1. Actress Paula Yates, the former wife of Bob Geldof and lover of INXS front man Michael Hutchence, died of an accidental heroin overdose in the year 2000. Photo: Rick Stevens.
2. INXS front man Michael Hutchence, was found dead in a room at Sydney's Ritz-Carlton Hotel after an apparent sex game went wrong. Photo: Megan Lewis.
3. Christopher "Notorious B.I.G." Wallace was shot and killed at a set of traffic lights in LA in 1997. Photo: AP Photo/Mark Lennihan.
4. Marilyn Monroe with Baseball great Joe DiMaggio at their wedding in 1953. Marilyn Monroe was found dead of an overdose in 1962.
5. Actor and musician River Phoenix infamously died of a drug overdose outside of the Viper Room nightclub in LA in 1993.
6. Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain committed suicide in 1994. Photo: Jeff Kravitz.
7. Martial Artist Brandon Lee, son of Martial Arts Legend Bruce Lee, was shot and killed while filming a scene in the film The Crow.
8. Musician and former member of the Beatles John Lennon was shot and killed by a crazed fan outside the Dakota Building in New York in 1980.
9. Presdient John F. Kennedy was assasinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22 1963 by Lee Harvey Oswald.
10. John Kennedy Jr. was killed in a plane crash in 1999 along with his wife and sister-in-law. Photo: Mark Lennihan.
11. The Doors front man Jim Morrison died in Paris in 1971 of a suspected heroin overdose.
12. Actress and pin-up girl Anna Nicole Smith was found dead in a hotel room in Florida in 2007 from an overdose of a variety of drugs. Photo: AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta.
13. Rap artist Tupac Shakur was shot dead in a drive by shooting in 1996. Photo: Death Row Records.
14. Wildlife Warrior Steve Irwin was killed by a stingray in 2006 while filming a documentary.
15. Jeff Buckley drowned in a tributary of the Mississippi River on the night of May 29 1997. Photo: Merri Cyr.
16. Jimi Hendrix was found dead in his apartment in London after he asphyxiated on his own vomit. The doctor who pronounced him dead was the future leader of the Australian Greens, Dr. Bob Brown.
17. American rock artist, Janis Joplin was found dead in her apartment of a heroin overdose in 1970. Her ashes were scattered over the Pacific Ocean.
18. Actor James Dean died following a car crash in 1955.
19. Elvis Presley died of a heart attack in 1977 brought on by long term drug abuse.
20. Actor Heath Ledger was found dead in his apartment in New York of an overdose of prescription medication in early 2008. Photo: Sahlan Hayes.
21. The Big Bopper, J.P. Richardson was killed in the same tragic plane crash which claimed the lives of Richie Valen and Buddy Holly in 1959.
22. American Rock'n'Roll singer Buddy Holly was killed in a plane crash in 1959 along with Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson.
23. Princess Diana was killed in a car accident in Paris in 1994.
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