Contrary to popular belief, just because you’re a star doesn’t mean you’re eternal. It even happens that certain stars have met sordid ends. We tell you this with joy and good humor, hoping not to give up the weapon to the left by the end of this top.
- The wrestler Andre the Giant
- Less known as André Roussimov, this French wrestler born in 1946 was known for his atypical physique with a height of 2.24m and a weight of 245kg. It was called the 8th Wonder of the world. But this wasn’t really normal. André was in reality suffering from a disease he was unaware of: hypophyseal gigantism. An evil that constantly made him grow. The problem, his heart wasn’t growing, and the consumption of alcohol and drugs wasn’t helping the mess. He died in his sleep in 93. In itself, it seems rather chill as death but it is mainly due to congestive heart failure which is immediately much less fun.
- Jayne Mansfield, Linnet Head
- The woman who could have dethroned Marylin Monroe from her iconic status, unfortunately,died in a tragic car accident. She thus found herself more or less decapitated in her convertible on the road to New Orleans by a sheet of metal that had come loose from a truck’s load. Cute.
- Lou Gehrig and programmed degeneration
- American baseball player and actor in the western Rawride, Lou Gehrig, however, had to withdraw from his career because of the Charcot disease which he suffered from and which inevitably condemned him. Charcot disease is a degenerative disease that atrophies the muscles. The end of his career was therefore painful; the x-rays showed dozens of fractures on his hands in particular. His illness took him away in 1941.
- Adrienne Shelly and the murderous shower
- The American actress lost her life at the age of 40 in bleak conditions. Her husband found her hanging in her shower. If we initially believed in the theory of suicide, in reality the investigators discovered that the assassin was a worker who was carrying out work in the apartment below and had entered the apartment to commit a crime. flight before disguising his action as a suicide scene. Clearly not a nice thief.
- Sharon Tate the absolute nightmare
- Obviously when we talk about the horrible death of a star, we absolutely cannot ignore this story which traumatized the United States at the end of the 60s and in a certain way marked the end of flower power. The actress, then married to Roman Polanski and eight months pregnant with the director, was the victim of several members of Charles Manson’s sect. Murdered with 4 other people in her residence, she received 16 stab wounds while begging to be allowed to live long enough to give birth to her child. A more than horrible story.
- Daniel von Bargen, the slow descent into hell
- He is mainly known for his role as Mr. Kruger in Seinfeld but also as Commander Edwin Spangler in Malcolm. But beyond his comic strength, the American actor suffered from diabetes. So much so that his toes had to be amputated, which plunged him into a terrible depression from which he tried to escape by putting a bullet in his head. Unfortunately (yes I say unfortunately), he misses his shot. He will not be released from life until three years later.
- Marvin Gaye the Cursed Child
- There are illnesses that cause suffering, long illnesses and then there are people who are simply killed by their father with a bullet to the head at the age of 45 after a simple argument in 1984. This is the destiny of Marvin Gaye and we don’t find him much happier than the other guests on this top.
- Vladimir Komarov’s first death from space
- OK, we’re not talking about a celebrity type star, but it’s a name you should remember since he was the very first cosmonaut to lose his life during a space mission in 1967. The Soyuz 1 mission is an accumulation of technical problems and hassles: the solar panels supposed to provide energy to the ship are not working, the control systems are messing up, in short it doesn’t smell good. While the ship is ordered to return, the orientation system in turn fails and communication fails as Komarov begins the descent. However, the braking parachute does not work either due to a design defect. In short, Komarov saw his death slowly coming without him being able to do anything to counter it apart from railing at the engineers who made the crap. Hard.
- Aeschylus victim of a turtle attack
- In the series of horrible deaths, Aeschylus (who was a super star around 525 BC in all things poetry, dramaturgy and all that) met a rather comical end. Well, we have few documents to attest to all this but the legend deserves to be perpetuated. Aeschylus dies after receiving a turtle on his head that a man threw at him, mistaking his bald head for a stone. I don’t know if it’s true but I want it to be true.
- Isadora Duncan scarfed
- The American choreographer known for revolutionizing modern dance met a stupidly tragic end in her car. She doesn’t die from a typical car accident. As she is about to start, she swings her shawl over her shoulders, but the fringes of the fabric get caught in the spokes of the wheel without her realizing it. As she starts, she is strangled by surprise and dies before she can react.
- Jean-Baptiste Lully and the blow of the death cane
- The composer died of gangrene which he had contracted by crushing his toes with the cane he used to beat time. So yes it’s a bit stupid, but it’s also absolutely horrible.
- Actor Vic Marrow and two children on the set of The Fourth Dimension
- The film The Fourth Dimension is best known for the filming accident that claimed the lives of three actors, including two children who were also hired illegally. During the fateful scene, a helicopter had to fly over explosions caused by pyrotechnics at a very low altitude (8 meters) while Vic Marrow was walking with the two children. Problem: the explosions damaged the helicopter so the pilot lost control, letting it crash into one of the children, decapitating the second and the actor with the propeller blades.