Famous People - Causes of Death

Myocardial infarction

Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

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Pneumonia

Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche

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Stroke

Marshall McLuhan

Marshall McLuhan

Marshall McLuhan

Marshall McLuhan

Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach

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Cancer

Cicely Saunders

Cicely Saunders

Cicely Saunders

Cicely Saunders

Hobart "Hobie" Alter

Hobart "Hobie" Alter

Hobart "Hobie" Alter

Hobart "Hobie" Alter

Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead

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Heart failure

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

George S. Patton

George S. Patton

George S. Patton

George S. Patton

Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky

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Murder

Albert Anastasia

Albert Anastasia

Albert Anastasia

Albert Anastasia

Elizabeth Short

Elizabeth Short

Elizabeth Short

Elizabeth Short

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Tuberculosis

Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton

Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton

Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton

Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton

Emily Jane Bronte

Emily Jane Bronte

Emily Jane Bronte

Emily Jane Bronte

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Assassination

Joseph Smith Jr

Joseph Smith Jr

Joseph Smith Jr

Joseph Smith Jr

Arnold Rothstein

Arnold Rothstein

Arnold Rothstein

Arnold Rothstein

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Cardiovascular disease

Mahalia Jackson

Mahalia Jackson

Mahalia Jackson

Mahalia Jackson

William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft

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Suicide

Hermann Emil Fischer

Hermann Emil Fischer

Hermann Emil Fischer

Hermann Emil Fischer

Hermann Goering

Hermann Goering

Hermann Goering

Hermann Goering

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Natural causes

Richard Kuklinski

Richard Kuklinski

Richard Kuklinski

Richard Kuklinski

Leni Riefenstahl

Leni Riefenstahl

Leni Riefenstahl

Leni Riefenstahl

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Lung cancer

Boris Pasternak

Boris Pasternak

Boris Pasternak

Boris Pasternak

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Firearm

Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton

Michael Collins

Michael Collins

Michael Collins

Michael Collins

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Aviation accident or incident

Roberto Clemente

Roberto Clemente

Roberto Clemente

Roberto Clemente

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Prostate cancer

Floyd Patterson

Floyd Patterson

Floyd Patterson

Floyd Patterson

Mobutu Sese Seko

Mobutu Sese Seko

Mobutu Sese Seko

Mobutu Sese Seko

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Laryngeal cancer

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Renal failure

Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock

George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw

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Ballistic trauma

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh

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Cerebral hemorrhage

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson

Salvatore Quasimodo

Salvatore Quasimodo

Salvatore Quasimodo

Salvatore Quasimodo

Maria Montessori

Maria Montessori

Maria Montessori

Maria Montessori

John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams

Alfred Bernhard Nobel

Alfred Bernhard Nobel

Alfred Bernhard Nobel

Alfred Bernhard Nobel

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Capital punishment

Joachim von Ribbentrop

Joachim von Ribbentrop

Joachim von Ribbentrop

Joachim von Ribbentrop

Louis Buchalter

Louis Buchalter

Louis Buchalter

Louis Buchalter

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Hanging

Jonathan Brandis

Jonathan Brandis

Jonathan Brandis

Jonathan Brandis

Joachim von Ribbentrop

Joachim von Ribbentrop

Joachim von Ribbentrop

Joachim von Ribbentrop

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Leukemia

Colonel Sanders

Colonel Sanders

Colonel Sanders

Colonel Sanders

Irene Joliot-Curie

Irene Joliot-Curie

Irene Joliot-Curie

Irene Joliot-Curie

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Respiratory failure

Sir Arthur C. Clarke

Sir Arthur C. Clarke

Sir Arthur C. Clarke

Sir Arthur C. Clarke

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Traffic collision

Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell

George Hainsworth

George Hainsworth

George Hainsworth

George Hainsworth

Charles R. Drew

Charles R. Drew

Charles R. Drew

Charles R. Drew

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Colorectal cancer

Charles M. Schulz

Charles M. Schulz

Charles M. Schulz

Charles M. Schulz

Elizabeth Montgomery

Elizabeth Montgomery

Elizabeth Montgomery

Elizabeth Montgomery

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Decapitation

William Wallace

William Wallace

William Wallace

William Wallace

Thomas Cromwell

Thomas Cromwell

Thomas Cromwell

Thomas Cromwell

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette

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Diabetes mellitus

Mahalia Jackson

Mahalia Jackson

Mahalia Jackson

Mahalia Jackson

Nathan Bedford Forrest

Nathan Bedford Forrest

Nathan Bedford Forrest

Nathan Bedford Forrest

Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald

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Brain tumor

Stamford Raffles

Stamford Raffles

Stamford Raffles

Stamford Raffles

Seve Ballesteros

Seve Ballesteros

Seve Ballesteros

Seve Ballesteros

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Cardiac arrest

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson

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Pancreatic cancer

Luciano Pavarotti

Luciano Pavarotti

Luciano Pavarotti

Luciano Pavarotti

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Stomach cancer

Napoléon Bonaparte

Napoléon Bonaparte

Napoléon Bonaparte

Napoléon Bonaparte

Neville Chamberlain

Neville Chamberlain

Neville Chamberlain

Neville Chamberlain

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