Can you name the famous people who took (or are largely believed to have taken) their own lives?

created by alanlit96
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  • Click any empty Year(Method) or Person to answer for that location
  • There are some bad characters here, but most were significant/important/admirable cultural figures, and no disparagement is meant by including them all together in this quiz
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Year(Method)PersonClaim to Fame
1997 (Gunshot)American 'Spree Killer'
1945 (Gunshot/Cyanide)Leader of European Country
1809 (Gunshot)American Explorer
1970 (Drowned in East River)Avant-Garde Saxophonist
1989 (OD of Phenobarbitol)Social and Political Activist/Author
1991 (OD or Suffocation)Polish/American Novelist ('The Painted Bird')
2005 (Gunshot)American Author (Gonzo Journalism)
1969 (Carbon Monoxide)American Novelist ('Confederacy of Dunces')
1995 (Carbon Monoxide)Baseball Umpire/Author
42BC (Impaled on Sword)Politician/Noted Assassin
1954 (Gunshot [Maybe Russian Roulette])R&B Singer ('Pledging My Love')
1979 (Jumped from Essex House Hotel)Pop/R&B Singer/Duetist ('Where is the Love')
1974 (OD on prescription antidepressant)British Folk/Rock Singer/Songwriter ('Pink Moon')
1977 (Gunshot)American Actor ('Chico and the Man')
1932 (Jumped from Hollywood Sign)British Actress ('Thirteen Women')
182BC (Poison)Carthaginian Military Leader
1944 (Cyanide/Forced Suicide)European Military Officer
1982 (Gunshot)French Actor ('Going Places')
1981 (Voluntary Starvation)Irish (IRA) Activist/Hunger-Striker
399BC (Poison/Voluntary Compliance with Sentence)Greek Philosopher
1959 (Gunshot)American Actor ('Superman')
1999 (OD)American Actress ('Diff'rent Strokes')
1939 (OD/Assisted Suicide)Psychoanalyst/Author
1984 (Gunshot)American Countercultural Writer ('Trout Fishing in America')
1973 (Gunshot)Leader of South American Country
1913 (Gunshot)Austrian Military Man/Spy
1929 (Jumped from Hotel)Prussian/American Beer Magnate
1894 (Jumped from Window)Sibling of President/Father of First Lady
1969 (Jumped from Apartment [possibly on LSD])Daughter of Entertainer/Anti-Drug Activist
Year(Method)PersonClaim to Fame
30BC (Stabbed Self with Sword)Roman General/Politician
1932 (Gunshot)Camera Inventor
1971 (OD/Slit Wrists)American Photographer
1990 (Gunshot)American Rock Singer ('Runaway')
1948 (Gunshot)American Actress ('I Wake Up Screaming')
1993 (Gunshot)American Dwarf Actor
1985 (Carbon Monoxide)San Francisco Politician/Assassin
1971 (Possible OD)Actress/Warhol Acolyte
1961 (Gunshot)American Novelist
1936 (Gunshot)Pulp Literature Author
1983 (Purposeful Starvation)Radical Author/Activist
2001 (Crashed Plane)Terrorist
1962 (OD of sleeping pills)American Actress/Icon
1941 (Drowned in River, weighted by stones)British Novelist
2004 (Drowned in East River)Monologist/Playwright
1932 (Gunshot)British 'Bloomsbury' Painter
1973 (Carbon Monoxide)American Playwright ('Bus Stop')
1975 (Hanging)Welsh Singer/Songwriter with British Rock Group
1963 (Gas from Oven)American Poet/Novelist
1976 (Hanging)American Folk Singer/Songwriter ('Chords of Fame')
1938 (Consumed Ant Paste)American Silent Film Actress (The Biograph Girl)
1889 (Voluntarily Shot by Lover)Circus Performer/Movie Subject
1964 (OD of Alcohol/Sedatives)American Actor ('This Gun for Hire')
30BC (Snakebite or Other Poison)Iconic Leader of Middle Eastern Kingdom
1979 (OD of Barbiturates/Alcohol)American Actress ('Breathless')
1980 (Hanging)Lead Singer of British Rock Group
1974 (Carbon Monoxide)American Poetess
1890 (Gunshot in Open Field)Dutch Painter
1967 (OD of Nembutal [after killing writer/lover])British Writer/Actor
Year(Method)PersonClaim to Fame
1970 (Ritual Seppuku)Japanese Author
1985 (Slit Wrists)Nutritionist/Author
1945 (Cyanide)Mistress of European Leader
1978 (Gunshot, after orchestrating mass suicides])Cult Leader
1978 (OD of Seconal)French/American Actor ('Algiers')
1902 (Unsure [after being publicly 'outed'])European Industrialist
1976 (Hanging [in prison])German Activist/Terrorist
1983 (OD of Tuinal [along with wife])Hungarian/English Writer ('Darkness at Noon')
1900 (Slit Throat [after murdering entire family])Baseball Player (Catcher)
1972 (OD of Nembutal)British Actor ('All About Eve')
1986 (Hanging)Singer/Keyboardist with Canadian/American Rock Band
1994 (Gunshot)Lead Singer of American Rock Group
1987 (Asphyxiation [in prison])Deputy to WWII European Leader
1970 (OD/Arm Wounds)Latvian/American Abstract Artist
1997 (Gunshot)American Actor ('Family Affair')
1989 (Gunshot [after shooting wife])Baseball Player (Relief Pitcher)
68 (Stabbed Self in Neck)Roman Emperor
1945 (Gunshot)Politician/Propagandist
1957 (Drowned in Own Pool)American Movie Director ('The Old Dark House')
2008 (Hanging)American Novelist ('Infinite Jest')
2007 (Carbon Monoxide)Lead Singer of American Rock Group
1979 (OD of Heroin)Bassist for British Punk Group
1943 (Gunshot)Chicago Gangster (Later TV Character)
1954 (Possible OD)Mexican Painter
1978 (Gunshot [after murdering wife])American Actor ('They Shoot Horses Don't They')
2003 (Stabbed Self in Chest)American Singer-Songwriter ('Miss Misery')
1932 (Drowned in Gulf of Mexico)American Poet ('The Bridge')
2009 (Gunshot)Nicaraguan Boxer/Politician
1999 (Gunshot [after shooting others])Domestic 'Terrorist'
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