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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  • Correctly named suicide victims will show up below
  • 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
1989 (Gunshot [after shooting wife])Baseball Player (Relief Pitcher)
1979 (OD of Heroin)Bassist for British Punk Group
1961 (Gunshot)American Novelist
1970 (OD/Arm Wounds)Latvian/American Abstract Artist
1977 (Gunshot)American Actor ('Chico and the Man')
1932 (Gunshot)British 'Bloomsbury' Painter
1970 (Drowned in East River)Avant-Garde Saxophonist
1978 (Gunshot, after orchestrating mass suicides])Cult Leader
1976 (Hanging [in prison])German Activist/Terrorist
1999 (OD)American Actress ('Diff'rent Strokes')
2008 (Hanging)American Novelist ('Infinite Jest')
1984 (Gunshot)American Countercultural Writer ('Trout Fishing in America')
1889 (Voluntarily Shot by Lover)Circus Performer/Movie Subject
1999 (Gunshot [after shooting others])Domestic 'Terrorist'
1913 (Gunshot)Austrian Military Man/Spy
1978 (OD of Seconal)French/American Actor ('Algiers')
1900 (Slit Throat [after murdering entire family])Baseball Player (Catcher)
1989 (OD of Phenobarbitol)Social and Political Activist/Author
1981 (Voluntary Starvation)Irish (IRA) Activist/Hunger-Striker
1967 (OD of Nembutal [after killing writer/lover])British Writer/Actor
1944 (Cyanide/Forced Suicide)European Military Officer
1932 (Gunshot)Camera Inventor
1978 (Gunshot [after murdering wife])American Actor ('They Shoot Horses Don't They')
1986 (Hanging)Singer/Keyboardist with Canadian/American Rock Band
1974 (OD on prescription antidepressant)British Folk/Rock Singer/Songwriter ('Pink Moon')
1991 (OD or Suffocation)Polish/American Novelist ('The Painted Bird')
1983 (OD of Tuinal [along with wife])Hungarian/English Writer ('Darkness at Noon')
1932 (Jumped from Hollywood Sign)British Actress ('Thirteen Women')
1929 (Jumped from Hotel)Prussian/American Beer Magnate
Year(Method)PersonClaim to Fame
182BC (Poison)Carthaginian Military Leader
1997 (Gunshot)American 'Spree Killer'
1964 (OD of Alcohol/Sedatives)American Actor ('This Gun for Hire')
68 (Stabbed Self in Neck)Roman Emperor
1995 (Carbon Monoxide)Baseball Umpire/Author
2001 (Crashed Plane)Terrorist
1979 (Jumped from Essex House Hotel)Pop/R&B Singer/Duetist ('Where is the Love')
1971 (Possible OD)Actress/Warhol Acolyte
1983 (Purposeful Starvation)Radical Author/Activist
1957 (Drowned in Own Pool)American Movie Director ('The Old Dark House')
1938 (Consumed Ant Paste)American Silent Film Actress (The Biograph Girl)
1979 (OD of Barbiturates/Alcohol)American Actress ('Breathless')
1969 (Carbon Monoxide)American Novelist ('Confederacy of Dunces')
30BC (Stabbed Self with Sword)Roman General/Politician
1987 (Asphyxiation [in prison])Deputy to WWII European Leader
1962 (OD of sleeping pills)American Actress/Icon
1971 (OD/Slit Wrists)American Photographer
1963 (Gas from Oven)American Poet/Novelist
1985 (Carbon Monoxide)San Francisco Politician/Assassin
1941 (Drowned in River, weighted by stones)British Novelist
1943 (Gunshot)Chicago Gangster (Later TV Character)
2007 (Carbon Monoxide)Lead Singer of American Rock Group
1993 (Gunshot)American Dwarf Actor
1902 (Unsure [after being publicly 'outed'])European Industrialist
1954 (Gunshot [Maybe Russian Roulette])R&B Singer ('Pledging My Love')
1894 (Jumped from Window)Sibling of President/Father of First Lady
1932 (Drowned in Gulf of Mexico)American Poet ('The Bridge')
1945 (Gunshot/Cyanide)Leader of European Country
1954 (Possible OD)Mexican Painter
Year(Method)PersonClaim to Fame
1890 (Gunshot in Open Field)Dutch Painter
2004 (Drowned in East River)Monologist/Playwright
1973 (Carbon Monoxide)American Playwright ('Bus Stop')
1939 (OD/Assisted Suicide)Psychoanalyst/Author
2005 (Gunshot)American Author (Gonzo Journalism)
1970 (Ritual Seppuku)Japanese Author
1969 (Jumped from Apartment [possibly on LSD])Daughter of Entertainer/Anti-Drug Activist
2009 (Gunshot)Nicaraguan Boxer/Politician
399BC (Poison/Voluntary Compliance with Sentence)Greek Philosopher
1997 (Gunshot)American Actor ('Family Affair')
1973 (Gunshot)Leader of South American Country
1948 (Gunshot)American Actress ('I Wake Up Screaming')
1985 (Slit Wrists)Nutritionist/Author
1990 (Gunshot)American Rock Singer ('Runaway')
1980 (Hanging)Lead Singer of British Rock Group
1982 (Gunshot)French Actor ('Going Places')
1972 (OD of Nembutal)British Actor ('All About Eve')
1974 (Carbon Monoxide)American Poetess
1809 (Gunshot)American Explorer
1945 (Cyanide)Mistress of European Leader
30BC (Snakebite or Other Poison)Iconic Leader of Middle Eastern Kingdom
42BC (Impaled on Sword)Politician/Noted Assassin
1945 (Gunshot)Politician/Propagandist
1975 (Hanging)Welsh Singer/Songwriter with British Rock Group
1936 (Gunshot)Pulp Literature Author
1994 (Gunshot)Lead Singer of American Rock Group
2003 (Stabbed Self in Chest)American Singer-Songwriter ('Miss Misery')
1976 (Hanging)American Folk Singer/Songwriter ('Chords of Fame')
1959 (Gunshot)American Actor ('Superman')
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