MY LAST BREATH AS - Key Persons


Adalbert Stifter

Job Titles:
  • Austrian Writer
Rory Storm, (1972), singer of the Hurricanes (the band Ringo Starr was in before he joined the Beatles), in a pact with his mother

Adolf Hitler

Job Titles:
  • Nazi Germany 's Leader. Shot / Poisoned Himself in Bunker

Alain Bernardin

Job Titles:
  • Founder / Owner of "Le Crazy Horse Saloon" - Paris

Albert Salmi

Job Titles:
  • American Actor

Aleksei Maksimovich Kaledin

Job Titles:
  • Cossack Leader During the Russian Civil War

Alexander Samsonov

Job Titles:
  • Russian Military Commander

Alfred Redl

Job Titles:
  • Austrian Army Officer, Spied for Russia

Amy Vanderbilt

Job Titles:
  • Writer

Andrea Feldman

Job Titles:
  • Actor, Warhol Superstar

Andreas Baader - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Founder
  • Leader
Andreas Baader, (1977), leader of the German revolutionary organization RAF, founder of Baader-Meinhof gang

Anton Gustafsson

Anton Gustafsson, (2003), Swedish singer (Anton Maiden) tribute artist.

Antonio Guzmán Fernández

Job Titles:
  • President of the Dominican Republic

Arthur Koestler

Job Titles:
  • Journalist, Novelist, Political Activist, and Social Philosopher
Arthur Koestler, (1983), journalist, novelist, political activist, and social philosopher

Barry Brown

Job Titles:
  • Actor and Writer

Billy Mackenzie

Job Titles:
  • Lead Singer of 1980s Pop Group the Associates

Boris Pugo

Job Titles:
  • Minister of the Interior of the USSR

Brian Epstein

Job Titles:
  • Beatles Manager, Likely Suicide by Pills

Brian Keith

Job Titles:
  • American Actor ( Family Affair )

Bruno Bettelheim

Job Titles:
  • Psychologist

Brynn Hartman

Job Titles:
  • Actor Phil Hartman Whom She Killed before Turning the Gun on Herself
Brynn Hartman, (1998), wife of actor Phil Hartman whom she killed before turning the gun on herself.

Carlos Prío Socarrás

Boris Pugo, (1991), serving minister of the Interior of the USSR

Carlos Roberto Reina

John Robarts, (1982) former Premier of the Canadian province of Ontario, 1961 - 1971; committed suicide with shotgun

Charles Boyer

Job Titles:
  • French Actor

Charmian Clift

Job Titles:
  • Australian Writer, Wife of George Johnston Her Namesake, Cleopatra 's Maid Charmian Also Committed Suicide
Charmian Clift, (1969), Australian writer, wife of George Johnston; her namesake, Cleopatra's maid Charmian also committed suicide

Chuck Humphrey

Job Titles:
  • Heaven 's Gate Cult Member
Michael Hutchence, (1997), Australian lead singer of rock group INXS, hanged himself in hotel room. Speculated to be autoerotic asphyxiation gone bad.

Claude Chappe

Job Titles:
  • French Inventor

David Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Episcopal Bishop of Massachusetts
Jim Jones, (1978), reverend, leader of the "Peoples Temple" cult. Died during mass suicide that cost the lives of more than 900 in Guyana.

David Munrow

Job Titles:
  • UK Early Music Specialist, Founder of the Early Music Consort

David Rappaport

Job Titles:
  • Actor

David Strickland

Job Titles:
  • Suddenly Susan Co - Star, Hanged Himself in Las Vegas.

Diana Churchill

Job Titles:
  • UK Social Worker, Eldest Daughter of Sir Winston Churchill

Diane Arbus

Job Titles:
  • Photographer

Dora Carrington

Job Titles:
  • Artist

Doug Hopkins

Job Titles:
  • Founding Member of Rock Group the Gin Blossoms. Killed Himself With a .38 Pistol, December 5
Doug Hopkins, (1993), musician, founding member of rock group The Gin Blossoms. Killed himself with a .38 pistol, December 5.

Douglas Kenney

Job Titles:
  • Writer, Producer
Douglas Kenney, (1980), Writer, producer, actor of National Lampoon Magazine and Animal House. Fell or was pushed off cliff in Hawaii. Composed note "These are the best days I've chosen to ignore" in hotel room.

Dr. David Kelly

Job Titles:
  • British Scientist, Source of BBC Story about the September Dossier
Samuel A. Kendall, (1933), congressman from Pennsylvania, self inflicted gunshot wound in the House Office Building Douglas Kenney, (1980), Writer, producer, actor of National Lampoon Magazine and Animal House. Fell or was pushed off cliff in Hawaii. Composed note "These are the best days I've chosen to ignore" in hotel room.

Dr. Jonathan Drummond-Webb

Job Titles:
  • American Heart Surgeon

Ed Flanders

Job Titles:
  • US Actor

Eddie Graham

Job Titles:
  • American Professional Wrestler

Eduard Wirths

Job Titles:
  • Surgeon Conducted Research Work at Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Eduard Wirths (1945), military surgeon conducted research work at Auschwitz concentration camp

Edwin Armstrong

Job Titles:
  • US Inventor of FM Radio Jumped from a 13th Floor Window Believing FM Was a Failure.

Edwin P Christy

Edwin P Christy, (1862), American entertainer, founder of the Christy Minstrels

Emilio Salgari

Job Titles:
  • Italian Writer

Ernest Hemingway

Job Titles:
  • 1961 ), American Novelist, Shotgun
  • American Writer
Margaux Hemingway, (1996), American actress and model; Ernest Hemingway's granddaughter, barbiturates. Jimi Hendrix, (1970), American musician; drowned in vomit after overdosing on Vesperax sleeping pills.

Ernst Toller

Job Titles:
  • German Writer

Ernst Udet

Job Titles:
  • German Air Ace and Luftwaffe Inspector General

Ernst Weiß

Job Titles:
  • German Author

Erwin Rommel

Job Titles:
  • German Field Marshal

Eugen Schauman

Job Titles:
  • Finnish Nationalist, Assassin of the Governor - General Nikolai Ivanovich Bobrikov
Margie Schoedinger, (2003), Filed lawsuit against George W. Bush claiming she had been raped

Everett Sloane

Job Titles:
  • Actor, Part of Orson Welles' Mercury Theater

Felix Powell

Job Titles:
  • Writer Best Known for 'Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and Smile, Smile, Smile', Once Described As 'the Most Optimistic Song Ever Written'

Francesco Borromini

Job Titles:
  • Architect

Frederick Holliday

Job Titles:
  • Cleveland, OH School Board President

General Ioannis Metaxas

Job Titles:
  • Greek Military Leader and Dictator

George Eastman

Job Titles:
  • Inventor, Pistol

George Fiske

Job Titles:
  • Photographer

George Reeves

Job Titles:
  • US Actor, Played Superman on Television

George Sanders

Job Titles:
  • English Actor Sleeping - Pill Overdose.

George Weldon

Job Titles:
  • UK Conductor, Died in South Africa

Gertrude Bell

Job Titles:
  • Archaeologist, Writer, Spy and Administrator Known As the "Uncrowned Queen of Iraq"
Gertrude Bell, (1926), archaeologist, writer, spy and administrator known as the "Uncrowned Queen of Iraq"

Getúlio Dornelles Vargas

Job Titles:
  • President of Brazil. Killed Himself During Impeachment Trial.
Publius Quinctilius Varus, (9), at the end of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest Minnie Vautrin, (1941), American missionary who helped the Chinese during the Nanking Massacre in 1937

Gregor Glenn

Job Titles:
  • Student

Gudrun Ensslin

Job Titles:
  • German Criminal, Member of Baader - Meinhof Gang
Peg Entwistle, (1932), US actress, the first person to jump from the letter 'H' of the Hollywood sign; step-mother of Brian Keith who also committed suicide.

Guy Debord

Job Titles:
  • French Philosopher, Member of Situationist International

Günther von Kluge

Job Titles:
  • German Field Marshal

Hannelore Kohl

Hannelore Kohl, (2001), wife of ex-chancellor of Germany Helmut Kohl

Hans Berger

Job Titles:
  • German Physician and Inventor of Electroencephalography, by Hanging
Hans Berger, (1941), German physician and inventor of electroencephalography, by hanging

Harry Crosby

Job Titles:
  • Writer, Publisher

Heinrich Himmler

Job Titles:
  • German SS Leader, Cyanide Capsule

Hermann Göring

Job Titles:
  • German Nazi Leader, Poison Pill Prior to His Hanging Sentence
Hermann Göring, (1946), German Nazi leader, poison pill prior to his hanging sentence.

Horace Wells

Job Titles:
  • Dentist Who Pioneered the Use of Anesthesia.

Hugh O'Connor

Job Titles:
  • Actor

Hunter S. Thompson

Job Titles:
  • American Author Gonzo Journalist, Gunshot.

Iris Chang

Job Titles:
  • American Author

Iris von Roten-Meyer

Job Titles:
  • Artist and Jurist

Irv Rubin

Job Titles:
  • Leader of the Jewish Defense League

J. Anthony Lukas

Job Titles:
  • US Author and Journalist
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lyapunov, (1918), Russian mathematician, mechanician and physicist

J. Clifford Baxter

Job Titles:
  • Enron Vice - Chairman

Jack Z. Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Representative from California

James Dungy

Job Titles:
  • Indianapolis Colts Head Coach Tony Dungy

James Whale

Job Titles:
  • UK Film Director, Frankenstein Director, Shallow Dive

Jason Altom

Job Titles:
  • Student

Jean Améry

Job Titles:
  • Austrian Writer

Jens Bjørneboe

Job Titles:
  • Norwegian Author

Jerzy Kosinski

Job Titles:
  • American Author

Jim Jones

Job Titles:
  • Reverend, Leader of the "Peoples Temple" Cult. Died During Mass Suicide That Cost the Lives of

Joe Meek

Job Titles:
  • Record Producer

Johannes Vares

Job Titles:
  • Estonian Poet, Doctor and Politician

John O'Brien

Job Titles:
  • Author of Leaving Las Vegas ( on Which the Film Was Based )
John O'Brien, (1994), author of Leaving Las Vegas (on which the film was based)

Johnathan Rubis

Job Titles:
  • American Columnist

Jonathan Brandis

Job Titles:
  • American Actor, Seaquest DSV, Hanged

Joseph Daniel 'Danny' Casolaro

Job Titles:
  • Journalist

Joseph Goebbels

Job Titles:
  • German Nazi Leader

José Manuel Balmaceda

Job Titles:
  • President of Chile
Barney Barnato, (1897), South African diamond entrepreneur, jumped overboard while his ship was south of Madeira

Justin Pierce

Job Titles:
  • British Actor

Karin Boye

Job Titles:
  • Swedish Author

Katherine Lawrence

Job Titles:
  • Writer

Kenneth Halliwell

Job Titles:
  • English Writer, Lover of Joe Orton Whom He Killed before Killing Himself
Kenneth Halliwell, (1967), English writer, lover of Joe Orton whom he killed before killing himself

Kurt Tucholsky

Job Titles:
  • German Journalist and Satirist

Larry James Harper

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Texas 7

Leandro Alem

Job Titles:
  • Argentine Politician, Founder of the Radical Civic Union

Lee Thompson Young

Job Titles:
  • American Actor Known for His Roles in Films Such As Friday Night Lights and the Famous Jett Jackson, and on TV Series Such As Smallville and Rizzoli & Isles
Lee Thompson Young (2013), American actor known for his roles in films such as Friday Night Lights and The Famous Jett Jackson, and on TV series such as Smallville and Rizzoli & Isles.

Lucien Anatole Prevost-Paradol

Job Titles:
  • French Journalist and Diplomat

Malcolm Lowry

Job Titles:
  • British Writer

Marc Potvin

Job Titles:
  • Hockey Coach, Hanged Himself

Marina Tsvetaeva

Job Titles:
  • Russian Poetess and Writer

Mark Balelo

Mark Balelo (2013), cast member on the reality TV series Storage Wars, carbon monoxide asphyxiation

Mark Gertler

Job Titles:
  • British Artist

Mark Lombardi

Job Titles:
  • US Artist Whose Art Described International White - Collar Crime Networks Hanged Himself in His Williamsburg, New York Studio
Mark Lombardi, (2000), US artist whose art described international white-collar crime networks; hanged himself in his Williamsburg, New York studio

Marshall Applewhite

Job Titles:
  • Leader of the Heaven 's Gate Cult, Mass Suicide, San Diego
Marshall Applewhite, (1997), leader of the Heaven's Gate cult, mass suicide, San Diego.

Michael Hutchence

Job Titles:
  • Australian Lead Singer of Rock Group INXS, Hanged Himself in Hotel Room. Speculated to Be Autoerotic Asphyxiation Gone Bad.

Michel Gauquelin

Job Titles:
  • French Psychologist and Astrology Researcher

Milan Babić

Milan Babić, (2006), former leader of Republic of Serbian Krajina who pleaded guilty to war crimes

Paul Bern

Job Titles:
  • American Film Producer, Director and Writer, Husband of Jean Harlow, Bullet Wound to the Head, Generally Believed to Be Murdered by Dorothy Millette
Paul Bern, (1932), American film producer, director and writer, husband of Jean Harlow, bullet wound to the head, generally believed to be murdered by Dorothy Millette

Paul Oliver

Job Titles:
  • San Diego Professional Football Player Charger, 2013

Pete Duel

Job Titles:
  • American Actor

Peter Llewelyn-Davies

Job Titles:
  • UK Publisher Who As a Boy Was the Inspiration for J M Barrie 's Peter Pan
Peter Llewelyn-Davies, (1960), UK publisher who as a boy was the inspiration for J M Barrie's Peter Pan

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Job Titles:
  • German Film Director ( Often Listed As a Drug Overdose )
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, (1982), German film director (often listed as a drug overdose)

Randall Jarrell

Job Titles:
  • US Writer and Poet

Reinaldo Arenas

Job Titles:
  • American Artist and Writer
Edwin Armstrong, (1954), US inventor of FM radio; jumped from a 13th floor window believing FM was a failure. Women attempt suicide four times more than men. Men succeed at suicide four times more than woman!

René Crevel

Job Titles:
  • French Writer, Gassed Himself

René Favaloro

Job Titles:
  • Creator of the Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

René Rivkin

Job Titles:
  • Australian Stockbroker and Entrepreneur

Ric Throssell

Job Titles:
  • Australian Diplomat, Writer
Georg Tintner, (1999), Austrian-born conductor active in Canada and Australia; jumped 11 stories when he was no longer able to conduct due to illness.

Ricardo Bordallo

Job Titles:
  • Governor of Guam

Richard Brautigan

Job Titles:
  • American Writer Cranial GSW.
Gaetano Bresci, (1901), Italian anarchist, assassin of King Umberto I (officially suicide, but he was found strangled)

Richard Farnsworth

Job Titles:
  • US Actor, Oscar Nominee

Richard Piggott

Job Titles:
  • Author of the Piggott Forgeries.

Richard Quine

Job Titles:
  • US Film Director

Rick Jason

Job Titles:
  • US Actor Best Known in 'Combat'

Robert Bishop

Job Titles:
  • Artist

Robert E. Howard

Job Titles:
  • Writer of Conan the Barbarian. Shot Himself in Head on June 11, 1936 After Learning His Mother Was in a Permanent Coma.
Robert E. Howard, (1936), "Pulp" writer of Conan the Barbarian. Shot himself in head on June 11, 1936 after learning his mother was in a permanent coma.

Robert von Greim

Job Titles:
  • German Air Marshal

Roger Angleton

Roger Angleton, (1998), brother of imprisoned Texas extortionist who admitted in his suicide note to killing his sister-in-law, socialite Doris Angleton.

Roman Lyashenko

Job Titles:
  • Professional Hockey Player

Rozz Williams

Job Titles:
  • 1998 ), Musician, "Christian Death
Wendy O. Williams, (1998), musician, The Plasmatics, shot herself in the woods outside her home in 1998. Greg Wilton, (2000), the only Australian Federal politician who has ever successfully attempted suicide.

Rudolf Diesel

Job Titles:
  • Inventor of the Diesel Engine.
Dioxippus, (336 BC ?), Greek pankration fighter who nakedly defeated an armored and armed soldier of Alexander the Great's... he was framed for theft and forced into suicide for his victory

Rudolf Hess

Job Titles:
  • Nazi Leader, Strangled Himself in Prison, Spandau East Berlin.

Sadegh Hedayat

Job Titles:
  • Iranian Writer

Salvador Allende

Salvador Allende, (1973), democratically elected president of Chile (elected 1970), and uncle of renowned author Isabel Allende - shot himself after he was ousted from office by the military regime of dictator Augusto Pinochet. It was later revealed that Pinochet had plans to execute Allende after the coup and Allende may have taken his own life to avoid the public disgrace.

Scotty Beckett

Job Titles:
  • Actor, Our Gang Films

Screaming Lord Sutch - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Founder

Shannon Hoon

Job Titles:
  • Lead Singer of the Band Blind Melon

Sigmund Freud

Job Titles:
  • Founder of Psychoanalysis ( Lethal Dose of Morphine )

Silvanus Trevail

Job Titles:
  • Cornish Architect Shot Himself in the Lavatory of a Train.
Silvanus Trevail (1903) Cornish architect shot himself in the lavatory of a train.

Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz

Job Titles:
  • Polish Author, Novelist, Painter, Philosopher
Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz, (1939), Polish author, novelist, painter, philosopher

Stuart Adamson

Job Titles:
  • Lead Singer of the Scottish Bands Big Country and the Skids
Stuart Adamson, (2001), lead singer of the Scottish bands Big Country and the Skids.

Sándor Márai

Job Titles:
  • Hungarian Writer and Journalist
Jan Masaryk, (1948), Czech politician and statesman who either jumped, fell, or was pushed out a window

Tristan Egolf

Job Titles:
  • Writer, Musician and Campaigner

Tudor Vianu

Job Titles:
  • Romanian Writer

Ugo Cavallero

Job Titles:
  • Italian Field Marshal

Vere Gordon Childe

Job Titles:
  • Australian Archaeologist and Historian, Jumped off Govett 's Leap in the Blue Mountains

Vern Christie

Job Titles:
  • Australian Businessman, General Manager of the Commonwealth Bank

Vincent Foster

Job Titles:
  • Deputy White House Counsel

Walter Slezak

Job Titles:
  • Actor

Walther Model

Job Titles:
  • German Field Marshal

Will Cuppy

Job Titles:
  • American Writer, Humorist
Ian Curtis, (1980), English singer and songwritter (Joy Division), hanged himself on the eve of their American tour.

William F. Knowland

Job Titles:
  • Senate Majority Leader, Self Inflicted Gunshot

William Seabrook

Job Titles:
  • Adventurer
  • Travel Writer

Woodbridge Strong Van Dyke

Job Titles:
  • American Film Director

Yasunari Kawabata

Job Titles:
  • Japanese Writer and Nobel Prize for Literature Laurate, Gassed Himself
Ivar Kreuger, (1932) Swedish match industrialist, was found dead in a hotel room in Paris. Terry Kath, (1978), guitarist, Chicago (Died of an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound. He pointed a gun to his head thinking it wasn't loaded and pulled the trigger.) Russian roulette.