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Notorious West Coast Celebrity Deaths and Suicides
by Marques Vickers, Marques Vickers (Photographer)
Marques Vickers
Notorious West Coast Celebrity Deaths and Suicides
by Marques Vickers, Marques Vickers (Photographer)
Marques Vickers
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Overview
Death sometimes arrives randomly to those seemingly insulated from risk by virtue of their wealth, celebrity and protective environments.
Periodically the world halts in shock and reflection upon the abrupt and sudden headlines of a celebrated personality's death. Their demise jolts and reinforces our understanding of the fragility and vulnerability of life. This edition chronicles the background stories and detailed locations of some of the most newsworthy, famous and even infamous unexpected sudden passings.
The profiles feature self-induced suicides, drug overdoses, celebrity murders, unexplained deaths and even brazen homicides where the perpetrator has taken their own life. The West Coast historically remains a vortex for the unexpected. Understanding the circumstances beyond simple summary reporting often clarifies the motivations behind each unfortunately and often desperate act.
The contents are divided into four sectional categories including:
FAMOUS SUICIDES
Actress Peg Entwistle's leap from the Hollywood sign, Oil swindler C. C. Julian, Valhalla Cemetery savior John E. Osborne Sr., Actor Ross Alexander, Actresses Lupe Velez and Carol Landis, Superman actor George Reeves, Actresses Marilyn Monroe and Pier Angeli, Actors Pete Duel and Freddie Prinze, Punk Rocker Darby Crash, San Francisco assassin Dan White, Seattle judge Gary Little, Singer Del Shannon, Actor Herve Villechaize, Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, Actor Hugh O'Connor, Model Margaux Hemingway, Heaven's Gate cult mass poisoning, Actor Brian Keith, Punk Rocker Dee Dee Ramone, Film Director Tony Scott, Right-to-Die Advocate Brittany Maynard, Comedian Robin Williams, Rock keyboardist Keith Emerson and Actor Verne Troyer.
SHOCKING ABRUPT CELEBRITY DEATHS
President Warren Harding, Evangelist Sister Aimee Semple-McPherson, Actor James Dean's fatal car collision, Soul singer Sam Cooke, Comedian Lenny Bruce, Senator Robert F. Kennedy's assassination, Actor Roman Novarro, Rock singer Janis Joplin and actor John Belushi's drug overdoses, Actress Dominique Dunne's strangulation, Beach Boy Dennis Wilson's drowning, Marvin Gaye's domestic shooting, Actress Rebecca Schaeffer's stalker killing, Rock Promoter Bill Graham's helicopter crash, Actor River Phoenix's drug overdose, Jockey Ron Hansen's mysterious drowning, Actor Haing Ngor's killing, Sublime's Bradley Nowell's drug overdose, Revenge shooting of Notorious B. I. G., Rock singer Layne Staley, Singers Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston's drug overdose, Paul Walker's street racing crash and Singer George Michael's outing and premature death.
INFAMOUS MURDER SUICIDES
Brides of Christ cult, LAPD Captain Walter Auble, Ned Doheny and Hugh Plunkett, Teenage Orcutt California Freeway sniper, Newhall California Highway Patrol shootout, Jim Jones and the People's Temple, Richard Trenton Chase the Vampire Killer, Playboy Playmate Dorothy Stratten, Lynwood Jim Drake, 101 California Building Massacre, Actor Phil Hartman, Seattle Bus Shooting on Infamous Aurora Bridge, Kyle Huff and the Capitol Hill shooting, John Williams the man of a thousand identities, Bruce Pardo's Christmas Eve firestorm, Portland's The Zone nightclub massacre, Jed Waits obsession killing, Publicist Ronni Chasen midnight slaying, Speedfreak mass killing and burial grounds, Seattle's Café Racer coffee house killings, Survivalist Peter Keller's family murder, Actor Johnny Lewis' outburst, Marysville-Pilchuck cafeteria shooting and the vindictive Isla Vista shooting spree rampage of Elliot Roger
REPUTED SUICIDE LOCATIONS
Pasadena's Colorado Street Bridge, Golden Gate Bridge, Cecil Hotel Los Angeles, Vista Point Bridge Portland, Aurora Bridge Seattle and the USS Hornet
Periodically the world halts in shock and reflection upon the abrupt and sudden headlines of a celebrated personality's death. Their demise jolts and reinforces our understanding of the fragility and vulnerability of life. This edition chronicles the background stories and detailed locations of some of the most newsworthy, famous and even infamous unexpected sudden passings.
The profiles feature self-induced suicides, drug overdoses, celebrity murders, unexplained deaths and even brazen homicides where the perpetrator has taken their own life. The West Coast historically remains a vortex for the unexpected. Understanding the circumstances beyond simple summary reporting often clarifies the motivations behind each unfortunately and often desperate act.
The contents are divided into four sectional categories including:
FAMOUS SUICIDES
Actress Peg Entwistle's leap from the Hollywood sign, Oil swindler C. C. Julian, Valhalla Cemetery savior John E. Osborne Sr., Actor Ross Alexander, Actresses Lupe Velez and Carol Landis, Superman actor George Reeves, Actresses Marilyn Monroe and Pier Angeli, Actors Pete Duel and Freddie Prinze, Punk Rocker Darby Crash, San Francisco assassin Dan White, Seattle judge Gary Little, Singer Del Shannon, Actor Herve Villechaize, Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, Actor Hugh O'Connor, Model Margaux Hemingway, Heaven's Gate cult mass poisoning, Actor Brian Keith, Punk Rocker Dee Dee Ramone, Film Director Tony Scott, Right-to-Die Advocate Brittany Maynard, Comedian Robin Williams, Rock keyboardist Keith Emerson and Actor Verne Troyer.
SHOCKING ABRUPT CELEBRITY DEATHS
President Warren Harding, Evangelist Sister Aimee Semple-McPherson, Actor James Dean's fatal car collision, Soul singer Sam Cooke, Comedian Lenny Bruce, Senator Robert F. Kennedy's assassination, Actor Roman Novarro, Rock singer Janis Joplin and actor John Belushi's drug overdoses, Actress Dominique Dunne's strangulation, Beach Boy Dennis Wilson's drowning, Marvin Gaye's domestic shooting, Actress Rebecca Schaeffer's stalker killing, Rock Promoter Bill Graham's helicopter crash, Actor River Phoenix's drug overdose, Jockey Ron Hansen's mysterious drowning, Actor Haing Ngor's killing, Sublime's Bradley Nowell's drug overdose, Revenge shooting of Notorious B. I. G., Rock singer Layne Staley, Singers Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston's drug overdose, Paul Walker's street racing crash and Singer George Michael's outing and premature death.
INFAMOUS MURDER SUICIDES
Brides of Christ cult, LAPD Captain Walter Auble, Ned Doheny and Hugh Plunkett, Teenage Orcutt California Freeway sniper, Newhall California Highway Patrol shootout, Jim Jones and the People's Temple, Richard Trenton Chase the Vampire Killer, Playboy Playmate Dorothy Stratten, Lynwood Jim Drake, 101 California Building Massacre, Actor Phil Hartman, Seattle Bus Shooting on Infamous Aurora Bridge, Kyle Huff and the Capitol Hill shooting, John Williams the man of a thousand identities, Bruce Pardo's Christmas Eve firestorm, Portland's The Zone nightclub massacre, Jed Waits obsession killing, Publicist Ronni Chasen midnight slaying, Speedfreak mass killing and burial grounds, Seattle's Café Racer coffee house killings, Survivalist Peter Keller's family murder, Actor Johnny Lewis' outburst, Marysville-Pilchuck cafeteria shooting and the vindictive Isla Vista shooting spree rampage of Elliot Roger
REPUTED SUICIDE LOCATIONS
Pasadena's Colorado Street Bridge, Golden Gate Bridge, Cecil Hotel Los Angeles, Vista Point Bridge Portland, Aurora Bridge Seattle and the USS Hornet
Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940162250159 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Marquis Publishing |
| Publication date: | 03/08/2021 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 6 MB |
About the Author
Author, photographer and visual artist Marques Vickers was born in 1957 in Vallejo, California. He graduated from Azusa Pacific University in Los Angeles and became the Public Relations and Executive Director for the Burbank, California Chamber of Commerce between 1979-84.
Professionally, he has operated travel, apparel, wine, rare book and publishing businesses. His paintings and sculptures have been exhibited in art galleries, private collections and museums in the United States and Europe. He has previously lived in the Burgundy and Languedoc regions of France and currently lives in the South Puget Sound region of Western Washington.
He has written and published over one hundred books spanning a diverse variety of subjects including true crime, international travel, social satire, wine production, architecture, history, fiction, auctions, fine art, poetry and photojournalism.
He has two daughters, Charline and Caroline who reside in Europe.
Professionally, he has operated travel, apparel, wine, rare book and publishing businesses. His paintings and sculptures have been exhibited in art galleries, private collections and museums in the United States and Europe. He has previously lived in the Burgundy and Languedoc regions of France and currently lives in the South Puget Sound region of Western Washington.
He has written and published over one hundred books spanning a diverse variety of subjects including true crime, international travel, social satire, wine production, architecture, history, fiction, auctions, fine art, poetry and photojournalism.
He has two daughters, Charline and Caroline who reside in Europe.
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