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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.
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
Phil Hartman: age 49: 1998: Actor: shot by his wife, Brynn, she then shot herself.
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: shot by gang member Damiem Watts
Bob Crane: age 49: 1978: Actor: bludgeoned to death (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: shot 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)
Claire Delmar: age 57: 1959: actress: stabbed to death in her house: unsolved
Gary DeVore: age 55: 1997: screenwriter: found dead in his car at the bottom of a lake. His hands were missing. (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
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)
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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 SaldÃvar
Rebecca Schaeffer: age 21: 1989: Actress: shot by obsessed fan Robert John Bardo
Walter Scott: age 40: 1983: Singer: shot by James Williams
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 SaldÃvar
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.
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
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
Johnny Factor: age 37: 2024: Actor: shot in California while stopping car thieves. (unsolved)
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
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