Famous people who committed suicide

[Freedom]

Suicide is not an uncommon cause of death. Although people of both sexes commit suicide, it's much more common in men than women. Men over 55 are the most likely to commit suicide, regardless of race or nationality.

Some famous people who committed suicide:

1. Earnest Hemingway
2. Freddie Prinze
3. Kurt Cobain
4. Hannibal
5. Socrates
6. Cleopatra
7. Sigmund Freud
8. Vincent van Gogh
9. Mark Antony
10. Robin Williams

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Hunter S

[El Kabong]

Ray Combs, the host of Family Feud, hanging
Ian Curtis, Joy Division lead singer, hanging
Dalida, singer, drug overdose
Don Cornelius, host of Soul Train, gunshot
R. Budd Dwyer, politician, gunshot (on live tv as well)
Margaux Hemmingway, actress/granddaughter of Ernest Hemmingway, overdose
Abbie Hoffman, political activist, overdose
Andrew Koening, 'Boner' from tv's 'Growing Pains'/son of Walter Koening of Star Trek fame, hanging
Frank Nitti, Mafia boss, gunshot
Sylvia Plath, Poet, gas
Herve Villachiaze, Actor, gunshot
Virginia Woolfe, author, drowning



Any number of professional wrestlers
Chris Benoit, hanging
Chris Kanyon, overdose
Mike Von Erich, overdose
Chris Von Erich, gunshot
Kerry Von Erich, gunshot
Crash Holly, overdose

[Xwetie]

Quite a lot, most of overdose tho! Remember when i was in school and we should talk to the class about anything, people talked about airplanes and stuff and i choose to talk about people who died from overdose. Now when its been a while i kinda thought it was weird but back then i found it interesting!

1: Marilyn Monroe
2: Marcel Jacob
3: Ernest Hemingway
4: Micael Jackson?
5: Janis Joplin
6: Hillel Slovak
7: Jack Kerouac
8: Keith Moon
9: Jim Morrison
10: Gary Thain
11: Brian Jones
12: Alan Wilson
13: Dee Ramones
14: Whitney Houston
15: Jimmy Hendrix

[Beanflicker]

Quite a lot, most of overdose tho!

1: Marilyn Monroe
2: Marcel Jacob
3: Ernest Hemingway
4: Micael Jackson?
5: Janis Joplin
6: Whitney Houston
7: Jack Kerouac
8: Keith Moon
9: Jim Morrison
10: Jimmy Hendrix
11: Brian Jones
12: Alan Wilson

Most of those were accidental or otherwise

[Xwetie]

Quite a lot, most of overdose tho!

1: Marilyn Monroe
2: Marcel Jacob
3: Ernest Hemingway
4: Micael Jackson?
5: Janis Joplin
6: Whitney Houston
7: Jack Kerouac
8: Keith Moon
9: Jim Morrison
10: Jimmy Hendrix
11: Brian Jones
12: Alan Wilson

Most of those were accidental or otherwise

When you die from things you intoxicated its mostly an accident but still a suicide?

[Beanflicker]

I guess technically you can look at it as accidental suicide, but I think it's a whole different ball game then actual intentional suicide.