Autopsy
EVENT
Name Occupation Birth Death Known for
Aaliyah Singer 16-Jan-1979 25-Aug-2001 R&B singer dies in plane crash
Abu Abbas Terrorist 10-Dec-1948 9-Mar-2004 Masterminded the Achille Lauro hijacking
Joan Vollmer Adams Victim 1924 6-Sep-1951 Common-law wife of William S. Burroughs
Nick Adams Actor 10-Jul-1931 7-Feb-1968 Johnny Yuma on The Rebel
Steve Allen Talk Show Host 26-Dec-1921 30-Oct-2000 The Tonight Show
Salvador Allende Head of State 26-Jul-1908 11-Sep-1973 Chilean President deposed by Pinochet
Albert Anastasia Criminal 26-Feb-1902 25-Oct-1957 Gambino crime boss
Pier Angeli Actor 19-Jun-1932 10-Sep-1971 Tomorrow Is Too Late
Marshall Applewhite Religion 17-May-1931 26-Mar-1997 Led the Heaven's Gate cult to suicide
Diane Arbus Photographer 14-Mar-1923 26-Jul-1971 Influential photographer
Notorious B.I.G. Rapper 21-May-1972 9-Mar-1997 I love it when you call me big poppa
Bonny Lee Bakley Victim 7-Jun-1956 4-May-2001 Baretta's wife, got whacked
Lester Bangs Critic 14-Dec-1948 30-Apr-1982 Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung
Clyde Barrow Criminal 24-Mar-1909 23-May-1934 Bonnie and Clyde
Jürgen Bartsch Criminal 6-Nov-1946 28-Apr-1976 Teenaged homosexual serial killer
Jean-Michel Basquiat Painter 22-Dec-1960 12-Aug-1988 NYC graffiti artist
Ol' Dirty Bastard Rapper 15-Nov-1968 13-Nov-2004 Profoundly deranged rapper, Wu-Tang Clan
Ludwig van Beethoven Composer 17-Dec-1770 26-Mar-1827 Prominent composer
John Belushi Actor 24-Jan-1949 5-Mar-1982 Animal House
Chris Benoit Wrestling 21-May-1967 25-Jun-2007 WWE wrestler, murder/suicide
Lamont Bentley Actor 25-Oct-1973 18-Jan-2005 Hakeem Campbell on Moesha
Mary Kay Bergman Actor 5-Jun-1961 11-Nov-1999 South Park
Steve Biko Activist 18-Dec-1946 12-Sep-1977 Father of Black Consciousness
John Birch Religion 28-May-1918 25-Aug-1945 Missionary to China killed during WW2
Napoleon Bonaparte Head of State 15-Aug-1769 5-May-1821 Emperor of France
Sonny Bono Musician 16-Feb-1935 5-Jan-1998 Moustached half of Sonny and Cher
John Wilkes Booth Assassin 10-May-1838 26-Apr-1865 Abraham Lincoln's assassin
The Big Bopper Musician 24-Oct-1930 3-Feb-1959 Chantilly Lace
Jonathan Brandis Actor 13-Apr-1976 12-Nov-2003 Lucas Wolenczak on SeaQuest
Eva Braun First Lady 6-Feb-1912 30-Apr-1945 Adolf Hitler's lady friend
Lenny Bruce Comic 13-Oct-1925 3-Aug-1966 Multiply obscene comic
Carlie Brucia Victim 16-Mar-1992 1-Feb-2004 Little girl kidnapped and killed
Ted Bundy Criminal 24-Nov-1946 24-Jan-1989 Serial killer, blamed pornography
Lord Byron Poet 22-Jan-1788 19-Apr-1824 English romantic poet
Susan Cabot Actor 9-Jul-1927 10-Dec-1986 The Wasp Woman
Julius Caesar Head of State 13-Jul-100 BC 15-Mar-44 BC Roman Dictator 45 BC until 44 BC
Ken Caminiti Baseball 21-Apr-1963 10-Oct-2004 Former National League MVP
Truman Capote Novelist 30-Sep-1924 25-Aug-1984 Flamboyant author of In Cold Blood
Karen Carpenter Musician 2-Mar-1950 4-Feb-1983 The Carpenters victim of anorexia
Mama Cass Musician 19-Sep-1941 29-Jul-1974 The Mamas and the Papas
Iris Chang Author 28-Mar-1968 9-Nov-2004 Author of The Rape of Nanking
Harry Chapin Musician 7-Dec-1942 16-Jul-1981 Cat's in the Cradle
Seung-Hui Cho Criminal 18-Jan-1984 16-Apr-2007 Virginia Tech Massacre
Lana Clarkson Actor 5-Apr-1962 3-Feb-2003 Barbarian Queen
Kurt Cobain Musician 20-Feb-1967 5-Apr-1994 Lead singer of Nirvana
William Colby Spy 4-Jan-1920 27-Apr-1996 CIA Director 1973-75
Sam Cooke Singer 22-Jan-1931 11-Dec-1964 Soul and R&B singer
Bob Crane Actor 13-Jul-1928 29-Jun-1978 Hogan on Hogan's Heroes
Andrew Cunanan Criminal 31-Aug-1969 23-Jul-1997 Murdered Gianni Versace
Leon Czolgosz Assassin 1873 29-Oct-1901 President McKinley's assassin
Jeffrey Dahmer Criminal 21-May-1960 28-Nov-1994 Homosexual serial killer cannibal
Dorothy Dandridge Actor 9-Nov-1922 8-Sep-1965 Carmen Jones
Donald DeFreeze Criminal 16-Nov-1943 17-May-1974 Symbionese Liberation Army
Albert Dekker Actor 20-Dec-1905 5-May-1968 The Wild Bunch
John Denver Country Musician 31-Dec-1943 12-Oct-1997 Rocky Mountain High
Albert DeSalvo Criminal 3-Sep-1931 25-Nov-1973 Rapist, confessed Boston Strangler
Pierre-Joseph Desault Doctor 6-Feb-1738 1-Jun-1795 Surgeon at Hôtel Dieu
Amadou Diallo Victim 2-Sep-1975 4-Feb-1999 Shot dead by the NYPD
Lady Diana Royalty 1-Jul-1961 31-Aug-1997 Princess of Wales
John Dillinger Criminal 22-Jun-1903 22-Jul-1934 Public Enemy Number One
Divine Actor 19-Oct-1945 7-Mar-1988 Poodle poop-eating drag queen
Dolly the sheep Oddity 5-Jul-1996 14-Feb-2003 World's first cloned mammal
Kevin DuBrow Singer 29-Oct-1955 25-Nov-2007 Lead singer, Quiet Riot
Peter Duel Actor 24-Feb-1940 31-Dec-1971 Alias Smith and Jones
Dominique Dunne Actor 23-Nov-1959 4-Nov-1982 Poltergeist
Dale Earnhardt Auto Racing 29-Apr-1951 18-Feb-2001 NASCAR driver died in Daytona 500 accident
John Porter East Politician 5-May-1931 29-Jun-1986 US Senator, committed suicide
Albert Einstein Physicist 14-Mar-1879 18-Apr-1955 Theory of relativity
Medgar Evers Activist 2-Jul-1925 12-Jun-1963 Civil rights activist murdered in 1963
Chris Farley Comic 15-Feb-1964 17-Dec-1997 Saturday Night Live
Lolo Ferrari Pornstar 9-Feb-1970 5-Mar-2000 Pornstar with beachball-sized tits
Vince Foster Attorney 15-Jan-1945 20-Jul-1993 Deputy White House Counsel for Clinton
Mary Frann Actor 27-Feb-1943 23-Sep-1998 Joanna Loudon on Newhart
Jerry Garcia Musician 1-Aug-1942 9-Aug-1995 Grateful Dead
James Garfield Head of State 19-Nov-1831 19-Sep-1881 20th US President, 1881
Judy Garland Singer 10-Jun-1922 22-Jun-1969 Dorothy in Wizard of Oz
Marvin Gaye Singer 2-Apr-1939 1-Apr-1984 Singer shot and killed by his father
Kitty Genovese Victim 1935 13-Mar-1964 Allegedly killed by collective apathy
Maurice Gibb Bassist 22-Dec-1949 12-Jan-2003 Bassist and vocalist of Bee Gees
Trevor Goddard Actor 14-Oct-1962 7-Jun-2003 Lt. Cmdr. Mic Brumby on JAG
Joseph Goebbels Government 29-Oct-1897 1-May-1945 Reich Minister of Propaganda
Ron Goldman Victim 2-Jul-1968 12-Jun-1994 Murder victim, OJ Simpson trial
Spalding Gray Actor 5-Jun-1941 11-Jan-2004 Swimming to Cambodia monologist
Eddie Guerrero Wrestling 9-Oct-1967 13-Nov-2005 Latino Heat
Che Guevara Activist 14-Jun-1928 9-Oct-1967 Still looking great on all those t-shirts
Charles Guiteau Assassin 8-Sep-1841 30-Jun-1882 Assassin of President Garfield
David Halberstam Journalist 10-Apr-1934 23-Apr-2007 The Powers That Be
Eric Harris Criminal 9-Apr-1981 20-Apr-1999 Columbine Massacre
Phil Hartman Actor 24-Sep-1948 28-May-1998 Lionel Hutz, Troy McClure
Domino Harvey Relative 7-Aug-1969 27-Jun-2005 Laurence Harvey's daughter
Bobby Hatfield Singer 10-Aug-1940 5-Nov-2003 The Righteous Brothers
Mitch Hedberg Comic 24-Feb-1968 30-Mar-2005 Stand-up comedian known for one-liners
Margaux Hemingway Actor 16-Feb-1955 2-Jul-1996 Troubled actress OD'd on klonopin
Jimi Hendrix Guitarist 27-Nov-1942 18-Sep-1970 Purple Haze
Rudolf Hess Government 26-Apr-1894 17-Jul-1987 Deputy Fuhrer flew unauthorized to Scotland
Jon-Erik Hexum Actor 5-Nov-1957 18-Oct-1984 Actor accidently shot himself
Reinhard Heydrich Military 7-Mar-1904 4-Jun-1942 Protector of Bohemia and Moravia
Adolf Hitler Head of State 20-Apr-1889 30-Apr-1945 Chancellor of Germany, 1933-45
Abbie Hoffman Activist 30-Nov-1936 12-Apr-1989 Steal This Book
William Holden Actor 17-Apr-1918 16-Nov-1981 Stalag 17
Shannon Hoon Musician 26-Sep-1967 21-Oct-1995 Frontman for Blind Melon
L. Ron Hubbard Religion 13-Mar-1911 24-Jan-1986 Perpetrated Dianetics, Scientology
Howard Hughes Business 24-Sep-1905 5-Apr-1976 Insane billionaire
Mark R. Hughes Business Feb-1956 21-May-2000 Herbalife founder
Qusay Hussein Royalty 17-May-1966 22-Jul-2003 Saddam Hussein's younger son
Uday Hussein Royalty 18-Jun-1964 22-Jul-2003 Saddam Hussein's barbarous eldest son
Michael Hutchence Musician 22-Jan-1960 22-Nov-1997 INXS
Steve Irwin Naturalist 22-Feb-1962 4-Sep-2006 The Crocodile Hunter
Rick James Musician 1-Feb-1948 6-Aug-2004 I'm Rick James, bitch
David Janssen Actor 27-Mar-1931 13-Feb-1980 The Fugitive
Richard Jeni Comic 14-Apr-1957 10-Mar-2007 A Big Steaming Pile of Me
Michael Jeter Actor 26-Aug-1952 30-Mar-2003 Evening Shade
Richard Jewell Victim 17-Nov-1962 29-Aug-2007 Innocent security guard blamed for bombing
Jim Jones Religion 13-May-1931 18-Nov-1978 Led mass People's Temple suicide
John Paul Jones Military 6-Jul-1747 18-Jul-1792 Has not yet begun to fight
Janis Joplin Singer 19-Jan-1943 4-Oct-1970 Ball and Chain (Piece of My Heart)
Florence Griffith Joyner Track and Field 21-Dec-1959 21-Sep-1998 Olympic sprinter
Brian Keith Actor 14-Nov-1921 24-Jun-1997 Uncle Bill on Family Affair
John F. Kennedy Head of State 29-May-1917 22-Nov-1963 35th US President, 1961-63
Robert F. Kennedy Politician 20-Nov-1925 6-Jun-1968 Slain Presidential candidate
Doug Kenney Comic 10-Dec-1946 27-Aug-1980 National Lampoon cofounder
Coretta Scott King Activist 27-Apr-1927 30-Jan-2006 Widow of Dr. Martin Luther King
Sam Kinison Comic 8-Dec-1953 10-Apr-1992 Late comedian known for screaming
Klaus Kinski Actor 18-Oct-1926 23-Nov-1991 Nosferatu the Vampyre
Dylan Klebold Criminal 11-Sep-1981 20-Apr-1999 Columbine Massacre
Leon Klinghoffer Victim 24-Sep-1916 7-Oct-1985 Shot and thrown overboard by terrorists
David Koresh Religion 17-Aug-1959 19-Apr-1993 Branch Davidian cult leader
Ken Lay Business 15-Apr-1942 05-Jul-2006 CEO of Enron, 1986-2002
Heath Ledger Actor 4-Apr-1979 22-Jan-2008 Brokeback Mountain
Brandon Lee Actor 1-Feb-1965 31-Mar-1993 Actor son of Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee Actor 27-Nov-1940 20-Jul-1973 Enter the Dragon
Lenin Head of State 4-May-1870 21-Jan-1924 Revolutionary leader of Soviet Union
John Lennon Musician 9-Oct-1940 8-Dec-1980 Beatle
Gerald Levert Singer 13-Jul-1966 10-Nov-2006 Baby Hold on to Me
Primo Levi Author 31-Jul-1919 11-Apr-1987 Survival in Auschwitz
Chandra Levy Victim 14-Apr-1977 1-May-2001 Gary Condit's dead intern
Liberace Pianist 16-May-1919 4-Feb-1987 Rhinestoned pianist
Abraham Lincoln Head of State 12-Feb-1809 15-Apr-1865 16th US President, 1861-65
Charles Lindbergh, Jr. Victim 22-Jun-1930 Mar-1932 The Lindbergh Baby
Sonny Liston Boxing 8-May-1932 30-Dec-1970 World Heavyweight Champion 1962-64
Terry L. Long Football 21-Jul-1959 7-Jun-2005 Pittsburgh Steelers offensive lineman
Louis XVII Royalty 27-Mar-1785 8-Jun-1795 Dauphin, Titular King of France
Ludwig II Royalty 25-Aug-1845 13-Jun-1886 Mad King Ludwig of Bavaria, 1864-86
Paul Lynde Comic 13-Jun-1926 10-Jan-1982 Hollywood Square
Malcolm X Activist 19-May-1925 21-Feb-1965 Nation of Islam
Georgi Markov Victim 1-Mar-1929 11-Sep-1978 Killed with a ricin-tipped umbrella
Robert Maxwell Publisher 10-Jun-1923 5-Nov-1991 Mirror Group tycoon
Christopher McCandless Victim 12-Feb-1968 18-Aug-1992 Subject of Into the Wild
William McKinley Head of State 29-Jan-1843 14-Sep-1901 25th US President, 1897-1901
Slobodan Milosevic Head of State 29-Aug-1941 11-Mar-2006 Deposed President of Yugoslavia
Sal Mineo Actor 10-Jan-1939 12-Feb-1976 Dies in Rebel Without A Cause
Artie Mitchell Film Director 12-Dec-1945 27-Feb-1991 Pornographer; shot and killed by brother Jim
Marilyn Monroe Actor 1-Jun-1926 5-Aug-1962 Some Like It Hot
Keith Moon Drummer 23-Aug-1946 7-Sep-1978 Drummer for The Who
Aldo Moro Head of State 23-Sep-1916 9-May-1978 Kidnapped and murdered PM of Italy
Vic Morrow Actor 14-Feb-1929 23-Jul-1982 Sgt. Chip Saunders on Combat
Benito Mussolini Head of State 29-Jul-1883 28-Apr-1945 Fascist Dictator of Italy
Jack Nance Actor 21-Dec-1943 30-Dec-1996 Eraserhead
Haing S. Ngor Victim 22-Mar-1940 25-Feb-1996 The Killing Fields
Lee Harvey Oswald Assassin 18-Oct-1939 24-Nov-1963 Assassin of John F. Kennedy
Robert Palmer Singer 19-Jan-1949 26-Sep-2003 Addicted To Love
Bonnie Parker Criminal 1-Oct-1910 23-May-1934 Bonnie and Clyde
Charlie Parker Jazz Musician 29-Aug-1920 12-Mar-1955 Be-bop jazz musicia
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Gram Parsons Musician 5-Nov-1946 19-Sep-1973 Flying Burrito Brothers
Blaise Pascal Mathematician 19-Jun-1623 19-Aug-1662 French thinker and mathematician
Robert Pastorelli Actor 21-Jun-1954 8-Mar-2004 Housepainter on Murphy Brown
Barbara Payton Actor 16-Nov-1927 8-May-1967 Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Chris Penn Actor 10-Oct-1965 24-Jan-2006 Nice Guy Eddie in Reservoir Dogs
Laci Peterson Victim 4-May-1975 23-Dec-2002 Pregnant mother's body found in bay
River Phoenix Actor 23-Aug-1970 31-Oct-1993 My Own Private Idaho
Rob Pilatus Dancer 8-Jun-1965 2-Apr-1998 Milli Vanilli face turned to life of crime
Sylvia Plath Poet 27-Oct-1932 11-Feb-1963 Ariel and Collected Poems
Dana Plato Actor 7-Nov-1964 9-May-1999 Kimberly on Diff'rent Strokes
Heinz C. Prechter Business 1942 6-Jul-2001 The sunroof king
Elvis Presley Singer 8-Jan-1935 16-Aug-1977 Rock and roll icon
Freddie Prinze Actor 22-Jun-1954 29-Jan-1977 Chico of Chico and the Man
Glenn Quinn Actor 28-May-1970 3-Dec-2002 Mark Healy on Roseanne
Dee Dee Ramone Bassist 18-Sep-1952 5-Jun-2002 Former bassist, The Ramones
JonBenét Ramsey Victim 6-Aug-1990 26-Dec-1996 6-year-old murdered pageant winner
Virginia Rappe Victim 7-Jul-1891 9-Sep-1921 Fatty Arbuckle scandal
Rasputin Religion 23-Jan-1871 30-Dec-1916 Russia's Greatest Love Machine
James Earl Ray Assassin 10-Mar-1928 23-Apr-1998 Pled guilty in Martin Luther King's assassination
George Reeves Actor 05-Jan-1914 16-Jun-1959 Television's first Superman
Jack Ruby Assassin 25-Mar-1911 3-Jan-1967 Shot the guy who shot JFK
Anwar Sadat Head of State 25-Dec-1918 6-Oct-1981 President of Egypt
Terri Schiavo Victim 3-Dec-1963 31-Mar-2005 Human vegetable 1990-2005
Bon Scott Musician 9-Jul-1946 19-Feb-1980 Lead Singer for AC/DC
Secretariat Racehorse 29-Mar-1970 4-Oct-1989 Greatest race horse of all time
Edie Sedgwick Socialite 20-Apr-1943 16-Nov-1971 Warhol factory girl
Selena Singer 16-Apr-1971 31-Mar-1995 Crossover Tejano music star
Tupac Shakur Rapper 16-Jun-1971 13-Sep-1996 Rapper shot in Las Vegas drive-by
Nerine Shatner Relative c. 1959 9-Aug-1999 William Shatner's drowned wife
Adrienne Shelly Actor 24-Jun-1966 1-Nov-2006 Waitress
Matthew Shepard Victim 1-Dec-1976 12-Oct-1998 Gay hate crime victim
Elizabeth Short Victim 29-Jul-1924 15-Jan-1947 The Black Dahlia
Bugsy Siegel Criminal 28-Feb-1906 20-Jun-1947 Brought the mob to Las Vegas
Karen Silkwood Victim 19-Feb-1946 13-Nov-1974 Kerr-McGee whistleblower
Nicole Brown Simpson Victim 19-May-1959 12-Jun-1994 O.J.'s ex-wife (36C-24-35)
Anna Nicole Smith Model 28-Nov-1967 8-Feb-2007 Addled golddigger
Daniel Smith Relative 22-Jan-1986 10-Sep-2006 Anna Nicole Smith's son
Nancy Spungen Victim 27-Feb-1958 12-Oct-1978 Sid Vicious's girlfriend
Layne Staley Musician 22-Aug-1967 14-Apr-2002 Frontman for Alice In Chains
Dorothy Stratten Actor 28-Feb-1960 14-Aug-1980 Actress, centerfold
Joe Strummer Musician 21-Aug-1952 22-Dec-2002 Lead singer of The Clash
Stuart Sutcliffe Musician 23-Jun-1940 10-Apr-1962 Briefly a Beatle
Sharon Tate Actor 24-Jan-1943 8-Aug-1969 Polanski's wife murdered by Manson family
Sean Taylor Football 1-Apr-1983 27-Nov-2007 Washington Redskins safety, murdered 2007
Zachary Taylor Head of State 24-Nov-1784 9-Jul-1850 12th President of the United States
Hunter S. Thompson Journalist 18-Jul-1937 20-Feb-2005 Gonzo journalist and author
Johnny Thunders Guitarist 15-Jul-1952 23-Apr-1991 New York Dolls guitarist
Emmett Till Victim 25-Jul-1941 28-Aug-1955 Black boy murdered brutally in Mississippi
Pat Tillman Military 6-Nov-1976 22-Apr-2004 NFL player turned Army Ranger
Thelma Todd Actor 29-Jul-1905 16-Dec-1935 The Bohemian Girl
Timothy Treadwell Naturalist 29-Apr-1957 5-Oct-2003 Consumed by bears
Gianni Versace Fashion Designer 2-Dec-1946 16-Jul-1997 Fashion designer murdered by Andrew Cunanan
David Vetter Victim 21-Sep-1971 22-Feb-1984 The Boy in the Bubble
Sid Vicious Musician 10-May-1957 2-Feb-1979 Sex Pistols bassist
Stella Walsh Track and Field 3-Apr-1911 4-Dec-1980 Olympic sprinter found to be actually male
Jack Webb Actor 2-Apr-1920 23-Dec-1982 Joe Friday in Dragnet
Charles Whitman Criminal 24-Jun-1941 1-Aug-1966 University Tower sharpshooter
Natalie Wood Actor 20-Jul-1938 29-Nov-1981 Rebel Without A Cause
Tammy Wynette Country Musician 5-May-1942 6-Apr-1998 Stand By Your Man
Paula Yates TV Personality 24-Apr-1960 17-Sep-2000 Rock Stars in Their Underpants
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Terrorist 20-Oct-1966 7-Jun-2006 Former top al Qaeda operative in Iraq
