UNTIMELY AND TRAGIC DEATHS OF: THE RENOWNED THE CELEBRATED THE ICONIC

FEATURING ORDINARY INDIVIDUALS WHO DIED IN BIZARRE CIRCUMSTANCES

Who died after being hit by a flying cow? How did a hospital MRI machine shoot someone dead? Why did two friends of a well-known bass player steal his body then set it alight? How did the person who was found guilty of killing Kirsty MacColl manage to avoid going to jail? Which drummer of a famous group ended up homeless and destitute? Who froze to death in their car? Which famous guitarist disappeared as his group was about to start a tour of America and was never seen again? Which actress committed suicide by jumping from the top of the Hollywood sign? Whose pet monkey survived a plane crash? Find the answers to these tragic and horrifying questions, plus hundreds more devastating and shocking revelations, inside this book.

This second edition, published in 2024, now increased to 583 pages, containing over 660 easily readable compact entries, in systematic order, augmented by an extensive bibliography, and an alphabetical list of countries and locations of individuals final resting places (where known).

It details the deaths of individuals, who died too early and often in tragic circumstances, from film, literature, music, theatre, and television, and the achievements they left behind. In addition, some ordinary people who died in bizarre, freak, or strange circumstances are also included.

New and revised entries are correct to 31st December 2023.