Celebrities who died young
Birthplace: Philadelphia, USA
Height: 176 cm
Weight: 53 kg
Gia Carangi (Gia Marie Carangi, January 29, 1960, Philadelphia, USA - November 18, 1986, Philadelphia) - American fashion model of the late 70s - early 80s. Gia Karanji is considered one of the first supermodels (fees reached $ 10,000). She was the forerunner of 1980s supermodels Claudia Schiffer and Cindy Crawford. Due to the striking resemblance to Carangi, the latter was often called Baby Gia. Carangi's images were on the covers of various fashion magazines, for example: American Vogue, April 1979; Parisian Vogue, April 1979; American Vogue, August 1980; Paris Vogue, 1980 August; Italian Vogue, January 1981; and several Cosmopolitan covers from 1979 to 1982.
In 1986, Gia suddenly fell ill, her mother immediately took her to the hospital. Gia had pneumonia when she checked in. Further, after the examination, she was diagnosed with AIDS. When Gia's condition worsened, she was transferred to a Philadelphia hospital. There, for many months, Gia had what she had dreamed of since childhood - the constant attention of her mother, Kathleen. At that time, Kathleen did not allow anyone to enter the room and visit Gia, so many people did not know that Gia was seriously ill. One of the people who was allowed to visit her was Rob Fey: "Kathleen did a great job of making the ward feel like home," he says. “Gia wanted to shoot a story in which she would tell children about drugs. So that they know what drugs can lead to. She wanted to say that this can be fought. But for some reason we never recorded it. The last time I saw Gia, she couldn't speak, I knew she was dying." Then Gia's mother finally broke her silence to speak out about the tragic fate of her daughter. “I was with her to the end,” Kathleen said. “We sat in the park and talked. We both knew that she had no particular desire to live. Gia then said:“ I overdosed three times - why did God save me then? ”Gia's face was beautiful to the end. her faith in God was restored. A portrait of Jesus was taped to her door." due to illness." Gia turned to me and said her last words: "I think I'll see HIM tonight." I say: "No, no, live here. For Mom. But I knew that she was leaving me." On November 18, 1986, 26-year-old Jia Karanji died. AIDS had so disfigured her body that the funeral director recommended that she be buried in a closed coffin.
The funeral was very quiet, as to say that Gia died of AIDS would be a terrible shame for her entire family.
Karen Karaza remembers that day: “My mother and I went to the funeral, and of course it was a closed coffin, and I don’t remember that there were many people there, hardly anyone was there at all. It's so sad, right? Very sad...".
In 1998, the film "Gia" was filmed with Angelina Jolie in the title role ...
Full name: Kristina Evgenievna Penkhasova
Place of birth: Dzhubga, Tuapse district, Krasnodar region, Russia.
Profession: singer
Genre: Russian chanson
Parents: mother - Tamara Ivanovna, dancer (danced in Virsky's studio), father - Evgeny Semyonovich, musician (worked with the ensemble "Gems"). She graduated from 9 classes of high school, as well as music and choreography schools in Kislovodsk.
At the age of 16 she left for Moscow, began to sing in the genre of pop music. In 1995, Soyuz Production began to prepare a project in the genre of Russian chanson. A competition among performers was announced, Christina won the competition and began performing in the project. Since then, she has performed with songs in this genre (initially under the pseudonym Masha Sha, then Katya Ogonyok), toured extensively, and released several albums. She collaborated with V. Chernyakov and M. Sheleg, and was also a member of M. Tanich's group "Lesopoval".
She was married and divorced at the time of her death. After death, a six-year-old daughter, Valeria, remained.
Katya Ogonyok died on the morning of October 24, 2007 from pulmonary edema and acute heart failure, probably caused by cirrhosis of the liver, in turn provoked by alcohol abuse. She was buried at the Nikolo-Arkhangelsk cemetery in Moscow.
Full name: Diego Corrales
Citizenship: USA
Birthplace: Sacramento, USA
place of death: Las Vegas, USA
Professional record: 40 wins (33 by KO), 5 losses.
A well-known American professional boxer who performed in the featherweight and light weight categories. Former IBF/WBO/WBC world champion. World champion in two weight categories.
In 2005 Ring magazine named his victory over José Luis Castillo "fight of the year".
He died on May 7, 2007 in a car accident. On the night of May 7 at approximately 10 pm, Corrales on his motorcycle collided with a car at high speed. His manager said after this tragedy: "He always lived on the edge, went in for extreme sports, fought desperately in the ring, drove at high speeds. I always had the feeling that he wants to die young ..."
Heath Ledger is an actor. Born in Perth, Australia. Died January 22, 2008. Australian actor who was nominated for an Oscar for his role as a cowboy in Brokeback Mountain. In the colorful film "The Brothers Grimm" he played one of the swindler brothers obsessed with fairy tales, and in the same year he played the main role in the comedy film "Casanova". Previously, there was Hollywood's The Patriot (Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Best Newcomer of the Year), A Knight's Tale (and again MTV Movie Kiss of the Year) and several Australian series. He was found dead in his apartment in New York. The most likely is an accidental overdose of sleeping pills and sedatives. He left a 2-year-old daughter, Matilda, whom he raised after a recent divorce from his wife and actress Michelle Williams. His last work was the role in the movie "Batman" where he brilliantly played the villain Joker.
Tupac Amaru Shakur
Date of birth: June 16, 1971
Place of birth: New York
Date of death: September 13, 1996
Profession: rapper, actor, producer
Genres: rap, hip hop
Aliases 2Pac,
Makaveli
Labels: Interscope, Out Da Gutta, Death Row, Makaveli, Amaru, Tommygun
Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971 - September 13, 1996) - performing under the pseudonyms MC New York, 2Pac and Makaveli - is a famous American rap musician, film actor and public figure. He entered the Guinness Book of Records as the most successful hip-hop artist, having sold a total of more than 75 million copies of his albums (50 of them in the US). The first rapper to have a monument erected. The vast majority of Tupac's songs talk about the hard life in the ghetto, violence, poverty, racism, the problems of modern society and conflicts with other rap artists. Tupac's public activity was aimed at protecting political, economic, social and racial equality, and his early records were about violence, drug and alcohol problems, and conflicts with the law.
Tupac Amaru Shakur was born in New York on June 16, 1971.
In Las Vegas, September 7, 1996, Tupac and Suge Knight traveled to Las Vegas for a boxing match between Mike Tyson and Bruce Seldon. An unremarkable fight in which Tyson knocked out an opponent without any problems. But the real knockout took place after the fight - Suge Knight's BMW 750, where 2Pac was sitting in the passenger seat, was fired upon at a traffic light from another car. The rapper got four bullets. Knight, who was driving, was scratched by broken glass. Six days later, on September 13 (it was a Friday), 1996, he died in intensive care without regaining consciousness. The ashes of the deceased were scattered over the Pacific Ocean. Neither the perpetrators nor the customers of the crime were found.
Full name: Alia Dana Houghton
Place of birth: New York
Country: USA
Professions: singer, actress, dancer
Genre: R&B, neo-soul
Collaborations: R. Kelly, Timbaland, Missy Elliot, DMX
Labels: Blackground
Aaliyah (Aaliyah, real name Aaliyah Dana Houghton, Aaliyah Dana Haughton, born January 16, 1979, New York - d. August 25, 2001, Bahamas) is an American R&B singer, dancer, model and actress. Grammy nominee. For the first time, the singer was introduced to the public by R&B singer R. Kelly, with whom she was secretly married for some time. Aaliyah became popular in the mid-1990s with hit songs written and produced by Timbaland. In addition to music, Alia has also been a model and acted in films. She worked on two films shortly before her tragic death. In 2001, she died in a plane crash.
Ruslana Korshunova, fashion model, died June 28, 2008.
On June 28, Ruslana Korshunova, a famous fashion model, fell from the 9th floor of a building in Manhattan. She was only 20 years old. The medical examination determined that it was suicide. A resident of Kazakhstan, Korshunova often appeared on the covers of the best fashion magazines.
Jean Harlow was called the "Blond Bombshell". She was the incarnation of Marilyn Monroe before the advent of Marilyn Monroe herself. Harlow has played many roles in films, such as Howard Hughes' Hells Angels, as well as in several films with Clark Gable. Jean Harlow literally hypnotized the audience with her incredible sex appeal. The actress died at the age of 26 from kidney failure. It is believed that the health of the star, who was married three times, was undermined by a severe flu, which she had had in the year of her death. Curiously, Marilyn Monroe was going to play Harlow shortly before her death.
Selena was called the "Mexican Madonna", she was the main singer in the Latin American scene. Selena became famous at a fairly young age and during her short but vibrant life she managed to release about a dozen albums.
Selena was killed by the president of her fan club, Yolanda Saldivar. In addition to working at the fan club, Saldivar was the manager of Selena's stores in Texas, but she was fired for theft. In March 1995, Selena and Saldívar met at a hotel in the Texas city of Corpus Christi to settle their final financial issues. As the meeting ended and Selena was about to leave the hotel, Yolanda Saldívar shot her in the back. The singer was able to get to the reception, but later died in the hospital from blood loss.
American actress, socialite and muse of Andy Warhol. Sedgwick became famous thanks to the filming of Warhol's underground films and participation in his Factory project.
Sedgwick has struggled with drug addiction for most of her adult life. In 1971, she was no longer using drugs, but her doctor prescribed barbiturates to stop her physical pain. On the night of November 15, 1971, Sedgwick drank the prescribed amount of medicine and went to bed, in the morning Edie never woke up.
Sharon Tate, a Golden Globe nominee and director Roman Polanski's wife, was a universal favorite due to her kindness and cheerful disposition. The actress, who was eight months pregnant, and her four friends were killed by members of the Charles Manson gang. Despite the fact that Tate begged for the life of her unborn child, the killers stabbed Sharon 16 times.
05/15/1978 - 07/02/1995 USA
Chrissy Taylor got her modeling pass thanks to her supermodel sister Niki Taylor. From the age of 11, she began to participate in filming with her sister, and soon her career went up.
Chrissy was found dead in her parents' apartment by her sister. As it turned out later, the cause of death of the model was an asthma attack complicated by sudden cardiac arrhythmia. It is curious that Chrissy had no heart problems before.
Patrick Daniel Tillman(Patrick Daniel Tillman)
November 6, 1976 - April 22, 2004
American football player who left professional sports and joined the US Army in 2002. He died under "friendly fire" in the mountains in eastern Afghanistan. His death was widely reported in the media and became the subject of a military investigation, during which even former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld testified.
Brittany Murphy(Brittany Murphy)
November 10, 1977, Atlanta, USA - December 20, 2009, Los Angeles, USA
American actress and singer. The most famous films with her participation are "Girl, Interrupted", "Eight Mile", "Sin City". In addition, the actress participated as a vocalist in the composition of the famous electronic musician Paul Oakenfold "Faster Kill Pussycat". Winner of the Young Hollywood Award in 2002. During her acting career, Brittany has played more than 50 roles in films and television series, almost all the roles are the main ones.
The actress died on December 20, 2009 at the age of 32 at her home in Los Angeles from a heart attack.
The mother of the actress found her unconscious in the bathroom. Arriving on a call, the ambulance doctors stated cardiac arrest. All attempts to resuscitate Murphy on the spot and on the way to the clinic were unsuccessful. Brittany Murphy was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where it was concluded that she died of heart failure.
Upon learning of Brittany's death, Ashton Kutcher wrote on his blog: "The world has lost a ray of light today. My deepest condolences to Brittany's family, her husband and her amazing mother Sharon... See you on the other side, baby." People magazine quotes actress Jessica Simpson as saying, "Brittany Murphy was like a ray of sunshine and her smile was infectious."
Forensic experts, who carried out all the necessary procedures, reported that pneumonia, complicated by an overdose of drugs against the background of iron deficiency anemia, became the cause of the actress's cardiac arrest.
The Los Angeles Department of Health suggested that the cause of death of the actress was a fungus that caused pneumonia. This assumption became the main one when doctors found that the actress's husband also died of pneumonia. It was the similar circumstances of the death of the spouses that made the main version of infection with a fungus.
Dorothy Stratten(Dorothy Stratten)
February 28, 1960 Vancouver - August 14, 1980 Los Angeles
Canadian film actress and Playboy magazine model.
Dorothy Stratten was born in Vancouver (Canada), in a poor area on the outskirts of the city. Because of her beauty, Dorothy, after graduating from school, does not go to study further, having interested one of the bosses of Playboy magazine, Paul Snyder, who became the patron of the future movie star. Dorothy flies to Los Angeles, where in 1979 she becomes the centerfold of the famous magazine. After that, Stratten was already noticed in Hollywood, where she starred in four films - "Autumn born" (1979), "Skatetown, USA" (1979), "Galaxina" (1980) and "They all laughed" (1981), as well as in episodic roles in a number of other films.
Dorothy's career was tragically interrupted when, during the filming of "They All Laughed", her blinded by jealousy, by that time already ex-husband (Dorothy lived in the same room with her new chosen one, director Peter Bogdanovich), Paul Snyder, killed her (according to one version , having raped him before) with a pistol shot. Then he committed suicide.
Peg Entwistle(Peg Entwistle)
(1908-1932)
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Silent film actress. The failed and unemployed (after the advent of the sound film era) actress Peg Entwistle committed suicide in a very theatrical gesture, jumping off the 50-meter letter "H", which begins the famous "HOLLYWOOD" sign in the Hollywood Hills. The suicide note left by the actress said: "I think I'm just a coward. Sorry for everything."
Elizabeth Short(Black dahlia)
(1924 - 1947)
The murder of Elizabeth Short was and remains one of the most brutal and mysterious crimes committed in America. On January 15, 1947, the mutilated body of Elizabeth Short was found on a vacant lot on South Norton Avenue in Leimert Park, near the city limits of Los Angeles. The body was cut into two parts at the waist and subjected to mutilation (external and internal genital organs, as well as nipples were removed). The woman's mouth was cut open from ear to ear. The investigation into the murder of the "Black Dahlia" by the Los Angeles police with the involvement of the FBI became the longest and largest in the history of US law enforcement. About 60 people confessed to this murder (among them several women). 22 people in different periods of the investigation were declared the killers of Elizabeth Short. The true killer was never found.
James Dean
(1931 - 1955)
American actor, posthumously won the Golden Globe Award (1956). Before his tragic death, he managed to play only three serious film roles - in "Rebel Without a Cause", in the film "East of Paradise", the last tape with the participation of the actor - "Giant" - was released after his death.
On September 30, 1955, James Dean, along with mechanic Weiterich, drove a sports Porsche to Salinas. On the way, they were stopped by a policeman who advised them to slow down. However, Jimmy did not follow his advice. A few kilometers later, a black Plymouth crashed into his Porsche. Weiterich was seriously injured. James Dean died without regaining consciousness on the way to the hospital.
(Bruce Lee)
November 27, 1940 San Francisco - July 20, 1973 Hong Kong
the great master of martial arts, an American and Hong Kong film actor, as well as a film director, director of combat scenes, producer and screenwriter.
Bruce Lee died in Hong Kong, while working on the next film "The Game of Death": he took a headache pill containing aspirin and meprobamate, and washed down the medicine with alcohol, which led to cerebral edema. An autopsy showed that the cerebral edema was caused by a hypersensitive reaction to the components of the drug. His death was a shock to the whole of Hong Kong - no one could imagine that this person, who improved his body day and night, could die. After his death, rumors began to circulate that he died in the bed of his mistress or another master killed him, but they were not confirmed. The funeral of Bruce Lee turned into a citywide, and then all-Asian mourning. Friends and thousands of fans came to pay their last respects to him. Then the body of Bruce Lee was transported to Seattle, where his family said goodbye and where he was buried. Bruce Lee's grave is still visited by martial arts enthusiasts who arrive in Seattle. And his last film was finished 5 years later with the help of understudies, was a huge success and caused a new wave of interest in kung fu and oriental martial arts.
Amy Winehouse (1983 - 2011)
The British soul singer, dubbed "the new Billie Holiday" by journalists, was found dead in her lonely bed at her home on July 23, 2011. Death, according to the conclusion of forensic experts, occurred for a complex reason: from an overdose of alcohol and drugs, as well as due to emphysema, which the artist was diagnosed with three years earlier. Amy, as if competing with someone on the scale of drug use and drinking, got into the sinister "club-27", where her idols Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin were already staying. Farewell to her was held in the oldest London synagogue: the place of the funeral ceremony was literally blocked by hundreds of reporters, and the plea of the relatives of the deceased to spare their feelings had no effect. The tabloid press pursued Amy from the very beginning of her career: a reckless and self-pitying tragic Jewish girl became an ideal heroine for the “yellow” publications and at the same time a victim. The paparazzi were on duty 24/7 near her home in Camden, and videos of the singer staggering, barely alive from crack and whiskey appeared on the websites of leading English tabloids with lightning speed. Amy's death turned her into a lost treasure: the same Daily Mirror and Daily Mail, which for several years painted the image of a downgraded drug addict, published tearful obituaries. Which once again confirmed the thought of the philosopher Baudrillard: the celebrity cult in modern society is a peculiar form of necrophilia.