Celebrity
Death Certificates
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Meitner, Lise:
(November 7, 1878 - October 27, 1968)
Lise Meitner was an
Austrian-Swedish physicist who worked on
radioactivity and nuclear physics and best
known for her work with scientists, Otto
Hahn and Otto Robert Frisch, as they
discovered nuclear fission of uranium when
it absorbed an extra neutron. Meitner went
on to publish her findings in 1939.
On October 27, 1968, Meitner passed away in
here sleep. Here death certificate lists the
cause of her death as coronary
insufficiency, heart failure, and repeated
coronary thrombosis.
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Mercury, Freddie:
(September 5, 1946 - November 24, 1991)
Freddie Mercury was a talented British singer
and songwriter who was the lead vocalist for
the rock band, Queen. As a
songwriter, Mercury composed some
outstanding hit songs including
"Bohemian
Rhapsody", "Killer Queen", "Somebody to
Love", "Don't Stop Me Now", "Crazy Little
Thing Called Love" and "We Are the
Champions". On November 23, 1991,
Mercury
released a statement saying that he was
tested as HIV positive and had AIDS and
stated that he quite this quiet to date to
protect the privacy of those around him. The
next day, Freddie Mercury died as a result of
"bronchopneumonia as a complication to
AIDS."
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Monroe, Marilyn:
(June 1, 1926 - August 5, 1962)
Marilyn Monroe
was a talented American actress who became a
sex symbol of the big screen. She starred in
hit movies such as Bus Stop,
getting a Golden Globe nomination; and
winning a Golden Globe Award for Some
Like It Hot. Marilyn was married to
baseball legend Joe DiMaggio before
divorcing him. After her death, Joe had a
half-a-dozen red roses delivered to her
grave three times a week for 20 years. On
August 5, 1962, Marilyn was found early in
the morning dead in her bed. Her
psychiatrist, Dr. Ralph Greenson called 911
to report Monroe was found dead at her home.
Her toxicology report
stated that eight milligram per cent of
Chloral hydrate and 4.5 milligram percent of
Nembutal were found in her system. Dr.
Thomas Noguchi of the Los Angeles County
Coroners office recorded cause of death as
"acute barbiturate poisoning," resulting
from a "probable suicide." There are several
conspiracy theories that Marilyn's death was
the result of the mafia or CIA; or it was
rumored that she had affairs with John and
Robert Kennedy. It was supposedly reported
that last person who talked to Marilyn was
the 35th President of the United States,
John F. Kennedy.
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Morrison,
Jim:
(December 8, 1943 - July 3, 1971)
Jim Morrison
was the
lead singer for the rock group, The Doors. Morrison is
ranked as one of the Rolling Stone's magazine "100 Greatest
Singers of All Time."
The Doors
achieved national recognition after signing with Elektra Records
in 1967. The single "Light My Fire" eventually
reached number one on the
Billboard Pop Singles chart.
Morrison was together with his long-time companion,
Pam Courson
at the time of his death.
On July 3, 1971, Courson found
Morrison dead in the bathtub of their apartment located at
17
rue Beautreillis in Paris, France. At the time of his death,
there was no official autopsy performed. The translation of the
official French death certificate states that his death was due
to "heart problems were aggravated by the abuse of
alcohol, followed by an abrupt change of temperature caused
cardiac arrest." There was some controversy surrounding
Morrison's death in which there have been several theories how
Morrison died. When
interviewed by police,
Pamela Courson stated that she and Jim they went to a late-night
showing at the cinema of the Robert Mitchum movie Pursued, later
returning to their the apartment. After watching some of
Morrison's home movies, they drifted off to sleep. An hour
later Courson awoke to Morrison choking and gurgling. Courson
slapped Morrison awake, after which he promptly vomited blood in
the bathroom. Worried, she offered to call a doctor, but
Morrison declined, saying he was feeling better and wanted to
take a bath. Courson went back to sleep and Morrison finished
his bath. She woke the next morning at approximately 8:00 a.m.
to discover Morrison unconscious in the bathtub. A small amount
of blood trickled from his nose as Courson tried to wake him.
She called her friend at 8:30, and later the fire department.
As the firemen pulled Morrison from the bath and laid him in the
bedroom they treated unsuccessfully to revive him using CPR. Jim
Morrison died at the age of 27. He is one of the great musicians
included in the Forever 27 Club, which is the
name for a group of influential rock and blues musicians who all
died at the age of 27. Morrison is buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.
Also included in this file is the English version of the death
certificate, the American Embassy Statement of Death of an
American Citizen, and the official police report associated with
the interview of Pam Courson. On April 25, 1974,
Courson
died of a heroin overdose.
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Murphy-Monjack,
Brittany:
(November 10, 1977 - December 20, 2009)
Brittany
Murphy was a famed actress who starred in
movies such as Clueless; Just Married; Girl,
Interrupted; Spun; 8 Mile; Uptown Girls; Sin
City; Happy Feet; and Riding in Cars with
Boys. Brittany Murphy and her husband Simon
Monjack died 5 months apart of
community-acquired pneumonia. You may
also review the autopsy, police, and
toxicology report
here.
Autopsy Report
File Size is (13.86 MB)
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O'Rourke, Heather:
(December 27, 1975 - February 1, 1988)
Heather
O'Rourke was a talented, young actress who
starred in the thriller movie series,
Poltergeist. Heather had become ill in early
1987 and was misdiagnosed with Crohn's
Disease. On
January 31, 1988, O'Rourke suddenly became
ill again, vomiting and unable to keep
anything down. The next morning she
collapsed and went into cardiac arrest while
en route to the hospital. After
resuscitation, Heather was airlifted by
helicopter to Children's Hospital and Health
Center in San Diego. She died during surgery
to repair an acute bowel obstruction that
was caused by congenital
stenosis
of the intestine. Her cause of death was
listed as cardiac arrest caused by septic
shock brought on by the intestinal stenosis.
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Oswald, Lee Harvey:
(October 18, 1939 - November 24, 1963)
Lee Harvey
Oswald was a young gentleman
who, on November 22, 1963, assassinated John
F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United
States of America in Dallas, Texas as the
president rode in his motorcade.
Ironically, on November 24, 1963, Oswald,
was shot in the abdomen by Jack Ruby as he
was being escorted out of Dallas Police
Headquarters. Oswald was taken to Parkland
Memorial Hospital were he died at 1:07PM
local time.
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Phoenix, River:
(August 30, 1970 - October 31, 1993)
River
Phoenix was an outstanding actor who starred
in movies such as
Stand By Me,
Sneakers,
My Own Private Idaho,
as well as in
Running on Empty, for
which his performance earned him the
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination.
On October 31, 1993, Phoenix had
collapsed outside of the Hollywood
nightclub, the Viper Room, where he was to
perform. He subsequently went into
convulsions, and then cardiac arrest. He was
rushed to the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center,
where further attempts to resuscitate
Phoenix were unsuccessful. He was pronounced
dead at 1:51 a.m. Pacific Standard Time. The
official cause of death is "acute multiple
drug intoxication" resulting from cocaine
and heroin ingestion. His toxicology report
also states he had diazepam, ephedrine and
marijuana in his blood.
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