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