenic and charged with manslaughter and served 18 months in juvenile detention.  He was murdered in Mexico in 2013. 

Tupac Shakur: age 25: 1996: Rapper: shot (unsolved)

Adrienne Shelly: age 40: 2006: actress: strangled by a home intruder, Diego Pillco

Robert B. Sinclair: age: 64: 1970: director: stabbed in his home by burglar, Billy McCoy Hunter.

Helena Wood Smith: age 49: 1914: artist: Strangled by her Japanese artist boyfriend, George Kodani.  He confessed and was sentenced to life. 

Dernell Stenson: age 25: 2003: Baseball player: shot by four men during a carjacking

Dorothy Stratten: age 20: 1980: Playmate: shot by her estranged husband Paul Snider, who then shot himself

Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer: age 31: 1959: Actor: shot during a fight with Moses Stiltz

Sharon Tate (and unborn child): age 26: 1969: Actress: stabbed to death by Charles Mason cult members

William Desmond Taylor: age: 49: 1922: Director: shot to death in his home (unsolved)

Gianni Versace: age 50: 1997: Clothing Designer: shot by obsessed fan Andrew Cunanan

Charles Wagenheim: age 83: 1979: Actor: beaten to death during a home invasion. (died 5 days before Victor Kilian was killed under the same circumstances, and was acting in the same episode of "All in the Family" and lived a few blocks away from each other. Possibly the same killers, both cases have never been solved.)

Notorious B.I.G./ Christopher Wallace: age 24: 1997: Rapper: shot (unsolved)

Standford White: age 52: 1902: Architect: shot by Harry Kendall Thaw

Malcolm X: age 39: 1965: Civil Rights Activist: shot by Talmadge Hayer

Mia Zapata: age 27: 1993: Singer for the band "The Gits": strangled by Jesus Mezquia

Best and Worst Movies of 2008

GOOD:

"Miss. Pettigew Lives For a Day"

"Ironman"

"Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay"

"Wall-E"

"Pineapple Express"

"Burn After Reading"

"Choke"

"The Changeling"

"Milk"

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

"In Bruges"

"Gran Torino"

"Frost/Nixon"

"The Rocker"

"Revolutionary Road"

"The Wrestler"

"Slumdog Millionaire"

"The Boy in the Striped Pajamas"

"Frozen River"


NOT SO GOOD

"Be Kind, Rewind"

"Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"

"The Happening"

"Tropic Thunder"

"Get Smart"

"The Dark Knight"

"Cloverfield"

"Righteous Kill"

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

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

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