9.Heath Ledger
On 22 January 2008, Ledger was found unconscious in his bed by his housekeeper. Two weeks later on 6 February 2008, a report based on the initial autopsy said that “Mr. Heath Ledger died as the result of acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam and diolamine.” It also states that “We have concluded that the manner of death is an accident, resulting from the abuse of prescribed medications.”
10.Kurt Cobain
On April 8, 1994, Cobain’s body was discovered at his home by an electrician. A note was found, addressed to Cobain’s childhood imaginary friend “Boddah,” that stated that Cobain had not “felt the excitement of listening to as well as creating music, along with really writing … for too many years now”.
11.Vincent Van Gogh
The post-impressionist painter is believed to have shot himself in the chest with a revolver on 27 July 1890. He suffered from anxiety and frequent bouts of mental illness. Art historians have widely debated the extent to which his mental health affected his painting.
12.Rajiv Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated while campaigning for the Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha Congress candidate in a village in Chennai. At 10:10 pm, a woman later identified as Thenmozhi Rajaratnam, approached Gandhi in public and greeted him by bending down to touch his feet and detonated a belt laden with 700 grams of RDX explosives tucked under her dress. The assassination was captured by a local photographer, whose camera and film were found at the site.
