3. crashed car into tree
4. shot themself in the head in a greenhouse
5. assassinated by gang patsy
6. auto-erotic asphyxiation
― blueski, Monday, 21 October 2002 21:15 (twenty-three years ago)
Shot by a fan from Hawaii
Fell off a cliff
Fell (or jumped) under a subway train
Electrocuted on stage
Electrocuted in a studio
― Curt (cgould), Monday, 21 October 2002 21:33 (twenty-three years ago)
-fell down a flight of stairs
-house fire started by cigarette
-slipped a "mickey" (eg given a drink laced with methadone)
-murdered by father
-breast cancer
― Candide, Monday, 21 October 2002 23:24 (twenty-three years ago)
thrown into a river tied to a jukebox
drowned by having petrol pumped into their mouth
― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Tuesday, 22 October 2002 00:55 (twenty-three years ago)
- stabbed in the neck by a band member
- exposure, following a cardiac arrest on the street
- botched tonsilectomy (not very 'rock', huh?)
- plane accidentally hit by a bomb fired by an american bomber
- parachute failed to open
- blood poisoning, following amputation of frostbitten feet
- car falls off bridge after wheel locks up
- "overdose of sleeping pills in a suicide pact with his mother"
- "stomach haemorrhage after being struck by a hit and run driver while loading instruments in his van"
- carbon monoxide poisoning
- endocarditis from a tooth abcess
- "stoned to death by political opponents"
- "a tractor he was driving flipped over on him"
- "fell or was pushed out of a window"
- scuba diving accident
- fell off a car while car-surfing
- accidental self-immolation
- hit by a speedboat while swimming
- "heart attack while listening to a radio broadcast about his childhood"
great thread. not all victims were famous but some of these are almost comical and were worth a mention for that reason alone.
― angelo (angelo), Tuesday, 22 October 2002 00:56 (twenty-three years ago)