The following article includes references to drug use.
Though it may not always seem this way, celebrities are just as mortal as the rest of us.
David Giles, for example, wrote in “Postmortal Society” that fame approximates a kind of immortality.
“Through media, celebrities replicate themselves to a bewildering degree,” he wrote.
“Thousands of images still and moving circulate.
Words are spoken and written by and about the celebrity and reproduced in dizzying quantities.
Dying tomorrow, they have left a trace in the world that can persist for centuries.”
They’re as susceptible to accidents, and accidental death, as anyone else, too.
These tragic celebrity deaths were determined to be accidents.
“Offstage he was loving, kind, open, funny, a great friend and a great father.
“What Bob Saget practiced was emotional stage diving.
He would fall face-first into the audience’s arms.”
“I am in complete and utter shock,” Stamos wrote onX, formerly Twitter.
“I will never ever have another friend like him.”
Yelchin’s parents ultimately sued over the design of the gear shifter.
The suit was ultimately settled out of court.
David Carradine died from autoerotic asphyxiation
David Carradine came from an acting family.
The second film premiered in 2004, and five years later, David Carradine was found dead.
Eli Coleman, Sexual Health Department chair at the University of Minnesota, explained the practice toABC News.
Unfortunately, it was.
Unfortunately, it all came to an early end, and thisformer child star died tragically young.
“We were all so shattered by the loss,” Wagner later toldPeople.
“You just take it moment by moment and hope that it gets better.”
She was doing ridiculous amounts of hard drugs and sacrificed her God-given talents for that.”
In 2012, Houston was found dead in her hotel room, having drowned in the bathtub.
It’s probably one of those two scenarios."
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“The concern is that he’s cut off every person he knows.
It’s impossible not to be concerned about that,” Taberski toldThe New York Times.
Mere days later,The New York Timesran an op-ed about how invasive the podcast was.
“[It’s] an invasion of privacy masquerading as a love letter,” Amanda Hess wrote.
“Mr. Simmons is a public figure, and that gives journalists a lot of latitude to pry.
But a friend who claims to want to help Mr. Simmons should probably just leave him alone.”
Ultimately, that was the podcast’s conclusion, too: that Simmons simply wanted to be left alone.
In July 2024, Simmons was found dead at his home.
Rivera’s portrayal of a queer teenager of color was groundbreaking a fact that she was mindful of.
Her heartbreaking final postwas a tribute to her son.
You don’t love us!
You don’t even love yourself.
You just love your money."
Ivana, for her part, was said to have orchestrated her media narrative perfectly.
Decades later after Donald’s marriage to Melania and even a presidency Ivana Trump died.
She modeled strength, tenacity and determination in her every action.
I will miss her forever and will keep her memory alive in our hearts always."
She was a YouTuber and a social media personality with more than a million followers on Instagram.
“i do a lot,” she wrote, “but being a mommy is my favorite.
God chose me 3X.”
Unfortunately, later that very month, Oh was found dead.
The outlet suggested that Oh’s doctor might face criminal responsibility for her death.
She’s also one of the most famous people to ever die accidentally.
Diana, who married and divorced then-Prince Charles, was in Paris in 1997.
They’d crashed, killing the driver andDiana’s boyfriend, Dodi Fayed, instantly.
When the paparazzi came upon the crash, instead of helping, they took photos of the injured princess.
“He gently led into the fact that … Diana was dead.”
From all available evidence, her death was, indeed, an accident.
Though no evidence exists, questions remain.
In an address to the nation, Queen Elizabeth II reflected on her former daughter-in-law.
“She was an exceptional and gifted human being,” she said (viaTIME).
That’s part of what made his performance so special, according to co-star Zendaya.
In July 2023, when he was only 25 years old, Cloud was found dead.
His mother told People that she takes solace in that.
“He got tired from lack of oxygen.
Everything just slowed down, and eventually his heart stopped and he went to sleep.
But he didn’t kill himself,” she said.
His short stardom touched many fans, many of whom expressed their love of Cloud to his mother.
“You know, he’s not just an actor who overdosed.
He was a beautiful soul, and that’s why people miss him so much.”
