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Celebrity Autopsy Reports
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Belushi, John:
(January
24, 1949 - March 5, 1982)
John Belushi was a prominent actor
and comedian who overdosed on a
combination of cocaine and heroin.
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Carpenter,
Karen:
(March 2, 1950 - February 4, 1983)
Karen Carpenter was a young and
talented singer and songwriter who
along with her brother, Richard,
formed the musical duo The
Carpenters. In April 1969,
The Carpenters signed their first
recording contract and throughout
the course of the 1970's, the duo
had several # 1 and # 2 hits
including, "(They Long to Be) Close
to You," and "We've Only Just
Begun." Unfortunately, during the
same time Karen battled dieting
problem and anorexia nervosa, which
is an eating disorder characterized
by extremely low body weight,
distorted body image and the fear of
gaining weight. Although Karen spent
years in therapy and was in and out
of hospitals getting treated for the
disorder as well and the physical
problems associated with it, Karen
health eventually deteriorated. On
February 4, 1983, Karen passed away
at her parents' home. The causes of
death was
listed as "heartbeat
irregularities brought on by
chemical imbalances associated with
anorexia nervosa.
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Foster, Vincent:
(January 15, 1945 - July 20, 1993)
Vince Foster was the Deputy White
House Counsel during the first term
of Bill Clinton's presidency. His
death was none the less
controversial as he was found with a
gun in his hand and a gunshot wound
through the mouth. His death was
ruled a suicide.
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Gibb, Maurice:
(December 22, 1949 - January 11,
2003) Maurice Gibb was an
outstanding musician, singer, and
songwriter, who was part of the
music group, the Bee Gees, along
with his brothers Robin and Barry
Gibb. The group also had a
younger brother, Andy, who died in
March 1988, of myocarditis or
inflammation of the heart muscle
most likely contributed from
extensive drug and alcohol use.
Maurice Gibb died in Miami, Florida,
as the complication of result of a
ischemic small intestine, due to a
volvulus or twisting of the
intestine. He was cremated after his
death.
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Holley,
Charles: (September
7, 1936 - February 3, 1959) Charles
Holley, known to his
fans as Buddy Holly, was a talented
rock and roll star. Buddy Holly
joined Ritchie
Valens, The Big Bopper, and Dion and
the Belmonts for the "Winter Party
Party." On the morning of February
3, 1959 around 1 AM, Buddy Holly,
along with Ritchie Valens, and J.P.
Richardson perished in an airplane crash
as it was taking off from the Mason
City, Iowa airport. Buddy Holly is buried in the
City
of Lubbock Cemetery in Lubbock,
Texas. A formal autopsy was not done
at the time; however, the cause of
his death is listed as massive head
as the result of the plane crash.
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Mays, Billy: (July
20, 1958 - June 28, 2009) Billy Mays
was a notable advertising
salesperson who was notable for his
appearances in infomericals
promoting products such as OxiClean
and Orange
Glo cleaning products. He also
appeared in the Discovery Channels
new TV series, Pitchmen.
Billy Mays was born in McKees Rocks,
Pennsylvania not far from the home
of
Autopsyfiles.org.
On the morning of June 28, Mays was
found unresponsive by his wife in
his Tampa, Florida home. Ironically,
the evening before his death, Billy
Mays was aboard a plane that had a
difficult landing, causing items in
the overhead compartments to hit him
in the head. After the landing, he
was interviewed and said to have no
ill-effects from the landing.
An autopsy revealed that he suffered
from hypertensive heart disease and
that he most likely suffered heart
attack. He is buried in the
Beth
Hamedrash Hagodal Cemetery located
in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania.
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Murphy, Brittany: (November
10, 1977 - December 20, 2009) Brittany
was an outstanding actress and
singer who starred in many top
films, including Clueless,
8 Mile, Sin City, and
soon to be released film,
Abandoned. Brittany was also the
voice of that wild and crazy Luanne
Platter in King of the Hill.
Brittany also join Paul Oakenfold in
singing and performing the club hit
song "Faster Kill Pussycat."
Brittany private life included
dating talented star, Ashton Kutcher;
and engagements to several of her
managers which later ended. In May
2007, she married British
screenwriter Simon Monjack. On
December 20, 2009, paramedics
responded to a 9-1-1 call at her
residence where they found
unresponsive in her bathroom. She
supposedly collapsed. Firefighters
attempted to resuscitate Murphy on
the scene. She was subsequently
transported to
Cedars-Sinai
Medical Center, where she
was pronounced dead. An autopsy was
performed on December 21, 2009, with
results being deferred until
toxicology results are finalized.
View the Death Certificate. Brittany
is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial
Park (Hollywood Hills) in Los
Angeles, California.
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