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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