List of works published posthumously

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The following is a list of works that were published or distributed after the parties involved in its creation died.

1 Films
- 1.1 Films whose director died before the release
- 1.2 Films whose actor/actress died before the release
2 Literature
3 Music
4 References
5 See also

[edit] Films

[edit] Films whose director died before the release

Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma (1976), following Pier Paolo Pasolini's murder.
Eyes Wide Shut (1999), premiering July 13, 1999 after filmmaker Stanley Kubrick's death on March 7 of the same year.
California Dreamin' (2007), following Cristian Nemescu's death in a car crash.
Waitress (2007), following Adrienne Shelly's murder.
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (2008), TV film pilot, aired five days after Anthony Minghella's death.

[edit] Films whose actor/actress died before the release

In several cases, actors or actresses have died prior to the release of a film: either during filming or after it has been completed, but is yet to be released. In the case that the actor dies during filming, their scenes are often completed by stunt doubles, or through special effects. Only people who actually appear in some capacity in a posthumously released film are listed here. Those who were scheduled to start a project, but died before filming began, are not included.

Saratoga (1937), following the death of Jean Harlow with 90% of filming completed. A body-double and two voice-doubles completed the filming in Harlow's role.^[1]
Rebel Without a Cause (1955) and Giant (1956), following the death in an automobile accident of actor James Dean in September 1955, just days after filming on the latter was completed. He received a posthumous Best Actor Oscar nomination for Giant.
Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959), following Bela Lugosi's death. He died having filmed two minutes of footage.^[1] Stock footage filmed for an unrealized Ed Wood project was inter-cut with new footage featuring a double Tom Mason that looked nothing like Lugosi.^[1]
The Misfits (1961), released on what would have been actor Clark Gable's 60th birthday. He had died three months earlier of a heart attack, brought on in part, according to later reports, by the stress of difficulties working with co-star Marilyn Monroe.
Enter the Dragon (1973) and Game of Death (1978), following Bruce Lee's death.
Trail of the Pink Panther (1982), wherein Peter Sellers had died before production began, and his performance was constructed from a mixture of flashbacks to previous films in the series, and unused footage from The Pink Panther Strikes Again.
Brainstorm (1983), nearly two years after the drowning death of actress Natalie Wood, who was acting in the film at the time. A body-double and obscuring camea techniques were used to complete Wood's scenes.^[1]
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983), following the death of Vic Morrow, in a helicopter accident on the set, which also claimed the lives of two child co-stars.
The Transformers: The Movie (1986), as Orson Welles died shortly after voicing Unicron.
Poltergeist III (1988), following the death of Heather O'Rourke
She's Having a Baby (1988), following Cathryn Damon's death.
UHF (1989), following the death of Trinidad Silva.
Jetsons: The Movie (1990), following the deaths of George O'Hanlon and Mel Blanc, the respective voices of George Jetson and Mr. Spacely.
The Crow (1994), following Brandon Lee's death from an accident while filming on the set.
Wagons East! (1994) and Canadian Bacon (1995), both following the death of John Candy. This was the first time CGI had been used to complete an actor's scene after their death.^[1]
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995), following Donald Pleasance's death
Bullet (1996), Gridlock'd (1997) and Gang Related (1997), all released following the death of Tupac Shakur.
Almost Heroes (1998) and Dirty Work (1998), both following the death of Chris Farley.
Pleasantville (1998), following the death of J. T. Walsh
Small Soldiers (1998) and Kiki's Delivery Service (1998), both following the murder of Phil Hartman.
Gladiator (2000), following the death of Oliver Reed. CGI was used to complete Reed's scenes.^[1]
Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), following the death of Jim Varney, who voiced Cookie Farnsworth.
Queen of the Damned (2002), following Aaliyah's death.
Anger Management (2003), following Lynne Thigpen's death.
The Matrix Reloaded (2003), following Gloria Foster's death.
Bad Santa (2003) and Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004), both following John Ritter's death.
Bad Girls from Valley High (2005), two years following Jonathan Brandis's death
Lords of Dogtown (2005), following Mitch Hedberg's death.
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006) and All Roads Lead Home (2008), both following Peter Boyle's death.
Happy Feet (2006), following Steve Irwin's death.
Illegal Aliens (2007), following Anna Nicole Smith's death.
The Dark Knight (scheduled July 2008) and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (scheduled 2009), both following Heath Ledger's death. Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell will complete filming for Ledger's role in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, while filming for The Dark Knight had already been completed.^[1]
The Informers (scheduled October 2008), following Brad Renfro's death
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (scheduled November 2008), following Rob Knox's death.

[edit] Literature

Douglas Adams — The Salmon of Doubt
Shmuel Yosef Agnon — Shira
Isaac Asimov — Forward the Foundation
Jane Austen — Northanger Abbey and Persuasion
Georg Büchner — Woyzeck
Mikhail Bulgakov — The Master and Margarita
Charles Bukowski — over twenty books of poetry and short stories after his 1994 death.
Samuel Butler — The Way of All Flesh
Albert Camus — The First Man
Angela Carter — American Ghosts and Old World Wonders, The Curious Room
Agatha Christie — Sleeping Murder
Roald Dahl — Roald Dahl's Guide to Railway Safety
Rene Daumal — Mount Analogue
Philip K. Dick — Gather Yourselves Together, Radio Free Albemuth, Humpty Dumpty in Oakland, Voices From the Street
Charles Dickens — The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Emily Dickinson — Virtually all of her poems, as well as her letters.
Ralph Ellison — Juneteenth
F. Scott Fitzgerald — The Last Tycoon
Gustave Flaubert — Bouvard et Pécuchet
Ian Fleming — The Man With The Golden Gun and Octopussy and the Living Daylights
E. M. Forster — Maurice
Anne Frank — The Diary of a Young Girl
Julius Fučík — Notes from the Gallows
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe — Faust Part Two
Robert A. Heinlein — For Us, the Living, written in 1939, but not published until 2003, 15 years after his death.
Joseph Heller — Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man
C. L. R. James — American Civilization
Franz Kafka — The Trial, The Castle and Amerika as well as many short stories.
Niccolò Machiavelli — The Prince
Walter M. Miller, Jr. _ Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman
Jessica Mitford — The American Way of Death Revisited
Irène Némirovsky — Suite française
Flann O'Brien — The Third Policeman
Wilfred Owen — almost all of his poems, the first edition being 24 Poems (1920)
Karel Poláček — There Were Five of Us (Czech Bylo nás pět)
Dr. Seuss — Daisy - Head Mayzie
Yaakov Shabtai — Past Perfect ("Sof Davar")
J. R. R. Tolkien — The Silmarillion (published 5 years after his death), The Children of Húrin (based on a tale in The Silmarillion, published 35 years after his death)
Leo Tolstoy — The Living Corpse, Hadji Murat
John Kennedy Toole — A Confederacy of Dunces, The Neon Bible
Jules Verne — Le Phare du bout du monde, Paris in the 20th Century

[edit] Music

Several of Jim Croce's singles and albums were released after his 1973 death in a plane crash.
The single "(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay" was released a month after the plane crash that killed singer Otis Redding.
John Lennon's hit singles "Woman" and "Watching the Wheels" were released shortly after his murder. The album Milk and Honey, which includes the song "Nobody Told Me," came out two years later.
Chopin's opuses 66-74 contain 20+ posthumous works.
Queen album Made in Heaven was released three years after the death of frontman Freddie Mercury
MTV Unplugged in New York, on November 1, 1994 after singer/songwriter/gutairist Kurt Cobain's death on April 5 of the same year; also From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah, With the Lights Out and Sliver: The Best of the Box. There was also a single, "You Know You're Right", recorded on January 30, 1994 at Bob Lang Studios during Nirvana's final studio session. Released on the band's compilation album, Nirvana, eight years after Cobain's death.
R U Still Down? (Remember Me), Until the End of Time, Better Dayz, Tupac: Resurrection, Loyal to the Game, and Pac's Life were all released after Tupac Shakur's death on September 13, 1996.
Two The Notorious B.I.G. albums.
Rapper Big L released The Big Picture
Rebel Meets Rebel (album), a compilation of material from a Pantera side-project with David Allen Coe, was released over a year after guitarist Dimebag Darrell was murdered.
Closer, in August 1980, after the suicide of Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis on May 17 of that year. The remaining members of Joy Division later went on to form New Order.
Most of the extensive catalogue of American guitarist Jimi Hendrix. In his lifetime, Hendrix only saw the release of three albums by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, a compilation by the same group, and a live album by the Band of Gypsys.
The self titled album from California ska group Sublime was released after singer/songwriter/gutairist Bradley Nowell's 1996 heroin overdose death.
Michael Hutchence a self titled album by INXS frontman Michael Hutchence, which was released after his 1997 death of autoerotic asphyxiation.
De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas was released following the murder of Mayhem's guitarist, Euronymous.
The live album Ballot Result by the punk band The Minutemen was released two years after the death of lead singer/gutairist D. Boon in a van accident.
Apple, the sole album by grunge band Mother Love Bone was released days after lead singer Andrew Wood's death
Mystery White Boy and Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk were released after the death of Jeff Buckley.
Various live recordings and studio outtakes by Tim Buckley have been released following his death by accidental overdose.
Various home recordings by Nick Drake have been released since his death to satisfy growing interest in his work.
My Place a solo album by Australian guitarist Guy McDonough (Australian Crawl) in 1985 after his death.
American V: A Hundred Highways was released after Johnny Cash's death.
From a Basement on the Hill and New Moon, released after Elliott Smith's death.
The Beatles' songs "Free As A Bird" and "Real Love", wherein the three surviving Beatles overdubbed onto home recordings by John Lennon.
Brainwashed by George Harrison, completed by producer Jeff Lynne and son Dhani Harrison.
Coda by Led Zeppelin, released two years after the death of John Bonham.
Donuts and The Shining, by J Dilla.
Mystery Girl by Roy Orbison. Spawned a hit single in "You Got It".
California session singer Warren Wiebe has been featured on various compliation albums following his tragic suicide in 1998 as well as several demo recordings.