35 Notable Actors Who Died by Suicide Vol. 1

[@Sunnybias]

Marilyn M. shouldn’t be on this list, cause most evidence points to homicide, not suicide.

[@marypapak5759]

Exactly!!!!😮

[@sandervdbrink84]

That's a conspiracy theory. No foul play was found, and nobody swallows douzens of pills involuntarily. Also she was known to have depressions.

[@louislandi938]

@@marypapak5759Agreed!!!!!

[@charliegirl42ify]

Agree. She was involved with JFK, then RFK. She put out a press release saying she had an announcement she would make. RFK et. al., thought it was going to be about her affairs with them, but according to her housekeeper, she was going to announce her remarriage to baseball great, Joe DiMaggio. DiMaggio sent roses to her crypt every year til he himself passed. Very sad.

[@charliegirl42ify]

I am pretty sure Robin Williams can be taken off this list too. Too sketchy circumstances.

[@bunniebee2475]

You forgot Charles Boyer. He overdosed a day or two after his wife died. He couldn’t live without her.

[@christophergraves6725]

Three of these cases might not have been suicide: Marilyn Monroe, Jean Seberg, and George Reeves.

[@cesardipp1976]

Por la sórdida manera en la que Jean Seberg (40) murió, azuzó las teorías de que no fue suicidio, como concluyeron las autoridades francesas. El 8/9/1979, nueve días después de que desapareciera, se hallo su cuerpo descompuesto, envuelto en una sábana, en el asiento trasero de su auto, estacionado cerca de su departamento en el distrito XVI de París. La policía halló una botella de barbitúricos, otra de agua mineral vacía y una nota, escrita en francés, dirigida a su hijo. La autopsia le detectó un nivel letal de sedantes y alcohol en sangre, se estableció como probable causa del óbito, el suicidio. Un año después, la policía francesa determinó que su cuerpo tenía un nivel tan alto de alcohol en sangre que no habría podido haber ingresado al auto por su cuenta, e informaron de que no hallaron restos de bebidas alcohólicas. Por ello, se estabeció que alguien debió haber estado presente cuando murió y no buscó ayuda médica, ¿quién? El actor Ahmed Hasmi, su pareja, reportó que ella, dejó su casa el 30/8 y no volvió a saber de ella, hasta que fue hallado su cadáver 10 días después. Muchas preguntas sigue generando también la relación que tenía con el que entonces era su pareja, Ahmed Hasni (29), playboy argelino de reputación dudosa, contó a la policía que trató de suicidarse en las semanas previas al hallazgo del cuerpo, tirándose a las vías del metro en la estación Montparnasse. Aseguró que el 30/8/1979, tras salir del cine deprimida, dejó el departamento que compartían, en plena noche y cubierta con solo una sábana, 9 días fue hallada muerta. Un trágico fin para la bella que Jean-Luc Godard inmortalizó en 'À bout de souffle'. François Truffaut, maestro del cine francés, la definió como: "Fue la 1era estrella moderna del cine". (Fuente: ©BBC)

[@mirabellaolson6410]

George Reeves was murdered by his lovers mob husband who kept her out of his way! George was gonna marry and make a big movie, no WAY HE took his life. Police evidence disputes that was well!

[@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc]

George Reeves was murdered by a married woman whom he had an affair with.

[@roberteaston6413]

The FBI can credit for Jean Seberg's death.

[@user-rq2es2io8y]

Jean Seberg was hounded to death by J. Edgar Hoover. Read her bio on the internet.

[@jereesantacruz6989]

Some of these are questionable whether suicide or homicide they couldn't follow up too well in those days. Marilyn should definately be taken off the list.

[@5Gburn]

Accidental overdose.

[@dorothywilkerson5922]

Q

[@susannay.3437]

So sad. Also: Peter Duel, from Alias Smith and Jones, b. Feb. 24, 1940 d. Dec. 31, 1971 Age: 31; Gia Scala, from The Guns of Navarone, b. March 3, 1934 d. April 30, 1972 Age: 38.

[@megatruth2546]

Beautiful Inger Stevens (1934 - 1970) could be added to this tragic list.

[@Alexander-tj2dn]

True

[@user-gl9mm9yb1p]

And Jorge Reeves no one knows what really happened to him. He was the best Superman.

[@jayjay-bz3rr]

Someone can have beauty and wealth and still be miserable

[@puppy1584]

I watched this with sadness…so many young people wanting out. So each person, many I did not recognise, I looked them up on Wikipedia. This gave me a brief background to flesh out the face I’m looking at. I felt I needed to honour them in some small way. Also found the music very appropriate. Thank you.

[@marypapak5759]

You forgot Brian Keith😢

[@lawrencelewis2592]

He had severe health problems so he checked out early.

[@roberteaston6413]

Also Margot Kidder; Superman's girlfriend Lois Lane.

[@cherylbradley5356]

Great Video. So sad that people go this way. I have several family members who have done the same.

[@nakeishamammeri5094]

This was heartbreaking to see

[@sylviakstambaugh7743]

There are some on this listing that were very clever & unsolved murders.

[@dianalamottelamotte4521]

Having grown up in the 1950s I spent hours watching George Reeves as Superman. To this day, I refuse to believe Reeves killed himself. He was the one and only SUPERMAN 😢❤❤

[@ginahill503]

Marilyn did not commit suicide. She was murdered.

[@sandervdbrink84]

No. No foul play was found and nobody swallows so many pills when forced. Besides that she was known to have mental problems.

[@charliegirl42ify]

@@sandervdbrink84 😆

[@ginahill503]

@@sandervdbrink84 She had almost nothing in her stomach. The autopsy believed it was administered by rectal suppository.

[@carolechenowith900]

I agree..as soon as I saw her pic I thought ..why is she here???????

[@sandervdbrink84]

@@ginahill503 if so, it's still not logic someone would forcibly put a load of pills in someone's anus.

[@susanwilliams4953]

Very sad. May their souls rest peacefully 🕊.

[@georgebrown8312]

That is so heartbreaking. It is bad enough that people die in any way, but suicide is perhaps the most tragic way to end a life, and most suicides result from mental illness and a host of other causes. If you are thinking of committing suicide or know someone who is even talking about suicide, please seek professional help at once. Thank you for shedding light on this terrible issue of suicide.

[@spoonful1018]

Professional help is what drives many to suicide - be careful of such reckless advice

[@janem9408]

Also Elizabeth Hartman-Oscar nominated for a Patch of Blue

[@yvonneplant9434]

That movie was recently featured on the free Movies channel.

[@muffs55mercury61]

I loved that movie. Too bad she took her own life 22 years later.

[@danellabarnes-penman1118]

Wow! Talented yet tormented.😢

[@jamessilva7991]

They make their own torment.

[@larrypatterson5363]

Uh, Freddie Prinze? I was deeply affected by his death when I was a kid.

[@mariaconklin8247]

great music!

[@charlietwotimes]

Capucine? I really did not know that. Pink Panther legend... And just crazy tbh. Outside of a painful terminal illness or threat of torture I don't think I could do it.

[@michaelbenardo5695]

Some of these people may have been diagnosed with terminal cancer, something that causes a slow and painful death that many people don't want to go through.

[@user-rh8fl8qz2z]

These were put on a pedestal but in reality we're damaged beyond repair, lost souls. Fame and fortune is a CURSE.

[@roberteaston6413]

Jane Russell was a sex goddess who surprisingly was a devout Presbyterian. She sure did not fit my stereotype of a Calvinist. She lived a long life and was a blessing to many.

[@jamessilva7991]

They make it a curse.

[@carolb.6350]

I enjoy watching this video. Thank you!

[@LiveLifeLarge851]

Notable is an overstatement in many of the cases here.

[@stevethomas2521]

Inger Stevens

[@gildavis8266]

The curse of fame is that it can drive you crazy if you let it. People who "Live the dream" can be easily seduced by it. And the rude awakening comes when you realize that you will be famous only for a short time, but it's long enough to pick up some very bad habits along the way. And why not? It is, but it's not, your fault: that others long for the fame that you achieve and seek to profit by it. Or simply wish to share the ride with you without having earned their way. You have a gift of talent which you give on demand. As long as you can do it you are welcomed. But the day you can't because you are no longer beautiful, no longer handsome or you've become yesterday's news, you are out. Peoples tastes change. You are in a business that knows that and controls it, And, if you don't adapt and change with it your opportunity dies too. One piece at a time.

[@therealpinoyhapa]

Clara Blandick June 4, 1876-April 15, 1962 was Auntie Em from The Wizard of Oz (1939) and Freddie Prinze June 26, 1954-January 29, 1977 of Chico and the Man

[@DCFunBud]

Bette Davis saw Peg Entwistle in a play in New York and was an inspiration to her. She was Brian Keith's aunt who also died of suicide.

[@LucienClark-dt1mf]

My opinion, George Reeves didn't commit suicidad.

[@HelenWilson-hc1yo]

I find this very sad and also worrying, how do you know that they all died by suicide.? Many families would not have wanted the public to know that, plus as everybody below has said Marilyn did not, I remember it very clearly, I think it was a tragic overdose, but the press blew it up out of all proportion re her knowing the Kennedys. Let them rest in peace..

[@blueduck5589]

Margo Kidder, Walter Slezak, Dave Garroway, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Keith Andes, Chester Morris, Everett Sloan, Gia Scala, Don "Red" Barry, Albert Salmi, Melvin Purvis, James Whale, Anthony Bourdain, Grant Withers, Ernest Hemingway, Pierre Angeli and plenty more.

[@guitarman11000]

Great Blues jam

[@paulmaxey6377]

The drug overdose ones are bit of a grey area whether they were suicide or not as a lot could be put down to accidental overdoses so not necessarily suicide per se. Marilyn Monroe is classic as it has always been contested whether it was suicide, accidental overdose or even murder. There are good cases for any of these verdicts. I believe officially it was put down to accidental overdose. But saying that she did make calls to friends just before she died which could lean into her having suicidal thoughts, but without being in her head you can never be 100% sure. The murder theory to me is the least likely, although possible with her links with both Kennedy brothers. Good video though btw.

[@mileshigh1321]

I was thinking the same about some of these listed as drug overdose. With Marilyn, there are so many unanswered questions and lots of theories! I heard that the ambulance picked her up at her house, and half way to the hospital, got a call from the owner Mr Shaeffer, telling them to return her to the house! Just one of many stories I have read lol

[@victoriapappakostas9377]

according to Michael Franceze, who was once in the Mob, stated that the Mob gave Marilyn a valium enema because she was going to spill the beans on them (as well as the Kennedys)

[@hamidrezajalilvand2650]

Heath Ledger is forgotten here.

[@r.fairlie7186]

Though I think he should be counted with the others whose death was an accidental overdose. It’s been said by those who knew him well that Heath was suffering with insomnia after a heavy work schedule and was so overtired and desperate for sleep that he accidentally took too many tablets. He was personally happy in his relationship and had recently become a dad. He had a lot to look forward to.

[@hamidrezajalilvand2650]

@@r.fairlie7186 Thanks for your information. At all everyone should love himself or herself, we don't have 100 percent satisfaction and like or reward for trying but they are reason for suicide.

[@MusicismoreImportant]

Overdose

[@mirabellaolson6410]

His death was an accident! Took a drug and did some out of body type trip while high.

[@hamidrezajalilvand2650]

@@MusicismoreImportant I understood. One said is enough

[@angellay117]

Brings an awareness that it’s not always glitz and glamour in Hollywood….its also a very dark place that claims alot of souls

[@nossenisse6537]

What the name of the first song? Love the guitar......

[@randallross420]

Whats the difference between drug overdose and drug poisoning?

[@MysteryScoop]

Should have been toxin poisoning, he took cyanide… sorry for the confusion!

[@randallross420]

@@MysteryScoopthanks :)

[@hourglasstv01]

Such a beautiful sunny day, what are you planning to do? A walk outside seems like a great idea

[@ThatGuyIsMuted4ever]

Am i the only one here getting chills from the background music to the people who died?!

[@leslieannvanhumbeck7630]

You forgot Margot Kidder. 😢

[@lindagrible3235]

Peter Duel ~

[@clementjohnson2666]

You forgot : Freddie Prinze from the t.v. show .... Chico & The Man . And also the singer ; Phyllis Hyman .

[@Shojo-SkipSchmandy_the_Hottie]

The list goes on and on.

[@Steve52344]

Sad and mesmerizing video.

[@madbrowniac7871]

No one else considers it sadistically ironic that a Woman such as Miss Jean Seberg who became renowned for Playing a French Martyr in a Biopic died Herself by suicide?😔B.W.

[@zyxw2000]

Nothing ironic, and "Saint Joan" isn't her most famous film. That would be "Breathless."

[@crazy_cat_Lady88]

So sad. 😢❤

[@clarkridlen1966]

They did not forget. It says "35 who died by scuicide." Can't get them all in just 35.

[@jameskedem8978]

may they all rest in peace🙏❤

[@yvonneplant9434]

The most disappointing part of the recent film, Seberg, is not enough emphasis about why she took her own life.

[@christophergraves6725]

Another person or people had to have been in involved her death. She could not have climbed into the car where they found her by herself with that much alcohol in her blood.

[@alexcriscat6086]

So sad 😔 Thomas King died by gun shot wound to the head 😢 he was the husband of one of King Charles III of Great Britain cousins , lady Gabriella.

[@krazyj1957]

Why do you think people need to know this? As a person who lost a loved one to suicide, I don't need to be reminded of it and I'm sure the family and friends of these actors don't need it either.

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Superman!

[@smoothjazzandmore]

There's a few you forgot to add. Brian Keith (Firearm), Peter Duel (Firearm), Dorothy Dandridge (Drug Overdose)

[@rosemirosemi6071]

😢😢😢Gute Reise ❤!

[@meghanhobhead5149]

I love 'Actors who died by suicide' vids.

[@thesilentgeneration]

So sad, we can only wonder why.

[@tommoclement]

Have a narrator that has empathy.

[@glennday7802]

Monroe didn't commit suicide, she was murdered.

[@robincoar9824]

FOR7802 7802 WAS THERE HE PROBABLY KNOWS

[@StirlingIan-iq9gl]

Yes not only the famous, one of my schoolhood friends committed suicide in his teens.. never found out why. I look around and I can find every reason why This Magnificent Old Petone Born Mongrel

[@StoryGames9]

If u are suicidal i beg you to seek help. Dont be ashamed. Seek help my dear friends.

[@nagone11]

Humm..some of these actor's deaths were rather controversial..not all were suicides I fear..but the message of mental health and treatment is a very powerful one.

[@63mckenzie]

An many others who tried and failed.

[@stevesmith2718]

Monroe was killed by her own doctor and Bobby Kennedy.

[@petesmith9472]

Heath Ledgers….he did win an Oscar after all

[@aimefiori1104]

Drug overdoses should not be listed as suicide. Marylin Monroe mixed sleep aids with alcohol

[@user-zs2qz9pl5v]

Je, croyais que Robin Williams s'est suicidé car il avait un cancer et ne l'aurait pas supporté.

[@MyHeroMacademia]

Most women died of drug overdose and men, firearms.

[@drmusic3641]

Also actor and SNL cast member Charles Rocket. He supposedly slit his own throat. 1945-2005

[@davidswift7776]

Different sad reasons same sad results: missed by many😢

[@robertminer772]

Rick Jason should on this list too

[@katherinericks2545]

What is that name of the song. I love it

[@TS-cc5bw]

Found it... Chris Shards "Heavy Heart".

[@FQuintanaMarrero]

Marilyn was “suicided”

[@danielthoman7324]

What about Dorothy Dandridge?

[@susangreene9662]

Superman was my hero growing up. He did not commit suicide, and Marilyn Monroe was killed along with the Kennedy's by means of the CIA.

[@Kai.PK00]

Some of them I didn't even know were dead. Others, however do not believe that it was suicide although some would like us to believe so

[@katipohl2431]

So sad

[@johnaleffi5509]

An accidental drug overdose is not a suicide

[@Wildmutationblu]

You mentioned Margaux Hemingway but did not include her Grandfather Ernest.

[@MysteryScoop]

Thank you for your suggestion but Ernest was not an actor...

[@robertherrera1161]

You forgot Tony Scott Ridley's brother jumped Corronado bridge

[@2007cgarza]

When did drug poisoning become drug overdose officially? I feel priveledged to be alive at 58.

[@daisygrandini1700]

So sad! 😔

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

A people must be too strong to do it. Suicide. R.I.P. I hope and i expect.

[@classylarry]

Drug overdoses are not suicide.

[@denmerc3505]

Fot those who did not know Laurie Bird...the female hitch-hiker from the movie Two Lane Blacktop.

[@asherhouseman6838]

It's not fair to say Robin Williams died by suicide. His autopsy showed his brain was covered with 'Lewy Bodies' platelettes which completley wrecked any thinking ability he had.

[@hourglasstv01]

Do you have plans for this weekend? I recommend a relaxing movie night!

[@James-pq7nf]

I would NOT be so sure about George Reeves

[@dc9664]

Nobody said there would be reading.. oh gawd. Everything bad happens to me ...

[@nickb5391]

You missed Pete Duel, Judy Garland

[@Lili-xq9sn]

Wow. Don't kill yourself! These people gave up too early. Do things to change your life when times are rough.

[@questlove_satx]

you have absolutely no idea what they were going through

[@jamessilva7991]

@@questlove_satx They weren't going through anything.

[@GlennMiller-qv9tx]

GOOD RIDDENCE ~ Several actors were actually not good actors at all.

[@markbutler5539]

They weren't all suicides.

[@albertomichelini4882]

really sorry about inger stevens and jean seberg, autodistruzione.

[@dolivier]

Not all Drug overdoses are not suicided , some are just accidental . 😮 Unless there is a note , or reason.

[@kristinegroch2231]

Rip everyone. Anyone know the song in this video?

[@TheAnnArnold]

What's meant by death jumping?

[@madbrowniac7871]

Miss Peg Entwistle. She was an early 20th Century Actress who plunged off the "Hollywoodland" Sign to an aerial demise. The SIgn was changed to "Hollywood" shortly thereafter.😔B.W.

[@verywest23]

I could not finish this video Makes me wonder why I even started it -- 😔💬

[@MemoryBookUS]

RIP

[@Patricia-wf2via]

¿Quién les enseña a hacer el nudo de la horca?🤪