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1999 EgyptAir flight 990 crashes 60m off coast of Nantucket, killing 217, likely cause was an Islamist suicide replacement pilot

1998 Sandy Hume, correspondent (Fox News), commits suicide at 28

1998 Robert Merrill, songwriter (Funny Girl), commits suicide at 76

1997 Juzo Itami, Japanese director, commits suicide at 64

1997 Michael Hutchence, rocker (INXS), commits suicide at 37

1997 Terrorist double suicide bombing in Jerusalem, kills 14

1997 Andrew Cunanan, serial killer (Gianni Versage), commits suicide

1997 Supreme Court upholds doctor-assisted suicide ban

1997 Brian Keith, actor (Family Affair), commits suicide at 75

1997 J. Anthony Lukas, writer, Pulitizer, Common Ground, suicide at 64

1997 Michael Dorris, writer, Broken Cord, commits suicide at 52

1997 39 cult memebers in California commit mass suicide (Hale-Bopp)

1997 John Curtis Jr, pres/CEO (Luby's Cafe), commits suicide at 58

1996 Faron Young, country singer and actor (Hidden Guns), commits suicide at 34

1996 Faron Young, country singer, commits suicide at 64

1996 James Leo Herlihy, author (Midnight Cowboy), commits suicide at 66

1996 Margaux Hemingway, model/actress (Lipstick), commits suicide at 41

1996 Ray Combs, TV host (Family Feud), commits suicide at 40

1996 Mike Jeremy Boorda, commandant (NATO), commits suicide at 57

1995 Suicide bomber blasts into Egyptian embassy in Islamabad, kills 16

1995 Mordechai Gur, Israeli general, commits suicide at 65

1995 Sunil Jayasinghe, Sri Lankan wicketkeeper (1979 World Cup), suicide

1995 Cheyenne Brando, daughter of Marlon, commits suicide

1995 Jacques Lefebvre, Belgian air force gen, commits suicide at 64

1995 Ed Flanders, actor (Dr. Westphall-St. Elsewhere), commits suicide at 60

1995 Frederick West, Engl contractor/serial killer, commits suicide at 53

1994 Radio personality Howard Stern talks a man out of attempting suicide

1994 Ronald "Buster" Edwards, Great Train Robber, commits suicide at 62

1994 Tommy Boyce, U.S. songwriter (Be My Guest), commits suicide at 55

1994 Danny Gatton, U.S. guitarist, commits suicide at 48

1994 Alain Berdarin, founder/owner of "Crazy Horse Saloon," suicide at 78

1994 Patrick Crommelynck, Belgian pianist, commits suicide

1994 Taeko Kuwata, Japanese/Belgian pianist, commits suicide

1994 Luis Ocana, Span cyclist (Tour de France 1973), commits suicide at 48

1994 Lewis B Puller, U.S. writer (Pulitzer 1992), commits suicide at 48

1994 Steven Keats, actor (Death Wish), dies of apparent suicide at 48

1994 Francois de Grossouvre, President Mitterrand advisor, suicide at 76

1994 Kurt Cobain, grunge rocker (Nirvana), commits suicide by gun at 27

1994 Palestinian suicide bomber kills 7 Israelis and himself

1994 Lady Caithness, wife of British undersecretary, commits suicide

1993 Zviad Gamsachurdia, President of Georgia SSR (1991-1993), suicide at 54

1993 Adriaan Venema, Dutch journalist/art dealer, commits suicide at 52

1993 Will Rogers Jr, (Rep-D)/actor (Boy from Okla), commits suicide at 81

1993 June Smaney, actress (Sainted Sister), dies of apparent suicide at 71

1993 Patrick Haemers, Belgian criminal, commits suicide at 40

1993 Pierre Beregovoy, PM of France (1992-93), commits suicide at 67

1993 David Koresh, [Vernon Howell], cult leader (Davidians), suicide

1993 Jeff Ward, drummer (9 Inch Nails), commits suicide at 30

1993 Fletcher Knebel, author (7 Days in May), commits suicide at 81

1993 Sathasivam Krishnakumar, Sri Lanka commander, commits suicide

1992 Bruce Vorhauer, inventor (Today contraceptive sponge), suicide at 50

1992 David Jones, actor, commits suicide (had terminal cancer) at 76

1991 Rob Pilatus, 27, of Milli-Vanilli attempts suicide

1991 Kelly Jean Van Dyke-Nance, (Jerry Van Dyke's daughter), suicide at 33

1991 Dr. Jack Kevorkian's suicide machine kills 2 women

1991 Sergei Ajromeiev, soviet general, commits suicide

1991 Boris Pugo, U.S.S.R. minister of Interior (1990), commits suicide

1991 Pittsburgh Steelers guard Terry Long treated for an apparent suicide attempt after he learned he tested positive for steroid use

1991 Mary Bacon, jockey, dying of cancer, commits suicide by gun at 43

1991 Jiang Qing, widow of Chinese leader Mao Tse Tung, commits suicide

1991 Dennis Crosby, son of Bing, commits suicide at 54

1991 Harry Krimer, actor (Napoleon), committed suicide at 94

1990 Mitch Snyder, homeless advocate, commits suicide by hanging at 46

1990 Dr. Jack Kevorkian assisted an Oregon woman to commit suicide, beginning a national debate over the right to die

1990 Bruno Bettelhelm, Austrian/US psychoanalyst, commits suicide at 86

1989 Jay Stewart, annoucer on Lets Make a Deal, commits suicide

1989 14 year old actress Drew Barrymore, attempts suicide

1989 Tennis superstar Bjorn Borg, apparently attempts suicide in Milan

1988 Anthony Holland, AIDS sufferer committed suicide at 60

1988 Bantcho Bantchevsky, U.S. opera singer, commits suicide

1987 Young man survives 7 attempts at suicide in Somerset England

1987 Nico Slothouwer, poet (Liefdesstratenplan), commits suicide at 30

1987 Rudolph Hess, Nazi (46 years in Spandau Prison), commits suicide at 93

1987 Yogi Horton, drummer (Luther Vandross), commits suicide at 33

1987 Former national security adviser Robert McFarlane attempts suicide

1987 David Savoy Jr, rock manager (Husker Du), commits suicide at 24

1986 Richard Manuel, rock vocalist/pianist (Band), commits suicide at 40

1985 James Vance (20) and Raymond Belknap (18), commit suicide, sparking their families to sue rock group Judas Priest for subliminal messages

1985 Singing Nun, commits suicide in Belgium at 52

1984 Suicide car bomb attacks U.S. Embassy annex in Beirut, kills 23

1983 Suicide terrorist truck bomb kills 241 U.S. personnel in Beirut

1983 Walter Slezak, actor (Bedtime For Bonzo), commits suicide in New York at 80

1983 Suicide bomber kills 63, at U.S. Embassy in Lebanon

1983 Roy Horb, Suriname sergeant/putschist, commits suicide

1982 John AM "Hans" van Tongeren, actor (Hunk), commits suicide at 27

1982 Sylvestre A Guzman Fernandez, President Dominican Rep, commits suicide

1982 Louis M de Guiringaud, Fren forgn min (1976-78), commits suicide at 70

1982 Brenda Benet, actress (Track of Thunder), commits suicide by gun at 36

1982 Neil Aggett, South African worker's union leader, commits suicide

1981 Mehmet Shehu, PM Albania (1954-81)/"US-Russ spy", commits suicide

1981 Natalie Wood, actress (West Side Story), drowns at 43 (suicide)

1981 John Hinckley attempts suicide by overdosing on Tylenol

1981 Muhammad Ali talks a despondent 21 year old out of committing suicide

1980 Imogen Hassall, Countess of Cleavage (Carry on Lovng), suicide at 37

1980 Ian Curtis, English rock vocalist (Joy Division), commit suicide at 23

1980 Axel Springer Jr, German photographer, commits suicide at 38

1979 Voluntary Euthanasia Society publishes how-to-do-it suicide guide

1979 Jean Seberg, actress (Breathless, Airport), commits suicide at 40

1979 Donny Hathaway, Chicago, Illinois, rocker (Ghetto), commits suicide at 33

1978 Jim Jones, U.S. pastor, leader of Jonestown Cult, commits suicide

1978 Leo J. Ryan, (Rep-Cal) and 4 killed in Jonestown, Guyana by members of Peoples Temple, followed by ritual mass suicide of 914 members

1978 Sid Vicious attempts suicide while at Riker's Detention Center in New York City

1978 Gig Young, kills his bride of 3 weeks and then commits suicide at 64

1978 Moluccans "suicide commandos" occupies Province house

1977 Avraham Ofer, Israeli minister of housing, commits suicide

1976 Phil Ochs, singer (Draft Dodger Rag), commits suicide at 35

1975 Pete Ham, rocker (Badfinger), commits suicide by hanging himself at 27

1974 Henri Smajda, Tunis/French publisher (Combat), commits suicide at 77

1973 Paul Williams, rocker (Temptations), commits suicide at 32

1973 Ray Davies, announces retirement from Kinks then attempts suicide

1972 Rory Storm, lead singer (Rory Storm and Hurricane), commits suicide

1971 Peter Deuel, actor (Gidget, Love on a Rooftop), commits suicide at 31

1971 Frank Wolff, actor (Erotic Illusion, Last Gun), suicide at 43

1971 Bella Darvi, actress (Racers), commits suicide at 42

1971 Diane Arbus, [Nemerov], photographer (Vogue), commits suicide at 48

1970 Bernd-Alois Zimmermann, Germ composer (Requiem), commits suicide at 52

1970 Inger Stevens, actress (Katy-Farmer's Daughter), commits suicide at 35

1968 Vladimir Boudnik, Czech sculptor, commits suicide at about 45

1968 Kokichi Tsuburaya, Jap marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide

1967 Mohammed Abdul Hakim Amer, Egyptian vice-PM, commits suicide at 47

1967 Joe Meek, rocker (Tornados)/producer (Telstar), commits suicide

1965 Everett Sloane, dies of apparent suicide with bartiturates at 55

1962 Clara Blandick, committed suicide at 80

1961 Ernest Hemingway, writer, commits suicide at 61

1960 Phyllis Haver, actress (Don Juan), commits suicide at 61

1959 Lou Bandy, Dutch revue-artist (Life Ain't Bad), commits suicide at 69

1959 Renato Caccioppoli, Italian mathematician/pianist, suicide at 55

1959 Grant Withers, actor (Oklahoma Annie), suicide with sleeping pills at 54

1956 Aleksandr A Fadejev, Russ author (Young Guard), commits suicide at 54

1954 Getulio D Vargas, pres/dictator Brazil: 1930-45, 51-54, suicide at 71

1954 Alan M Turing, British mathematician (Turing), commits suicide at 41

1954 Edwin H Armstrong, U.S. radio inventor (FM), commits suicide at 63

1951 Robert Joy, born in Montreal, Quebec, actor, Big Shots, Suicide Club

1948 Jan Masaryk, Czech Foreign minister, commits suicide or is murdered

1948 Tony DeMeur, rocker, Fabulous Poodles-Anna Rexia, Suicide Bridge

1946 Hermann Wilhelm Goering, German SA-leader, commits suicide at 53

1946 Heinrich George, German actor (Jud Suss), commits suicide at 52

1945 Robert van Genechten, Dutch Nazi (NSB), commits suicide

1945 Robert Ley, German nazi, commits suicide

1945 Hideki Tojo, Japanese PM during most of WW II, attempts suicide rather than face war crimes tribunal attempt fails, later he is hanged

1945 Lieutenant General Ushijima, Japanese commander, commits suicide at Okinawa

1945 Meinoud M Rost van Tonningen, anti semite/NSB (1937-41), suicide

1945 Heinrich Himmler, German Nazi leader and Chief of Police, committed suicide

1945 Heinrich Himmler, Gestapo leader, commits suicide in prison at 44

1945 NSB-Fuhrer Rost van Tonningen attempts and fails at suicide

1945 900 occupiers of Demmin Vorpommeren, commit suicide

1945 Paul Josef Goebbels, Nazi minister on propoganda, commits suicide

1945 Adolph Hitler, German dictator (1936-45), commits suicide at 56

1945 Eva Braun, mistress/wife of Hitler, commits suicide at 33

1945 Walter Model, German fieldmarshal, commits suicide at 54

1945 U.S. planes intercept Japanese fleet heading for Okinawa on a suicide superbattleship Yamato and four destroyers were sunk

1945 Pierre Drieu la Rochelle, French writer/poet, commits suicide at 52

1944 1st Japanse suicide submarine attack (Ulithi Atol, Carolines)

1944 Erwin Rommel, German fieldmarshal (WW II-Africa), suicide at 52

1944 Killinger, German ambassador to Romania, commits suicide

1944 Gunther von Kluge, German field marshal, commits suicide, dies at 62

1944 Japanese suicide attack on U.S. lines in Guam

1944 Henning von Tresckow, Gen-Maj, "July 20th plotter", commits suicide

1943 Hans Jeschonnek, German air force general/chief-staff, commits suicide

1943 Fritz Schmidt, Nazi commissioner in Holland, commits suicide at 39

1942 Captain Moravec, Czech resistance fighter, commit suicide

1941 Earnest Udet, German general/head air pioneer, commits suicide

1941 ... Korysis, PM of Greece, commits suicide

1941 Pal Teleki-von Szek, PM Hungary (1920-21, 39-41), suicide at 61

1941 Virginia [Adeline] Woolf-Stephen, author (To Lighthouse), suicide 59

1941 Rudolf Hilferding, Germ economist/Min of Finance (SPD), suicide at 63

1941 Ioannis Metaxas, Greek gen/dictator (1936-41), commits suicide at 69

1941 Shima Iwashita, actress, Red Lion, Hara-Kiri, Double Suicide

1940 Willard Hershberger, catcher (Cin Reds), commits suicide

1940 Y G Van de Peat, Dutch director of employment, commits suicide

1940 Willem A Bonger, Dutch criminologist (Race and Crime), suicide at 63

1940 Menno ter Braak, Dutch writer (Forum, New Elite), suicide at 38

1939 Hans Langsdorff, German capt (Graaf Spee), commits suicide

1939 Owen Moore, actor (She Done Him Wrong), commits suicide at 52

1939 Matthias Sindelar, Austria soccer star, commits suicide

1938 Alfonsina Storni, Argentine poet (El dulce dano/suicide), dies at 45

1937 Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, Hungarian poet, commits suicide at 36

1937 Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan author and poet, commits suicide at 58

1932 Harold "Heart" Crane, U.S. poet (Bridge), commits suicide at 32

1932 George Eastman, U.S. industrialist (Kodak-camera), suicide at 77

1932 Ivar Kreuger, "Swedish Match King" industrialist, commits suicide

1927 Adolf A Joffe, Russian author/diplomat, commits suicide at 44

1917 Emile Durkheim, French sociologist (Le suicide), dies

1914 Aleksandr Samsonov, Russian general, commits suicide

1904 Vincent Tancred, cricket (Bernard and Louis bro, Test for S A), suicide

1902 Friedrich A Krupp, cannon manufacturer, commits suicide

1886 Frederick J "Fred" Archer, English jockey, commits suicide at 29

1881 Emory Upton, U.S. Union gen-maj (Selma), commits suicide at 42

1868 Theodorus, [Kasa], emperor of Abyssinia, commits suicide

1868 Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62

1866 Faa di Bruno, Italian captain (Er d'italia, Lissa), commits suicide

1865 Edmun Ruffin, U.S. secessionist/writer, commits suicide

1861 Philip St. George Cocke, Confederate brig-gen, commits suicide at 52

1861 Laselo Teleki, Hungarian earl/revolutionary, commits suicide

1860 Count Istvan Szechenyi, statesman, commits suicide

1854 Composer Robert Schumann saved from suicide attempt in Rhine

1854 Composer R Schumann is saved from suicide attempt into the Rhine

1849 Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet (Death's Jest-Book), suicide at 45

1831 John CJ van Speijk, commits suicide at 29

1830 Louis H J Conde, French prince, commits suicide at 74

1822 Robert Stewart, 2nd marguess of Londonderry, commits suicide, dies

1819 Ann C Coleman, fiancee of President Buchanan, commits suicide

1809 Meriwether Lewis, (Lewis and Clark Expedition), commits suicide at 35

1794 Sebastien-Roch-Nicolas Chamfort, Fr playwright, commits suicide at 53

1791 Richard earl d'Alton, Austria general of S Neth, commits suicide at 58

1768 Willem van Hairs, Fries nobleman/poet (Suicide), dies at 58

1644 200 members of Peking imperial family/court commit suicide

1644 Si Sang, last Ming-emperor of China, commits suicide

1630 John de White, calvinist/banker to Prague, commits suicide

1618 Gilles van Ledenberg, sec of Utrecht States (1588-1618), suicide at 68

1514 Richard Hunne, English "heretic", commits suicide

1242 Hendrik VII, Roman Catholics German king (1220-35), commits suicide

394 Arbogast, French general, commits suicide

68 Claudius Nero, Roman emperor (54-68), commits suicide at 31

9 Publius Quinctilius Varus, Roman viceroy of Syria, suicide at 59



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