List of suicides

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[edit] Famous people who died by suicide

See also: List of famous deaths by accidental drug overdose and Lists of people by cause of death
See also: List of songs about suicide and List of films about suicide

The following are lists of notable people who have definitely died intentionally by their own hand, regardless of the circumstances. Suicides committed under duress are included. Deaths by accident or misadventure are excluded. Individuals who might or might not have died by their own hand, or whose whose intention to die is in dispute, but who are widely believed to have deliberately killed themselves, may be listed under Possible suicides.

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness. Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.

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Lists of people
By name
By belief
By nationality
By occupation
By office held
By prize won

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The following is a list of people who were not famous while alive, but who became notable subsequent to their suicide

[edit] Possible suicides

The following is a list of people whose cause of death is disputed, or whose intention to commit suicide is doubtful.

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  • Michael Hutchence (1997), Australian singer with rock group INXS, hanged himself in a hotel room; officially ruled as suicide, but widely believed to be a case of autoerotic asphyxiation gone wrong.

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  • Frida Kahlo, (1954), Mexican painter. Supposedly died of a pulmonary embolism, but no autopsy was performed, and many are convinced that she committed suicide.
  • Douglas Kenney (1980), writer, producer, actor of National Lampoon Magazine and Animal House. Jumped, fell or was pushed off cliff in Hawaii. Composed note "These are the best days I've chosen to ignore" in hotel room.

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  • Jan Masaryk (1948), Czech statesman, found dead in the courtyard of the Foreign Ministry below his bathroom window. Though the initial 'investigation' stated that he committed suicide by jumping out of the window, it is now commonly believed that he was defenestrated by Communists.

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  • Romy Schneider (1982), Austrian actress. Schneider began drinking alcohol in excess after the sudden death, in July 1981, of her 14-year-old son, who was found impaled on a fence at the home of his stepfather's parents. When she was found dead in her apartment in Paris in May 1982, it was suggested that she had committed suicide by taking a lethal cocktail of alcohol and sleeping pills. However, no post-mortem examination was carried out, and she was declared to have died from cardiac arrest.
  • Elizabeth Shin (2000), MIT student, died from burns inflicted by a fire in her dormitory room after sending emails to faculty members saying that she was depressed and wanted to kill herself.

Paul Gerald Smith, Jr.(2006)committed sucide by hanging in the forest behind his family home after several years of poor mental health, loving brother, son and friend, forever missed.

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  • Saigō Takamori (1876), Japanese samurai, injured in battle, might have committed suicide, or been killed by comrades rather than being killed or captured by the enemy.
  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1893), Russian composer. Generally assumed to have died of cholera, one account claims that he committed suicide by taking arsenic following an attempt to blackmail him over his homosexuality. Some believe that he wrote his Sixth Symphony as his own Requiem.

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  • Kenneth Williams (1988), English actor, barbiturate overdose. Williams was taking medication for back pain and stomach trouble, which he referred to in the last sentence in his diary, concluding "oh — what's the bloody point?". The coroner recorded an open verdict.

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Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

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  • Hercules (myths), self-immolation
  • Sir Hercules (Collected Short Stories (Huxley)), slashing of wrists

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  • Javert (Les Miserables), jumping off bridge
  • Kamome ("Happy Family Planning" episode of Paranoia Agent), jumping or carbon monoxide posioning
  • John the Savage (Brave New World), kills himself after realizing he has succumbed to everything he detests in the futuristic society (Not to mention his isolation from Bernard and Helmholtz, the death of his mother, Linda)
  • Juliet (Romeo and Juliet), stabs herself

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  • Anna Karenina (Anna Karenina), by throwing herself in the path of a train

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  • Nesrine [The real life]

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My Antonia, Antonia's Father

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  • Romeo (Romeo and Juliet), poisoning
  • Rumpelstiltskin ripping himself in two halfs
  • Radzinsky (LOST): Former Station 3: The Swan operator. According to Kelvin Joe Innman, he put a shotgun in his mouth while Kelvin was asleep.

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