Suicide's "A" List
The "A" List that no one
wants to make!
Who does it affect? It effects everyone.
All classes, all ages, all races and all creeds.
Given the right situation and/or circumstance anyone could contemplate
suicide
The famous, infamous, celebrities, monarchs and notable
suicides A to Z.
Brought to you by the author of "My Last Breath."
This list was created to raise suicide
awareness.
A suicide can happen in anyone's family at any time.
A
Johnny Ace, (1954),
singer,
Russian roulette.
George Washington Adams, (1829),
son of
John Quincy Adams, jumped off a boat
drowned.
Chris Acland, drummer for Lush.
Robert Adams Jr., (1906),
congressman from Pennsylvania, shot self after heavy losses in stock
speculation
Stuart Adamson, (2001),
lead singer of the Scottish bands
Big Country and the
Skids.
Kerry Adkisson a.k.a
Kerry von Erich, (1993),
professional wrestler, overdosed on the tranquilizer
placidyl.
Neil Aggett, (1982),
South African worker's union leader; hanged in prison, murder is suspected
by some
General
Sergei Akhromeev, (1991),
Soviet military commander who led an unsuccessful coup against
Mikhail Gorbachev
Leandro Alem (1896),
Argentine politician, founder of the
Radical Civic Union
Prince Alfred of Edinburgh, (1899),
member of the British Royal Family
Gia Allemand (2013), American actress,
model, and
reality television contestant, known for her appearances on the shows,
The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love and
Bachelor Pad, hanging
Salvador Allende, (1973),
democratically elected president of Chile (elected 1970), and uncle of
renowned author Isabel Allende - shot himself after he was ousted from office
by the military regime of dictator Augusto Pinochet. It was later revealed
that Pinochet had plans to execute Allende after the coup and Allende may have
taken his own life to avoid the public disgrace.
Jason Altom, (1998),
Ph.D. student
Jean Améry, (1978),
Austrian writer
Jack Z. Anderson, (1981),
U.S. Representative from
California
Fridolin Anderwert, (1880),
Swiss Federal Councilor
Aman Andom, (1974),
military ruler of
Ethiopia; committed suicide to avoid his execution in an internal purge
Pier Angeli, (1971)
(on the same day that
Bella Darvi also took her own life)
Roger Angleton, (1998),
brother of imprisoned
Texas extortionist who admitted in his suicide note to killing his
sister-in-law, socialite
Doris Angleton.
Mark Antony, (30
BC), Roman politician and general
Marshall Applewhite, (1997),
leader of the
Heaven's Gate
cult, mass
suicide, San Diego.
Hubert Aquin, (1977),
author
Diane Arbus, (1971),
art photographer
Reinaldo Arenas, (1990),
Cuban-American artist and writer
Edwin Armstrong, (1954),
US inventor of
FM radio; jumped from a
13th floor window believing FM was a failure.
Women attempt suicide four
times more than men. Men succeed at suicide four times more than woman!
B
Andreas Baader, (1977),
leader of the German revolutionary organization RAF, founder of
Baader-Meinhof gang
Milan Babić, (2006),
former leader of
Republic of Serbian Krajina who pleaded guilty to war crimes
Mary Bacon, (1991),
thoroughbred race horse jockey
Mark Balelo (2013), cast member on the
reality TV series
Storage Wars, carbon monoxide asphyxiation
Albert Ballin, (1918)
José Manuel Balmaceda (1891),
President of Chile
Barney Barnato, (1897),
South African diamond entrepreneur, jumped overboard while his ship was south
of Madeira
Isobel Barnett, (1980),
British TV personality
Diana Barrymore, (1960),
US actress, writer ('Too Much, Too Soon'), alcohol and
sleeping pills.
Uwe Barschel, (1987),
German politician
Carl Barth, (1853)
Gert Bastian, (1992)
Gameel Al-Batouti, (1999),
pilot who deliberately crashed
Egyptair Flight 990 into the
Atlantic Ocean
J. Clifford Baxter, (2002),
Enron vice-chairman
Thomas M. Bayne, (1894),
congressman from Pennsylvania
Scotty Beckett, (1968),
child actor,
Our Gang films.
Gertrude Bell, (1926),
archaeologist, writer, spy and administrator known as the "Uncrowned Queen of
Iraq"
Peter Bellamy, (1991),
English folk singer
Walter Benjamin, (1940),
German cultural theorist
Jill Bennett, (1990),
British film actress
Pierre Bérégovoy, (1993),
French Prime Minister, killed himself a month after losing a general
election
Hans Berger, (1941),
German physician and inventor of
electroencephalography, by hanging
Mary Kay Bergman (1999),
American voice actress
Paul Bern, (1932),
American film producer, director and writer, husband of
Jean Harlow, bullet wound to the head, generally believed to be murdered
by
Dorothy Millette
Alain Bernardin, (1994),
founder/owner of "Le
Crazy Horse Saloon" - Paris
Ricky Berry, (1989),
American
NBA
Basketball player (Sacramento
Kings)
John Berryman, (1972),
American poet, jumped from the
Washington Avenue Bridge after waving to passers-by
Bruno Bettelheim, (1990),
child psychologist
Ward Beysen, (2005),
Belgian politician
Blossius of Cumae, Roman philosopher who led a failed revolt
Bob Birch (2012), American musician;
gunshot.
Robert Bishop, (1991),
fetish artist
Jens Bjørneboe, (1976),
Norwegian author
Clara Blandick, (1962),
played Auntie Em in
The Wizard of Oz, sleeping pills.
Barcroft Boake, (1892),
Australian poet, hung himself from a tree
Ludwig Boltzmann, (1906),
Austrian physicist
Jeremy Michael Boorda, (1996),
4-star Admiral, 25th
Chief of Naval Operations in the
U.S. Navy
Ricardo Bordallo, (1990),
two-time
Governor of Guam
Adrian Borland, (1999),
British musician
Ernest Borneman, (1995),
German
sexologist
Francesco Borromini, (1667),
architect
Georges Boulanger, (1891),
French politician and general
Tommy Boyce, (1994),
with Bobby Hart, songwriter for
The Monkees
Karin Boye, (1941),
Swedish author
Charles Boyer, (1978),
French actor
Jonathan Brandis, (2003),
American actor,
Seaquest DSV,
hanged.
Frank B. Brandegee, (1924),
U.S. Senator from Connecticut, died in office
Eva Braun, (1945),
mistress and then wife of
Adolf Hitler, in the
Fuhrerbunker.
Richard Brautigan, (1984),
American writer cranial GSW.
Gaetano Bresci, (1901),
Italian anarchist, assassin of King
Umberto I (officially suicide, but he was found strangled)
Herman Brood, (2001),
Dutch musician and painter
Barry Brown, (1978),
actor and writer
Oskar Brüsewitz, (1976)
Brutus, (42
BC), Roman politician, assassin of
Julius Caesar
Eustace Budgell, (1737),
remembered because his death was discussed in a conversation between
Samuel Johnson and his friend and biographer
Boswell
Bernard Buffet, (1999),
French painter ('The Crucifixion')
Rembrandt Bugatti (1916),
Italian sculptor.
Woo Bum-Kon, spree killer, Uiryong, Korea.
Dan Burros, (1965),
Jewish
Neo-Nazi
Derick House, (2005)
Over one million people commit
suicide each year!
C
Andres Caicedo, (1977),
Colombian novelist
Wallace Hume Carothers, World renowned chemist, sufferred chronic
depression; killed himself in a hotel in
1937.
Don Carpenter (1995),
American novelist, friend of
Richard Brautigan
Dora Carrington, (1932),
artist
Kevin Carter, (1994),
award-winning South African photographer and member of the
Bang-Bang Club
Capucine, (1990),
French actress.
Joseph Daniel 'Danny' Casolaro, (1991),
journalist
Adolphe Mouron Cassandre (1968),
painter
Paul Cassirer, (1926)
Gaius Cassius Longinus, (42
BC), Roman politician, co-assassin of
Julius Caesar
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, (1822),
British politician
Ariel Castro (2013), American man convicted
in August 2013 of kidnapping, rape and aggravated murder for holding Amanda
Berry, Michelle Knight and Gina DeJesus in his
Cleveland, Ohio home over the course of a decade, hanging
Cato the younger, (46
BC), Roman republican statesman
Ugo Cavallero, (1943),
Italian Field Marshal
Paul Celan, (1970),
Romanian poet
Valerie Chacon, (1982),
wife of
Bobby Chacon
Iris Chang, (2004),
Chinese-American author
Claude Chappe, (1805),
French inventor
Thomas Chatterton, (1770),
English poet
Leslie Cheung, (2003),
Hong Kong movie star and singer.
Vere Gordon Childe, (1957),
Australian archaeologist and historian, jumped off Govett's Leap in the
Blue Mountains
Vern Christie, (1991),
Australian businessman, General Manager of the
Commonwealth Bank
Edwin P Christy, (1862),
American entertainer, founder of the
Christy Minstrels
Christine Chubbuck, (1974),
US newsreader, shot herself in the head on live TV after reading the news
Chung Mong-hun, (2003),
Korean businessman, chairman of
Hyundai Asan
Diana Churchill, (1963),
UK social worker, eldest daughter of
Sir Winston Churchill
Jeremiah Clarke, (1707),
composer of
Trumpet Voluntary, shot himself
Cleopatra, (30
BC), Queen of Egypt, asp.
Charmian Clift, (1969),
Australian writer, wife of
George Johnston; her namesake,
Cleopatra's maid
Charmian also committed suicide
Robert Clive, (1774),
British conqueror of India and founder of the Empire, cut throat with
pen-knife
Kurt Cobain, (1994),
American musician, founder of grunge band Nirvana, shot self in head with
shotgun, Seattle.
Billy Collins Jr., (1984),
young boxer
Ray Combs, (1996),
former host of popular American game show
Family Feud,
hanged himself at Glendale Adventist Hospital.
Pamela Courson, (1974),
long time girlfriend of
Jim Morrison
F. W. S. Craig, (1989),
UK election expert
Hart Crane, (1932),
American poet; born on the same date as
Ernest Hemingway, another American writer who committed suicide,
drowning.
Darby Crash, (1980),
American songwriter, singer of
the Germs
René Crevel, (1935),
French writer, gassed himself.
Dennis Crosby, son of
Bing Crosby, shotgun.
Harry Crosby, (1929),
writer, publisher.
Lindsay Crosby, son of
Bing Crosby, shotgun.
Andrew Cunanan, (1997),
killer of
Gianni Versace and four others,
gunshot.
Will Cuppy, (1949),
American writer, humorist
Ian Curtis, (1980),
English
singer and songwritter (Joy
Division),
hanged himself on the eve of their American tour.
George Armstrong Custer, probable suicide with pistol.
Adam Czerniakow, (1942),
Warsaw Ghetto leader killed himself rather than obey
Nazi orders.
People that were close to someone that
has committed suicide are 7 times more likely to commit suicide later
on in their lives. If you know someone that has committed suicide, talk to
someone about it.
D
Dalida, (1987),
French singer
Dorothy Dandridge, (1965),
American singer and actress, first black woman nominated for Academy Award as
Lead Actress for "Carmen Jones" , death ruled suicide by overdose
Monika Dannemann, (1996),
Girlfriend of
Jimi Hendrix
Bella Darvi, (1971),
Polish-US actress (on the same day that
Pier Angeli also took her own life.
Dazai Osamu, (1948),
Japanese novelist
Guy Debord, (1994),
French philosopher, member of
Situationist International
Jeanine Deckers, (1985),
Belgian religious, known as The Singing Nun
C J De Garis, (1926),
Australian financier
Delphine Delamare, (1848),
French woman, the basis for
Flaubert's
Madame Bovary
Gilles Deleuze, (1995),
French philosopher
Patrick Dewaere, (1982),
French actor
Rudolf Diesel, (1913),
Inventor of the Diesel engine.
Dioxippus, (336
BC ?), Greek
pankration fighter who nakedly defeated an armored and armed soldier of
Alexander the Great's... he was framed for theft and forced into suicide
for his victory
Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, (2001),
young King of
Nepal, committed suicide after assassinating his father, King
Birendra, and other members of the royal family
Hugo Distler, (1942),
German composer, is believed to have committed suicide to avoid conscription
into the German army
Jenny Dolly, (1941),
Hungarian/US entertainer, one of
the Dolly Sisters
Desmond Donnelly, (1974),
British politician who fitted into none of the parties he tried
Terence Donovan, (1996),
English celebrity photographer
Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado (1983),
former president of
Cuba
Chris Doty (2006),
Canadian
filmmaker and
playwright
Nick Drake (1974),
British
singer-songwriter, overdose (possibly accidental though officially ruled a
suicide) of the anti-depressant,
tryptizol.
Pierre Drieu La Rochelle (1945),
French novelist
Dr.
Jonathan Drummond-Webb (2004),
American heart surgeon.
Thich Quang Duc, self-immolation, Saigon.
Pete Duel, (1971),
American actor.
K. Sello Duiker, (2005),
South African author
Isaak Dunayevsky, (1955),
Soviet composer
James Dungy, (2005),
son of
Indianapolis Colts head coach
Tony Dungy
Micke Dubois, (2005),
Swedish comedian, hung himself.
Budd Dwyer, (1987),
American politician, shot himself on live
television.
The top two reasons for people to
attempt suicide are: Loss of a relationship, and financial reasons.
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Freddy E (2013), American
hip-hop music artist known for his comedy and spoken-word pieces, rifle
shot to the head.
Jeanne Eagels, (1929),
American silent film actress
John P. East, (1986),
U.S. Senator from
North Carolina
George Eastman, (1932),
inventor, pistol.
Ronnie Edwards, (1994),
British Great Train robber and flower seller
Tristan Egolf, (2005),
writer, musician and campaigner
Paul Ehrenfest, (1933),
Austrian physicist
John Ellis (1932),
remorseful hangman
Empedocles, (432
BC), Greek philosopher, threw himself into Mt Etna
Gudrun Ensslin, German criminal, member of
Baader-Meinhof gang
Peg Entwistle, (1932),
US actress, the first person to jump from the letter 'H' of the Hollywood
sign; step-mother of
Brian Keith who also committed suicide.
Brian Epstein, Beatles manager, likely suicide by pills.
Sergei Esenin, Russian poet, hanging.
Tom Evans, (1983),
Bass guitarist for
Badfinger, hanged, Surrey.
Anyone can commit suicide, if the
pain they are feeling is bad enough!
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Richard Farnsworth, (2000),
US actor, Oscar nominee.
Justin Fashanu, (1998),
British footballer
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, (1982),
German film director (often listed as a drug overdose)
René Favaloro, (2000),
creator of the
coronary artery bypass surgery
Andrea Feldman, (1972)
Actor, Warhol superstar
Lolo Ferrari, (2000),
actress, singer.
David Ferrie, person of interest in the
John F. Kennedy assassination.
George Fiske, (1918),
photographer
Ed Flanders, (1995),
US actor.
John Gould Fletcher, (1950),
Pulitzer Prize winning poet
Luca Flores, (1995),
Italian pianist
Bernard Floud, (1967),
British politician
James V Forrestal, (1949),
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense who quoted
Sophocles in his suicide note
Vincent Foster, (1993),
Deputy
White House Counsel
Wade Frankum, (1991),
Spree shooter of
Strathfield Massacre
Sigmund Freud, (1939),
founder of psychoanalysis (lethal dose of morphine).
John Friedrich, (1991),
Australian businessman and fraudster
Jake Frieze, (2006), vocalist
of the now-defunct New Orleans band Infant Slug, who
committed suicide on 2-25-96.
Infant Slug was a small, unsigned, extreme metal
band during the early 90's. I was the bassist in the band "Stewart Dowouis".
While we never gained a national audience, we did manage to build a small, but
dedicated fan base in the New Orleans area. Many of these fans recently
located me through
myspace.com
and requested that I re-release our long out of print demo recordings. As a
result, I decided to put together a benefit disc and to donate all of the
funds from the sale of those discs to
ISP
in memory of Jake. The fans were really receptive to this idea.
If you are interested in viewing the website that I have
created to sell the benefit cd's you can see it at:
www.myspace.com/thisbodyisashell
Thanks, Stewart Dowouis.
Mike Furber, (1973),
Australian singer
If you are having suicidal thoughts,
tell someone, and don't wait. You are special in every way and you
will be missed.
G
Zviad Gamsakhurdia, (1993),
former president of
Georgia
Ted Gärdestad, (1997),
Swedish pop musician
Dave Garroway, (1982),
television host
Romain Gary, (1980),
Russian-French novelist, film director and diplomat
Danny Gatton, (1994),
American
guitarist.
Michel Gauquelin, (1991),
French psychologist and astrology researcher
Mark Gertler, (1939),
British artist
Henri Giffard, (1882),
French aeronautical engineer
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, (1935),
American feminist and author (Herland)
Gregor Glenn, (2006),
Student
Joseph Goebbels, (1945),
German
Nazi leader.
Vincent van Gogh, 1890 gunshot.
Fritha Goodey (2004),
British actress.
Adam Lindsay Gordon, (1870),
Australian poet ('Life is mostly froth and bubble')
Kurt Gödel, (1978),
German logician and mathematician (refused to eat any food)
Hermann Göring, (1946),
German
Nazi leader,
poison pill prior to his hanging sentence.
Arshile Gorky, (1948),
Armenian painter
Eddie Graham, (1985),
American professional wrestler
Shauna Grant, (1984),
American adult film actress, gunshot.
Spalding Gray, (2004),
American playwright. Drowned in Atlantic after jumping off Staten Island Ferry
Richard Greene, (1983),
boxing referee
Robert von Greim, (1945),
German Air Marshal
Anton Gustafsson, (2003),
Swedish singer (Anton
Maiden) tribute artist.
Antonio Guzmán Fernández, (1982),
serving president of the
Dominican Republic
At least 90 people a day commit
suicide in the USA! They are someone's grandparent, parent, spouse, or
child!
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Kenneth Halliwell, (1967),
English writer, lover of
Joe Orton whom he killed before killing himself
Mitch Halpern, (2000),
boxing referee
Peter Ham, (1975),
rock musician (Badfinger),
hanged.
Rusty Hamer, (1990),
former child actor (The
Danny Thomas Show), gunshot.
Lois Hamilton, (1943-1999),
actress, model, author, aviatrix.
Tony Hancock, (1968),
British comedian.
Hannibal, (182
BC), military commander
Lewis Vernon Harcourt, (1922),
British politician who killed himself after knowledge of his attempted
seduction of a 12 year old boy became public
James Harden-Hickey, (1898),
US eccentric who wrote a book listing 88 poisons and 51 instruments that could
be used for suicide; he chose an overdose of morphine
Mary Hardy, (1985),
Australian TV personality (found dead in the bath and was presumed to have
committed suicide)
Larry James Harper, (2001),
member of the
Texas 7
Michael D. Harter , (1896),
congressman from Ohio
Brynn Hartman, (1998),
wife of actor
Phil Hartman whom she killed before turning the gun on herself.
Elizabeth Hartman, (1987),
US actress who emulated a character in her film 'The
Group' who jumped from a window.
Eric Harris, Columbine massacre.
Donny Hathaway, (1979),
singer, best known for his duets with
Roberta Flack
Felix Hausdorff, (1942),
mathematician. He committed suicide with his wife and sister-in-law in the
concentration camp.
Phyllis Haver, (1960),
American
actress of the
silent film era
Benjamin Haydon, (1846),
British painter
Jeanne Hébuterne (1898-1920),
painter, partner of Modigliani
Sadegh Hedayat, (1951),
Iranian writer. He gassed himself.
Ernest Hemingway, (1961),
American
novelist, shotgun.
Margaux Hemingway, (1996),
American
actress and model;
Ernest Hemingway's granddaughter,
barbiturates.
Jimi Hendrix, (1970),
American
musician; drowned in vomit after overdosing on
Vesperax sleeping pills.
James Leo Herlihy, (1993),
US novelist ('Midnight
Cowboy')
John Heddle, (1989),
British politician.
George Hennard, Luby's Cafeteria massacre.
Willard Hershberger,
1940, Baseball player, only major league player to commit suicide during
the season.
Rudolf Hess, (1987)
Nazi leader, strangled himself in prison, Spandau East Berlin.
Paul Hester, (2005)
Australian musician
Heinrich Himmler, (1945),
German SS leader, cyanide capsule.
Adolf Hitler, (1945),
Nazi Germany's leader. Shot/poisoned himself in bunker.
Abbie Hoffman, (1989),
US political activist and political demonstrator
Frederick Holliday, (1985),
Cleveland, OH school board president
Shannon Hoon, (1995),
Lead singer of the band Blind Melon
Doug Hopkins, (1993),
musician, founding member of rock group
The Gin Blossoms. Killed himself with a .38 pistol,
December 5.
Elmyr de Hory, (1976),
Hungarian art forger
Robert E. Howard, (1936),
"Pulp" writer of Conan the Barbarian. Shot himself in head on June 11, 1936
after learning his mother was in a permanent coma.
Francis Hughes (1981),
IRA activist starved himself.
Hong Xiuquan, (1864),
Chinese leader of the
Taiping Rebellion
Chuck Humphrey, (1998),
Heaven's Gate cult member
Michael Hutchence, (1997),
Australian lead singer of rock group
INXS, hanged himself in hotel room. Speculated to be
autoerotic asphyxiation gone bad.
Phyllis Hyman, (1995),
singer
80% of all suicides are
cleaned up by a close friend, or family member after the body is removed.
I
William Inge, (1973),
US playwright (Picnic,
Come Back, Little Sheba,
Bus Stop,
Splendor in the Grass)
Isocrates, (338
BC), Greek rhetorician
Wafa Idis, (2002),
first Palestinian female suicide bomber
Judas Iscariot, (1st
century), according to the
Bible, betrayed
Jesus
Suicide is a preventable cause of death!
J
Vittorio Jano, (1965),
automobile design engineer
Randall Jarrell (1965),
US writer and poet
Rick Jason, (2000),
US actor best known in 'Combat'
Jiang Qing, (1991),
3rd wife of
Mao Zedong, leader of the
Gang of Four
David Johnson, (1995),
Episcopal
Bishop of
Massachusetts
Jim Jones, (1978),
reverend, leader of the "Peoples
Temple" cult. Died during mass suicide that cost the lives of more than
900 in
Guyana.
Terry Jones,
David Bowie's brother.
Luc Jouret,
homeopath, Chiery, Switzerland and Montreal, Canada.
Nafisa Joseph, (2004),
Miss India
1997, killed herself four weeks before being married.
Attila József, (1937),
Hungarian poet
Lee Eun Ju, (2005),
South Korean Actress
ISP,
provides free training to police,
mental health professionals, military, senior centers on suicide awareness and
its prevention.
K
Frida Kahlo, (1954),
Mexican painter, unknown whether she accidentally or purposely overdosed
Aleksei Maksimovich Kaledin, (1918),
Cossack leader during the
Russian Civil War
Sarah Kane, (1999),
British playwright
Kostas Karyotakis, (1928),
Greek poet, shot himself
Yasunari Kawabata (1972),
Japanese writer and
Nobel Prize for Literature laurate, gassed himself.
Ivar Kreuger, (1932)
Swedish match industrialist, was found dead in a hotel room in
Paris.
Terry Kath, (1978),
guitarist,
Chicago (Died of an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound. He pointed a
gun to his head thinking it wasn't loaded and pulled the trigger.)
Russian
roulette.
Kawakami Bizan, (1908),
Japanese novelist
Brian Keith, (1997),
American actor (Family
Affair).
Dr.
David Kelly, (2003),
British scientist, source of
BBC story about the
September Dossier
Samuel A. Kendall, (1933),
congressman from Pennsylvania, self inflicted gunshot wound in the House
Office Building
Douglas Kenney, (1980),
Writer, producer, actor of National Lampoon Magazine and Animal House. Fell or
was pushed off cliff in Hawaii. Composed note "These are the best days I've
chosen to ignore" in hotel room.
Preston King, (1865),
senator from New York, leapt from ferryboat in New York Harbor.
Dylan Klebold, Columbine massacre.
Heinrich von Kleist, (1811),
German dramatist and poet
Jochen Klepper, (1942)
Günther von Kluge, (1944),
German Field Marshal
Fletcher Knebel, (1993),
US novelist ('Seven
Days in May')
William F. Knowland, (1974),
former
Senate Majority Leader, self inflicted gunshot
Sándor Kocsis, (1979),
Hungarian
football (soccer) player, killed himself in Barcelona after diagnosis of
cancer
Arthur Koestler, (1983),
journalist,
novelist,
political activist, and social
philosopher
Hannelore Kohl, (2001),
wife of ex-chancellor of Germany
Helmut Kohl
Nestor Kombot-Naguemon (2004)
diplomat and politician from the
Central African Republic, jumped out of a window in Paris while serving as
ambassador to
France
Prince
Fumimaro Konoe, (1945),
Japanese war criminal
Jerzy Kosinski, (1991),
Polish-American author
Philip Taylor Kramer, (1995),
Rock musician and physicist
Friedrich Wilhelm Krüger , Nazi official during WWII
Friedrich Alfred Krupp, (1902),
German industrialist; committed suicide when his homosexuality was revealed
Khemu Kunal, (2008),
Bollywood actor from India, hanging.
The president of ISP, Inc.
Matthew Dovel,
attempted suicide at the age of twenty-five. He is now an author,
philanthropist and international suicide prevention expert.
L
Alan Ladd, (1964),
U.S. film star, overdose of alcohol and pills, highly disputed for many years.
Paul Lafargue, (1911),
son-in-law of
Karl Marx, communist theorist and author of
The Right to Be Lazy
Robert M. La Follette, Jr., (1953),
senator from
Wisconsin.
Karen Lancaume, (2005),
French adult film star.
Carole Landis, (1948),
actress.
James H. Lane, (1866),
senator from Kansas, general in Civil War, shot himself after being charged
with financial irregularities
Hans Langsdorff, (1939),
captain of the
Admiral Graf Spee
Florence Lawrence, (1938),
Hollywood's first movie Star.
George P. Lawrence, (1917),
representative from Massachusetts, jumped out of building to death due to
stress caused by
World War I
Katherine Lawrence, (2004),
writer
Lee Kyung Hae, (2003),
South Korean activist
Marshall Ledbetter Jr., (2003),
lone man of non-violent protest within an office in Tallahassee,FL capitol
building in 1991
Victoria Lee, (1888),
daughter of
Emma Lee French.
Marc Lepine, Canada's most prolific spree killer.
Primo Levi, (1987),
Italian author and Auschwitz survivor
Meriwether Lewis, (1809),
US explorer with Clark; died in mysterious circumstances, either murder or
suicide
Robert Ley, (1945),
Nazi war criminal
Vachel Lindsay, (1931),
US poet and
essayist, Lysol.
Peter Llewelyn-Davies, (1960),
UK publisher who as a boy was the inspiration for
J M Barrie's
Peter Pan
Ross Lockridge, Jr., (1948},
US novelist, author of
Raintree County
Philip Loeb (1955),
blacklisted American actor
Mark Lombardi, (2000),
US artist whose art described international white-collar crime networks;
hanged himself in his Williamsburg, New York studio
Jack London, (1916),
US novelist (his doctor believed he had committed suicide by overdose of
morphine and atropine, but his widow prevailed on a more senior doctor to
ascribe the death to uremia, and had the body quickly cremated before an
autopsy could be done)
Terry Long, (2005),
Former NFL player
Hans Loritz (1946),
concentration camp commandant at various times - Esterwegen, Dachau,
Sachsenhausen
Noah Lottick, (1991),
Scientology follower.
Malcolm Lowry, (1957),
British writer
Gherasim Luca, (1994),
Romanian
surrealist
Lucan, (65),
Roman poet
Ron Luciano, (1995),
baseball umpire
J. Anthony Lukas, (1997),
US author and journalist
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lyapunov, (1918),
Russian mathematician, mechanician and physicist
Roman Lyashenko, (2003),
professional hockey player
Most people that commit suicide
tell someone of their intentions before hand!
M
Richard Manuel, (1986),
singer, multi-instrumentalist, member of The Band hung himself while on tour
in Fla.
Martin Manley (2013), American sportswriter, shot
himself.
Max Malm, (2006),
Swedish professional e-sport attendant. Killed himself after a loss vs the
clan (Complexity)
Billy Mackenzie, (1996),
lead singer of
1980s pop group
The Associates
Gordon McMaster, (1997),
British politician
Magnentius, (353),
Roman usurper
Sándor Márai, (1989),
Hungarian writer and journalist
Jan Masaryk, (1948),
Czech politician and statesman who either jumped, fell, or was pushed out a
window
Hideto Matsumoto, (1998),
Japanese rock musician
Denis Matthews, (1988),
UK pianist
Robert Maxwell, (1991),
Czech-born UK newspaper magnate who, some believe, jumped overboard in the
Atlantic leaving a financial disaster in his wake - the official inquest ruled
it was 'accidental drowning'.
Vladimir Mayakovsky, (1930),
Russian poet; his suicide note said 'I don't recommend it for others'
Jacques Mayol (2001),
French
free-diver
Kid McCoy, (1940),
world champion boxer (real name: Norman Shelby)
Mindy McCready (2013), American country
music singer, gunshot.
Joe Meek (1967),
Record producer
Niklaus Meienberg, (1993),
Swiss author
Kitty Melrose, (1912),
English actress
Joseph Merrick, (1890),
UK celebrity known as the Elephant Man; alleged to have committed suicide by
allowing his massive head to obstruct his windpipe
General
Ioannis Metaxas, (1941),
Greek military leader and dictator 1936-41
Charlotte Mew, (1928),
English poet
Noel Mewton-Wood, (1953),
Australian pianist; drank prussic acid
James Miller, fan man, (2003),
parachutist
Walter M. Miller, Jr., (1996),
science-fiction writer
Freddie Mills, (1965),
world champion boxer
Yukio Mishima, (1970),
Japanese novelist; committed public ritual seppuku.
Walther Model, (1945),
German Field Marshal.
George de Mohrenschildt, gunshot.
Moses Taiwa Molelekwa, (2001),
South African jazz pianist
Jürgen W. Möllemann, (2003),
German politician
Marilyn Monroe, (1962),
American actress (some suspect foul play) pills.
Henry de Montherlant, (1972),
French writer
Donnie Moore, (1989),
relief pitcher for the
California Angels
Florencio Morales Ramos,
1989, Ramito, trova singer
Ted Moult, (1986),
British television personality
Renate Müller, (1937),
German actress
David Munrow, (1976),
UK early music specialist, founder of the Early Music Consort
James Murray, (1936),
U.S. silent film actor,
The Crowd, drowned in the Hudson River
Senior citizens have the highest rate
of suicide of all age groups.
N
Scott Nearing, (1983),
American peace activist and practical conservationist; by self-starvation at
nearly 100 years of age.
Joachim Nielsen, (2000),
Norwegian singer in the band
Jokke Og Valentinerne, overdosed on heroin.
Oskar Nedbal, (1930),
Czech composer ('The Tale of the Simply Johnny'); jumped out a window on
Christmas Eve
Gérard de Nerval, (1855),
French poet and
author, hanged himself.
Robert Leon Nichols, (1997),
Roadie with the
Grateful Dead in an apparent copy of the
Heaven's Gate cult suicides.
Frank Nitti, (1943),
US gangster, who shot himself rather than go to jail. Some believe Nitti was
murdered.
Christian Nordqvist, (2006),
Swedish teenager who committed suicide by Cyanide, while filming himself in his
webcam.
Leo McPhee, (2006),
Canadian teenager who committed suicide; hung himself.
Most senior citizens that commit suicide
do so two weeks after being diagnosed with a terminal illness!
O
Luis Ocaña, (1994),
Spanish cyclist,
Tour de France winner
Phil Ochs, (1976),
American singer, hanged himself in sister's apartment, Far Rockaway, New York.
John O'Brien, (1994),
author of
Leaving Las Vegas (on which the film was based)
Per Yngve Ohlin, (1991),
vocalist for
Mayhem, shot himself with a
shotgun after having slashed his wrist and cut his throat
Paul Oliver, San Diego Professional Football
player Charger, 2013.
Christina Onassis, (1988),
Greek tycoon,
Hugh O'Connor, (1995),
actor.
Johnny O'Keefe, (1978),
Australian rock legend known as The Wild One; drug overdose
Wyoming has the highest rate of
suicide in the nation.
P
Jan Palach, (1969),
protesting
Soviet crushing of the
Prague Spring,
self-immolation.
Billy Papke, (1936),
world champion
boxer
Violeta Parra (1967),
famous
Chilean folk singer
Jules Pascin, (1930),
French-American painter
John Patrick, (1995),
US playwright and screenwriter; placed a plastic bag over his head
Cesare Pavese, (1950),
Italian poet, novelist
Petronius Arbiter, (66),
Roman satirist; opened his own veins
Richard Piggott, (1890),
author of the
Piggott Forgeries.
Pontius Pilate, (36),
Roman governor and alleged judge of
Jesus of Nazareth.
Robert Pilatus, of Milli Vanilli.
Justin Pierce, (2000),
British Actor
H. Beam Piper, (1964),
American
science fiction writer
Sylvia Plath, (1963),
American
poet, author and essayist, inhaling natural
gas.
Dana Plato, (1999),
American
actress pills.
Derrick Plourde, (2005)
Musician, drummer of the Ataris, Lagwagon, Bad Astronaut, RKL and Mad Caddies
shot himself on March 30th
Stevie Plunder, (1995),
Australian guitarist,
The Whitlams
Ben Pollack, (1971),
Drummer and big-band leader from the mid 20s to the Swing era
Jan Potocki, (1815),
Polish aristocrat, traveler, writer; shot himself with a silver bullet
Marc Potvin, (2006),
Hockey coach, hanged himself
Nicos Poulantzas,(1979),Greco-French
Marxist political sociologist
Felix Powell, (1942),
UK song writer best known for 'Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and
Smile, Smile, Smile', once described as 'the most optimistic song ever
written'
Lucien Anatole Prevost-Paradol (1870),
French journalist and diplomat
George R. Price American population geneticist.
Freddie Prinze, (1977),
Puerto Rican American comedian and actor, best known for television show
Chico and the Man, died of self inflicted gunshot wound.
Carlos Prío Socarrás, (1977),
former president of
Cuba.
Boris Pugo, (1991),
serving minister of the Interior of the
USSR
Jack Purvis, (1962),
American jazz trumpeter
If you have stress in your life, try
taking a walk everyday! Do it now!
Q
Richard Quine, (1989),
US film director
Robert Quine, (2004),
guitar player of
Richard Hell & the Voidoids
It takes more courage to live than to
kill yourself!
R
Dalia Rabikovich, (2005),
Israeli poet
Kuljeet Randhawa, (2006),
Indian television actress, hanging.
Danny Rapp, (1983),
frontman for
Danny & the Juniors
David Rappaport, (1990),
actor.
Matt Rasberry, (2005),
Jan-Carl Raspe, (1977),
German criminal in
Baader-Meinhof gang
Geli Raubal, (1931),
niece and possibly lover of
Adolf Hitler; officially committed suicide but may have been murdered,
gunshot in 1939.
Margaret Mary Ray,
David Letterman's stalker, knelt in front of a train.
Alfred Redl, (1913),
Austrian army officer, spied for Russia
George Reeves, (1959),
US actor, played
Superman on
television.
David Reimer, (2004),
Canadian advocate/the "John/Joan" case
René Rivkin, (2005),
Australian stockbroker and entrepreneur
Carlos Roberto Reina, (2003),
former
president of Honduras
John Robarts, (1982)
former Premier of the Canadian province of Ontario, 1961 - 1971; committed
suicide with shotgun
Rachel Roberts, (1980),
Welsh-born British actress
Bill Robinzine, (1982),
American basketball player
Charles Rocket, (2005),
American comedian.
Samuel Romilly, (1818),
British prison reformer
Erwin Rommel, (1944),
German Field Marshal
Iris von Roten-Meyer, (1990),
artist and jurist
Mark Rothko, (1970),
Russian-American
painter
Ruan Lingyu, (1935),
Chinese actress
Irv Rubin, (2002),
leader of the
Jewish Defense League
Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, (1889),
heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne
Thomas Jefferson Rusk, (1857)
U.S. senator from Texas
Michael Ryan, (1987),
mass murderer at
Hungerford; shot himself as police closed in on him
Jakub Jan Ryba, (1815),
Czech composer and teacher
Akutagawa Ryunosuke, (1927),
Japanese novelist
Johnathan Rubis, (1892),
American Columnist
Make a list of twenty-five
reasons to live and keep it where you can see it. (The smell of fresh bread,
a day off with nothing to do, sleeping in till noon, etc.).
S
Emilio Salgari, (1911),
Italian writer
Albert Salmi, (1990),
American actor.
Alexander Samsonov, (1914),
Russian military commander
George Sanders, (1972),
English actor sleeping-pill overdose.
Bobby Sands (1981),
IRA activist who starved himself as a result of a hunger strike
Alberto Santos-Dumont, (1932),
aviation pioneer
Bruce Sarver , (2005),
NHRA driver
Savannah, (1994),
pornographic actress porn star,
gunshot.
Junior Seau, San Diego Professional Football
Player Chargers, 2012. (Gun shot to the chest).
Gia Scala, (1972),
actress.
Romy Schneider, (1982),
Austrian actress (officially cardiac arrest, but may have been self-induced).
Eugen Schauman ,(1904),
Finnish nationalist, assassin of the Governor-General
Nikolai Ivanovich Bobrikov.
Margie Schoedinger, (2003),
Filed lawsuit against
George W. Bush claiming she had been raped
Conrad Schumann, (1998),
GDR refugee
'Screaming
Lord Sutch', (1999),
UK eccentric singer and politician
William Seabrook (1945),
adventurer, travel writer
Jean Seberg, (1979),
American actress.
Seneca the Younger, (65),
was ordered to commit suicide by the emperor Nero
Anne Sexton, (1974),
American poet
Del Shannon, (1990),
American singer,
.22 caliber rifle.
H.A. Shanu, (1905),
Congo reformer
Harold Shipman, (2004),
imprisoned British doctor found to have killed 250+ of his patients
Arthur Shrewsbury, (1903),
former
captain of the England cricket team
Elizabeth Siddal, (1862),
Pre-Raphaelite icon
Eli Siegel, (1978),
founded
Aesthetic Realism
Varnado Simpson, (1997),
Pfc jointly responsible for the
My Lai Massacre
The Singing Nun - see
Jeanine Deckers
Walter Slezak, (1983),
U.S. actor.
Everett Sloane, (1965)U.S.
actor, part of Orson Welles' Mercury Theater.
Elliott Smith, (2003),
American musician (reported as suicide but still under investigation)
stabbed himself.
James Leonard Brierley Smith,
1968,
South African paleoanatomist
Paul Snider, (1980),
promoter, murdered Playboy Playmate
Dorothy Stratten then killed himself.
Socrates, hemlock.
Soga no Emishi, (645),
stateman
John Hanning Speke, (1864),
UK explorer of Africa
Sir Bernard Spilsbury, (1947),
UK forensic pathologist who helped convict
Dr. Crippen; gassed himself in an oven at his laboratory
Layne Staley, (2002),
singer of
Alice in Chains
Serge Stavisky, (1934),
Russian-French swindler
Gary Stewart, (2003),
country singer
Adalbert Stifter (1868),
Austrian writer
Rory Storm, (1972),
singer of the Hurricanes (the band Ringo Starr was in before he joined the
Beatles), in a pact with his mother
David Strickland, (1999),
actor.
Suddenly Susan
co-star, hanged himself in
Las Vegas.
Screaming Lord Sutch, founder of England's Monster Raving Loonie Party.
Suicide is a permanent solution to a
temporary problem!
T
Yutaka Taniyama, (1958),
Japanese mathematician
Tawfik Abu al-Huda Baja, (1956),
former prime minister of
Jordan
Sara Teasdale, (1933),
American poet,
drowning.
Arthur Teele Jr., (2005),
former
Miami city commissioner; in the lobby of the
Miami Herald.
Pyotr Tchaikovsky, (1893),
Russian composer (possible suicide)
Count Paul Teleki, (1941),
Hungarian statesman
Lou Tellegen, (1934),
Dutch-born American film actor
Luigi Tenco, (1967),
Italian singer-songwriter
Jason Thirsk, (1996),
bassist for, of
Pennywise, gunshot.
Jesse B. Thomas, (1853),
U.S. Senator from Illinios
Hunter S. Thompson, (2005),
American author gonzo journalist, gunshot.
Ric Throssell, (1999),
Australian diplomat, writer
Georg Tintner, (1999),
Austrian-born conductor active in Canada and Australia; jumped 11 stories when
he was no longer able to conduct due to illness.
Thelma Todd, actress, carbon monoxide.
Ernst Toller, (1939),
German writer
Mikhail Tomsky, (1936),
Russian Revolutionary
Wolfe Tone, (1798),
Irish independence leader
John Kennedy Toole, (1969),
American novelist
Silvanus Trevail (1903)
Cornish architect shot himself in the lavatory of a train.
Marina Tsvetaeva, (1941),
Russian poetess and writer
Kurt Tucholsky, (1935),
German journalist and satirist.
E. William Tucker, of Ministry and Pigface, pills and slit his
own throat.
Alan Turing, (1954),
British mathematician and computer scientist, poisoned apple.
John Walker Turnbull, (1999),
British Soldier
Randy Turpin, (1966),
British world champion boxer
ISP,
provides family support to families that
lose a family member. Up to $10,000.00 per incident for scene cleanup,
counseling, temporary housing, bill pay and in some cases, funeral expenses.
U
Ernst Udet, (1941),
German air ace and
Luftwaffe inspector general
Urmuz (1923),
Romanian writer
Gen Ushijima, (1945),
Japanese military commander who lost the Battle of Okinawa
Enough people kill themselves each year
to fill the super bowl stadium ten times!
V
Amy Vanderbilt, (1974),
etiquette writer
Woodbridge Strong Van Dyke, (1941),
American film director
George Washington Vanderbilt III, (1961),
American yachtsman and a scientific explorer
Peter Van Eyck, (1969),
Dutch-UK film actor
Johannes Vares, (1946),
Estonian poet, doctor and politician
Getúlio Dornelles Vargas, (1954),
President of Brazil. Killed himself during impeachment trial.
Publius Quinctilius Varus, (9),
at the end of the
Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
Minnie Vautrin, (1941),
American missionary who helped the Chinese during the
Nanking Massacre in
1937
Lupe Vélez, (1944),
actress, the
Mexican Spitfire, sleeping pills.
Baroness Mary Vetsera, (1889),
mistress of
Crown Prince Rudolph - see
Mayerling
Tudor Vianu, (1964),
Romanian writer
Sid Vicious, (1979),
bass player of the
Sex Pistols. Drug overdose.
Hervé Villechaize, (1993),
French actor, midget Fantasy Island actor, shotgun.
Pierre-Charles Villeneuve (1806),
French admiral who lost the
Battle of Trafalgar
No one kills themselves to hurt
someone else! They are temporarily insane and believe that they are
actually helping their friends and family by committing suicide.
W
Petri Walli, (1995),
Finnish rock musician
Jeremy Michael Ward, (2003),
musician in
The Mars Volta
Stephen Ward, (1963),
UK
osteopath who was caught up in the
Profumo affair
Peter Warlock, (1930),
UK composer (also known as
Philip Heseltine)
Doodles Weaver, (1983),
US comedian, member of
Spike Jones' City Slickers
Gary Webb, (2004),
US investigative reporter; death ruled as suicide from two gunshots
Otto Weininger, (1903),
Austrian philosopher
Ernst Weiß, (1940),
German author
George Weldon, (1963),
UK conductor, died in South Africa
Horace Wells, (1848),
dentist who pioneered the use of
anesthesia.
Fred West, (1995),
husband of convicted British killer
Rosemary West. Hanged himself in prison whilst awaiting trial on the same
crimes.
James Whale, (1957),
UK film director,
Frankenstein
director, shallow dive.
Samuel Whitbread, (1815),
Whig politician
Charles White Whittlesey, (1921)
Medal of Honor Recipient. Famed commander of WWI's
Lost Battalion.
Dan White, assassin of S.F. Mayor Moscone, carbon monoxide.
Kenneth Williams (1988),
camp comedian, UK TV personality and diarist
Paul Williams, (1973),
singer (Temptations),
of The
Temptations, gunshot.
Percy Williams (1982),
athlete
Rozz Williams, (1998),
Musician, "Christian
Death"
Wendy O. Williams, (1998),
musician,
The Plasmatics, shot herself in
the woods outside her home in 1998.
Greg Wilton, (2000),
the only
Australian Federal politician who has ever successfully attempted suicide.
Alan Wilson, of Canned Heat.
Eduard Wirths (1945),
military surgeon conducted research work at Auschwitz concentration camp
Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz, (1939),
Polish author, novelist, painter, philosopher
Wally Wood, (1981),
cartoonist
Virginia Woolf, (1941),
British novelist, drowning.
Everyone should have a goal list.
Fifteen goals is good. Five short-term goals, five middle goals and five
long-term goals. Having a purpose is essential to having a healthy and
happy life.
X
Xiang Yu, (202
BC) the powerful warlord during
Chu-Han contention in
China
Try to eat fruit every day! A
balanced meal will keep you healthy and strong.
Y
Paula Yates, (2000),
British television personality
Alfredo Yabrán, (1998),
Argentine businessman
Sergei Yesenin, (1925),
poet, husband of
Isadora Duncan
Haile Yimenu, (1991),
former prime minister of
Ethiopia
Gig Young, (1978),
US actor.
Lee Thompson Young (2013), American actor
known for his roles in films such as
Friday Night Lights and
The Famous Jett Jackson, and on TV series such as
Smallville and
Rizzoli & Isles.
Never give up! But, do take a
break every now and then!
Z
Bernd Alois Zimmermann, (1970)
Marion Anthony Zioncheck, (1936),
congressman from Washington, jumped out of office building
Mahmoud Zuabi, (2000),
Syrian prime minister shot himself on May 21, two months after resigning
over corruption charges
Stefan and Lotte Zweig, (1942),
Austrian novelist and his wife
Szmul Zygielbojm (1943),
committed suicide to protest the indifference of
Allied governments in the face of
the Holocaust.
Go to Disneyland at least once a
year, even if you don't have any kids. Remember what it was like to be a kid,
relax, and have some fun.
Monarchs
Saul King of
Israel (1
Sam. 31:4)
Shang Zhou, (1046
BC), the last king of the
Shang Dynasty of
China
Fusu, (210
BC), son of the First Emperor of China,
Qin Shi Huang, and brother of the Second Emperor,
Qin Er Shi, forced to commit suicide by a fake decree
Qin Er Shi, (207
BC), the Second Emperor of
Qin dynasty China
Cleopatra VII of Egypt, (30
BC), last Ptolemaic Queen of Egypt
Ludwig II of Bavaria, (1886),
drowning
Nero, (68),
emperor of Rome (under duress)
Otho, (69),
Roman emperor
Boudica, (1st
century), Celtic chieftainess
Decebal, (106),
Dacian king
Clodius Albinus, (197),
Roman emperor
Gordian I, (238),
Roman emperor
Quintillus, (270),
Roman emperor
Maximian, (310),
Roman emperor
Chongzhen, (1644),
the last emperor of the
Ming Dynasty of
China
Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva, (2001),
young King of
Nepal, committed suicide after assassinating his father, King
Birendra, and other members of the royal family
* list is from the web site wikipedia.com
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depression. Depression is known to lead to suicidal thoughts. Talk to
someone, or get professional help immediately.
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