Freaky celebrities dead photos

Just last week, I paused mid-scroll during an otherwise mundane social media browse to learn that David Lynch had passed. It felt strangely personal. His work, creative talent, and unshakable authenticity had always inspired me. As it happens, Redditors recently reflected on other celebrity deaths that struck a similar chord. Their stories moved us to put together a list of their choices as a tribute.

This post may include affiliate links. Robin Williams still gets me. Leeser , Conan O'Brien Report. That they didn't know he had Lewis Body dementia until after he died is so sad. I remained "Robin's Wish" for those who haven't watched it yet. Alan Rickman. When I was a boy, my dad would vocally discuss how he didn't want me. Mister Rogers was an adult male who seemed to like me just fine.

Just this time, please, just stay this time I couldn't finish my supper, I went into my room, closed my door and cried my eyes out. I was I really, really, really wanted to just tell him thank you. Princess Diana. Chadwick Bozeman. He was a good man. Imagining who he could become is heartbreaking. Imagining him fighting largely alone is heartbreaking.

Steve Irwin. His kids are making him proud though. Huge-Mango , Real Wild Report. I remember being frustrated that he just never could stop taking stupid risks and now his kids had to grow up without him. Anton Yelchin. He was an only child, too. This one was hard, not just because of how young he was, but because of how he died Heath ledger.

Pictures Report. Grant Imahara. He was full of life, totally healthy, uplifting, jovial, enthusiastic about science, the exact kind of voice we need in this current time. And he died due to a very sudden brain aneurism. Basically, absolutely nothing you could do to prevent that. It's just a thing that A lot of celebrity deaths are tragic and heart-breaking.

KahlessAndMolor Report : Grant Imahara from myth busters was on a date with his fiance when he complained of a headache and then passed out in a restaurant. Sudden aneurysm at age 49 with virtually no warning. My best friend as child died of the same thing. He had a terrible headache and just died. My sister told me and I was stunned for days.

We both grew up in the 70s which was magical time for kids long before computers and cell phones. I hope to meet him in Heaven and thank him for being my friend. Betty White dying just 17 days before her one-hundreth birthday was so sad. She was a wonderful person. Her death was sad enough, but seeing that picture of the empty Golden Girls couch that was doing the rounds that day hit me the hardest.

I had JUST finished his memoir, then less than an hour later heard he died. NothingElseWorse Report. John Ritter. John Candy broke my heart. Neely67 , Letterman Report. Judith Barsi. I loved her as Ducky. David Bowie. Phil Hartman. StrawberryAlert Report. Brandon lee. River Phoenix. He'd be just as big as Joaquin if he didn't die.

DilophosaurusMilk , Columbia Pictures Report. Marvin Gaye— getting murdered by your dad during an argument is definitely one for the books. Dolores O'Riordan. Brittany Murphy. Jim Henson. Refused to go to a doctor and ended up with Disney running The Muppets. Bill Paxton. It still hurts to watch Twister. Thesilverfoxetter , 20th Century Fox Report.

Natasha Richardson. She left behind her husband and her two children. There are so many, but Otis Redding has to be on the list. It became the first posthumous No. Anthony Bourdain, Prince. Broke my heart, still does. As a huge fan 22 albums I have and his talent, gone. To find the loss was due to over prescription of pain meds absolutely destroyed me.

Love or loathe him, his talent and musical abilities were astonishing. Chris Farley and Robin Williams. He and two child actors were killed by a helicopter blade. TheGardenBlinked , Warner Bros. Naya rivera. Amy Winehouse God the music she would have made. Chris Cornell was a tough one. They'd been best friends, and Chester took his own life on Chris' birthday, who had passed away only a few weeks prior.

I wonder if that might've been been the tipping point for Chester's ultimate decision. Leslie Jordan. I know, he was already old, but goddamn it was still too soon for him to leave us. He was such a gem of a man, and a truly wonderful actor. NonConformistFlmingo Report. For me, out of nowhere - P. ExpertAvocado3 Report. Judy Garland's entire life was one big tragedy.

Norm MacDonald. We should have had many more years of top-tier comedy if it weren't for the cancer that basically no one knew he had already been dealing with for years. Whitney Houston. Her only daughter died the same way just a few years later. Ugh, another one that upsets me because it was entirely preventable. The pilot had warned everyone the plane was overloaded, and Aaliyah hadn't wanted to board the plane in the first place.

Walker was a car enthusiast who had about 30 cars in his collection, some of which he owned with Roger Rodas. Rodas was driving between 80 and 93 mph in a 45 mph zone when the car crashed into a concrete lamp post and two trees, causing it to catch on fire. Rodas died of multiple trauma, Walker died of a combination of trauma and burns; both bodies were burned beyond recognition.

There was no evidence of alcohol or drugs, mechanical failure, hazardous road conditions or drag racing, and the cause of the crash was listed as speed and the age of the tires. Unfortunately, offscreen he had battled substance addiction from the time he was 13 years-old; on March 31, , Monteith admitted himself into a rehabilitation center and was released a month later.

Freaky celebrities dead photos

On July 13, he was found dead by staff in his hotel room in Vancouver. He was only 31 years-old, and died of a lethal combination of heroin and alcohol. It is believed that his attempts to stay off drugs lowered his tolerance for drug use, leading to an accidental overdose. As Tony Soprano, Gandolfini broke new ground on television as an antihero, setting a new precedent many series have followed.

While he and his family were visiting Rome, his son found him in his hotel room unconscious. He died of a heart attack a short time later; he was 51 years-old. The darker side of fame took hold of Haim at a very young age, and he struggled with alcohol and drug abuse most of his life. He spent years in and out of rehab, while his career fell into decline and he went broke; Feldman has made numerous assertions that they were both sexually abused throughout their youth.

Haim died at the age of 38 from what was originally suspected to be an accidental overdose; however, his official cause of death was from diffuse alveolar damage and pneumonia. Although his death was from natural causes, several prescription medications were found in his home, and it was found that he had received several prescriptions from seven different doctors in the month before his death; a prescription drug ring was uncovered during the ensuing investigation.

He sang, danced, acted, wrote music and appeared on Broadway, becoming one of the top stars of his generation. Swayze was public with his battle, supporting other cancer patients and continuing work on his series while receiving chemotherapy and taking an experimental cancer drug. Swayze was also a heavy smoker, and acknowledged that the addiction likely contributed to his disease, but continued to smoke while undergoing treatment.

He fought for 20 months before passing away at the age of 57, with his family at his side. In , Mac had to take a hiatus from his TV series to recover from pneumonia; it was later revealed that he suffered from sarcoidosis, which causes lung issues. On August 1, , Mac was admitted into the hospital, and died a week later from complications of pneumonia at the age of His film catalogue is sadly small, but his impact on his generation was huge.

However, he was also known for his intensity and energy when taking on a new character, and suffered from insomnia — at times only sleeping two hours a night — leading him to self-medicate. His housekeeper and massage therapist found him unconscious in his bed; EMTs were unable to revive him and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

It was determined that he died from an accidental overdose of a combination of multiple prescription medications. He won a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for his role as the Joker, becoming only the second performer to win an acting Oscar posthumuously. Offscreen, he enjoyed riding horses, and began to participate in equestrian events.

On May 27, , his horse refused a jump, causing Reeve to fall forward and land head first. The resulting spinal injuries left him paralyzed from the neck down. Following months of hospitalization and rehabilitation, during which he admitted to thoughts of suicide, Reeve learned to live with his paralysis. Over the next ten years, he acted, directed and produced numerous projects, wrote books and advocated for rights for disabled people.

Reeve had suffered from asthma and allergies since his childhood, and had severe reactions to drugs following his accident; he also overcame several infections that could have been fatal. In October , he was receiving antibiotic treatment for an infection that was causing sepsis, went into cardiac arrest and fell into a coma. He died shortly after at the age of 52; no autopsy was done, as his widow Dana and his doctor believed that it was a reaction to a drug that caused his death.

Dana stood by him throughout his illness, and headed his foundation following his death. Sadly, she was diagnosed with lung cancer and died at the age of 44 on March 6, His three children now all serve on the board of the foundation. He was rushed to the hospital and treated for a heart attack; however, as his condition worsened, it was discovered that he had a previously undetected aortic dissection.

He was taken into surgery, but died just six days short of his 55th birthday. Chester Bennington died from apparent suicide on July 20, It was two months after his best friend, Chris Cornell died of suicide. Florence Henderson died of Congestive heart failure on November 24, The beloved Brady Bunch star was The world still mourns the sudden and tragic death of beloved actor Heath Ledger.

He died of reported cardiac arrest after a cocktail of drugs on January 22, Joan Rivers died after experiencing serious complications when she stopped breathing while undergoing what was scheduled to be a minor throat procedure at an outpatient clinic in Yorkville, Manhattan. She died on September 4 at Mount Sinai, never having awakened from a medically induced coma.

Basketball star Kobe Bryant died on January 26, , alongside his his year-old daughter Gianna and nine other passengers aboard their helicopter headed to the Mamba Academy.