Celebrity Deaths

Notable Suicides

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* Johnny Ace (1954) singer, self-inflicted gunshot
* Chris Acland (1996), British drummer (Lush), hanging
* Manuel Acuña (1873), Mexican poet
* Hatazo Adachi (1947), Japanese general, seppuku.
* Robert Adams, Jr. (1906), congressman from Pennsylvania, shot himself after heavy losses in stock speculation
* Stuart Adamson (2001), Scottish guitarist and singer (Big Country, The Skids), self-strangulation after alcohol ingestion
* Ahn Jae-hwan (2008), South Korean actor, carbon monoxide poisoning
* Sergey Akhromeyev (1991), Marshal of the Soviet Union, hanging
* Ry?nosuke Akutagawa (1927), Japanese writer (author of Rashomon), barbital overdose
* Clodius Albinus (197), Roman emperor, killed himself after a defeat in battle
* Ross Alexander (1937), American actor, gunshot
* Michael Alfonso, a.k.a. Mike Awesome (2007), American professional wrestler, hanging
* Prince Alfred of Edinburgh (1899), member of the British Royal Family, shot himself
* Leandro Alem (1896), Argentine politician, founder of the Radical Civic Union, gunshot to the head
* Salvador Allende (1973), president of Chile (elected 1970); shot himself during a coup d'état by General Augusto Pinochet — some sources allege that he was killed. See also Death of Salvador Allende
* Jeff Alm (1993), American NFL player, gunshot
* Marwan Al-Shehhi (2001), United Arab Emirate Al Qaeda terrorist, 9/11 attacks
* Jason Altom (1998), American Ph.D. student, ingested potassium cyanide
* Jean Améry (1978), Austrian writer; overdose of sleeping pills
* Korechika Anami, War Minister (1945), seppuku
* Forrest Howard Anderson (1989), Governor of Montana, gunshot
* Fridolin Anderwert (1880), Swiss Federal Councilor
* Gwili Andre (1959), Danish actress, self-immolation
* Roger Angleton (1998), American murderer, cutting or hanging
* Mark Antony (30 BC), Roman politician and general, stabbed himself
* Marshall Applewhite (1997), American leader of the Heaven's Gate religious cult, overdose
* Hubert Aquin (1977), Canadian author, gunshot
* Diane Arbus (1971), American photographer, overdosed on pills and slashed wrists[1]
* Reinaldo Arenas (1990), Cuban-American artist and writer, drug and alcohol overdose
* José María Arguedas, (1969), Peruvian novelist and poet, gunshot
* Pedro Armendáriz, (1963), Mexican actor, gunshot
* Edwin Armstrong (1954), American inventor of FM radio, jumped from a 13th floor window
* John Atchison (2007), American federal prosecutor and alleged child sex offender
* Mohamed Atta (2001), Egyptian Al Qaeda terrorist, 9/11 Attacks
* George Ault (1948), American painter, drowning
* Pekka-Eric Auvinen (2007), Finnish Jokela High School shooter, self-inflicted gunshot to the head
* May Ayim (1996), German author, jumped from 13th floor of a Berlin building
* Albert Ayler (1970), American jazz saxophonist, jumped into New York City's East River

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* Roque Antonio Adames Rodríguez, 81, Dominican Roman Catholic Bishop of Santiago de los Caballeros. [1] (Spanish)
* Tim Bickerstaff, 67, New Zealand talkback radio personality, heart attack. [2]
* Chen Lin, 39, Chinese pop singer, suicide by jumping. [3] (Chinese)
* Hugh Dinwiddy, 97, British cricketer. [4]
* Stanley Ellis, 83, British linguistics scholar. [5]
* Lee Hu-rak, 85, South Korean spy chief, Director of the National Intelligence Service (1970–1973), age-related causes. [6]
* Mustafa Mahmud, 87, Egyptian scientist, author and philosopher. [7] (Arabic)
* Qian Xuesen, 97, Chinese scientist and co-founder of the JPL. [8]
* Gary Rabin, 57, Australian talent manager, heart attack. [9]
* Steve Reid, 94, American football player (Northwestern Wildcats). [10]
* Jan Wejchert, 59, Polish businessman and media mogul, co-founder of ITI Group, co-owner of TVN. [11] (Polish)
* Tom Wheatcroft, 87, British businessman, owner of Donington Park race circuit, after long illness. [12]

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CAUSE OF DEATH: EXECUTION

John Allen Muhammad (December 31, 1960 – November 10, 2009) was a spree killer from the United States. With his younger partner, Lee Boyd Malvo, he carried out the 2002 Beltway sniper attacks, killing at least 10 people. Muhammad and Malvo were arrested in connection with the attacks on October 24, 2002, following tips from alert citizens. Born John Allen Williams, Muhammad joined the Nation of Islam in 1987 and later changed his surname to Muhammad. Drawings by Malvo describe the murders as part of a "jihad" (Arabic for "struggle in the way of God"). At Muhammad's trial, the prosecutor claimed that the rampage was part of a plot to kill his ex-wife and regain custody of his children, but the judge ruled that there was insufficient evidence to support this argument.

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CAUSE OF DEATH: UNKNOWN

Claude Lévi-Strauss (French pronunciation: [klod levi st?os]; (Brussels, 28 November 1908 – Paris, 1 November 2009) was a French anthropologist.

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