"from shops throughout his life, including alcohol, bolts of linen, books and suits. In 1966, Hedy Lamarr was arrested for shoplifting in Los Angeles. The charges were eventually dropped. In 1991, she was arrested on the same charge in Florida, this time for $21.48 worth of laxatives and eye drops. She pleaded ""no contest"" to avoid a court appearance, and in return for a promise to refrain from breaking any laws for a year, the charges were once again dropped. In 1980, Lady Isobel Barnett, British radio and television personality, was found guilty of shoplifting and committed suicide four days"
"dedication to Dorothy Stratten. Bush's song ""Dead Meat"" is written in her memory. Dorothy Stratten Dorothy Ruth Hoogstraten (February 28, 1960 – August 14, 1980), who took the professional name Dorothy Stratten, was a Canadian Playboy Playmate, model, and actress. Stratten was the ""Playboy"" Playmate of the Month for August 1979 and Playmate of the Year in 1980. Stratten appeared in three comedy films and in at least two episodes of shows broadcast on US network television. She was murdered at the age of 20 by her estranged husband/manager Paul Snider, who committed suicide on the same day. Her death"
"Dorothy Stratten Dorothy Ruth Hoogstraten (February 28, 1960 – August 14, 1980), who took the professional name Dorothy Stratten, was a Canadian Playboy Playmate, model, and actress. Stratten was the ""Playboy"" Playmate of the Month for August 1979 and Playmate of the Year in 1980. Stratten appeared in three comedy films and in at least two episodes of shows broadcast on US network television. She was murdered at the age of 20 by her estranged husband/manager Paul Snider, who committed suicide on the same day. Her death inspired two motion pictures, the 1981 TV movie """" and the 1983 theatrical"
"ruled the death of Stephanie as a suicide and the son as a homicide. Stephanie Adams Stephanie Adams (July 24, 1970 – May 18, 2018) was an American model and author. She was the November 1992 ""Playboy"" Playmate. On May 18, 2018, Adams killed her seven-year-old son and herself. According to the New York City Police Department, Adams pushed her son out of a 25th-story window, before jumping herself. Adams was born in Orange, New Jersey, and was raised by her aunts Joyce and Pearl, former models who encouraged her to begin modeling at the age of 16. She was"
"being publicly referred to as the ""Countess of Cleavage"". Due to her failed relationships, the death of her child, her miscarriage, and her career decline, she became depressed. After previous suicide attempts, she was found dead in her Wimbledon home on the morning of 16 November 1980, when she failed to meet a friend, the actress Suzanna Leigh, with whom she was due to go on holiday to Mombasa that day. She had apparently committed suicide by overdosing on Tuinal tablets. She was interred in Gap Road Cemetery, Wimbledon, London. Her appearance in the film ""Carry On Loving"" (1970) led"
"depression following the raids on her shop. A few months prior to her death, she had received a large tax bill which she was unable to pay. Her kleptomania became more pronounced in the last year of her life, with arrests for shoplifting in June 1979, and again for stealing a necklace the day before her death. Millington committed suicide at age 33, by an overdose of tricyclic antidepressant anafranil, paracetamol and alcohol at her home in Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey. Her husband found her dead in her bed on 19 August 1979. She left four suicide notes which were found near"
"Taylor Swift's 'Bad Blood' video. Evelyn McHale Evelyn Francis McHale (September 20, 1923 – May 1, 1947) was an American bookkeeper who took her own life by jumping from the 86th floor Observation Deck of the Empire State Building on May 1, 1947. A photograph taken four minutes after her death by photography student Robert Wiles has become an iconic suicide photograph, referred to as ""the most beautiful suicide"". Evelyn McHale was born in Berkeley, California one of nine children to Helen and Vincent McHale. Vincent was a bank examiner and relocated to Washington D.C. in 1930. Her mother suffered"
"Andrea Feldman Andrea Feldman (April 1, 1948 – August 8, 1972) was an American actress and Warhol Superstar. She committed suicide in 1972. Andrea Feldman was a native New Yorker. She attended Quintano's School for Young Professionals, a high school for the performing arts. She starred in three Warhol films; ""Imitation of Christ"", ""Trash"" and ""Heat"". A regular in the back room of Max's Kansas City, she pioneered a performance which she called ""Showtime"", in which she performed a strip tease on the round table, at the center of the room. She became known for her dependence on drugs, particularly"
"On April 19, 1987, she told her former husband that she had terminal viral hepatitis but was persuaded to see a doctor. Two days later, after visiting Hoffman, Otstott killed herself with .38-caliber revolver. Her blood tests later showed no signs of diseases. In November 1987, Chicago follower Mary Levinson was found dead from a drug overdose. $125,000 in cash was missing and she had changed her life insurance policy less than two weeks before her death. The new beneficiary was her former boyfriend Larry Keyes whom she had met through Hoffman. Terri Hoffman's fourth husband Don Hoffman, who had"
"Dominique Dunne Dominique Ellen Dunne (November 23, 1959 – November 4, 1982) was an American actress. She appeared in several films and television series from 1979 to 1982, but was best known for portraying Dana Freeling in the 1982 horror film ""Poltergeist"". On October 30, 1982, Dunne was strangled by her ex-boyfriend, John Thomas Sweeney, in the driveway of her West Hollywood home and went into a coma. She never regained consciousness and died five days later. In a controversial court case, Sweeney was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in Dunne's death and served three and a half years in prison."
"had alluded to having certain information. Her murder, like Lindsley's, was never solved. Athalia Ponsell Lindsley Athalia Ponsell Lindsley (July 25, 1917 – January 23, 1974) was a former American model, Broadway dancer, political activist and television personality on the show ""Winner Take All"". Lindsley was murdered with a machete by an unknown assailant on the front steps of her home in St. Augustine, Florida. Her murder remains unsolved. Lindsley was born to a wealthy family in Toledo, Ohio and was raised on the Isle of Pines, an island possession of Cuba in the Caribbean Sea. She spent 20 years"
"Speight later committed suicide and his body was found by police in the roof of MacMillan House next to London's Paddington Railway Station on 13 April 2008. He was said to have killed himself because he could not cope with the grief of Collins's death. She was buried at Edmonton Cemetery in Edmonton Greater London, England. Natasha Collins Natasha Louise Collins (7 July 1976 – 3 January 2008) was an English actress, who was cast in the Channel 4 show ""Hollyoaks"". Following a car accident that curtailed her career, she overdosed on cocaine, which her fiancé was suspected of supplying."
"attempts to keep tabs on him. Dominick Dunne died on August 26, 2009. Dominique Dunne Dominique Ellen Dunne (November 23, 1959 – November 4, 1982) was an American actress. She appeared in several films and television series from 1979 to 1982, but was best known for portraying Dana Freeling in the 1982 horror film ""Poltergeist"". On October 30, 1982, Dunne was strangled by her ex-boyfriend, John Thomas Sweeney, in the driveway of her West Hollywood home and went into a coma. She never regained consciousness and died five days later. In a controversial court case, Sweeney was convicted of voluntary"
"the kitchen floor and dies. Instead of phoning for an ambulance, Fiona transfers his money to her account and lets his sister-in-law Rosemary Daniels (Joy Chambers) discover his body. In 2007, Amazon.co.uk reported that they had sold more DVDs of films and television shows featuring Dale than any featuring other ex-""Neighbours"" cast members. Dale has sold over twice as much as Kylie Minogue (Charlene Robinson). ""The Times"" named Jim's death as one of their top 15 most memorable ""Neighbours"" moments and ""The Independent"" named his death as one of the 10 best soap exits. Ruth Deller of website Lowculture gave"
"by leaping from the roof of the hotel to a third-floor extension on the west side of the building, in October 1931. She had been staying on the 21st floor. Police found a Brockton Musical Chorus card in her room, along with 15 cents in change, her gloves, and a pocketbook. The body of James M. Fairbanks, a former office manager of the brokerage firm of Tucker, Anthony, & Co., was discovered by hotel employees on the roof of a three-story extension, in April 1932. Fairbanks committed suicide to avoid being sentenced for embezzling $290,000 from his employers. He was"
"putting them down so it becomes a bit murky as to why she has become a champion of this particular cause"". Dawson was also heavily criticised in the media after broadcasting disparaging remarks on AFL footballers' partners as a part of her role as a fashion expert for television coverage of the AFL's Brownlow Medal. On 22 February 2014, Dawson died by suicide in her Woolloomooloo home. A real estate agent found her body when he arrived to inspect the property ahead of its auction. Police were called and confirmed her death at 11:18 am; there were no suspicious circumstances"
"discovered until many weeks later. Despite initial difficulties because of the decomposing condition he was in, his death was determined to have been caused by cirrhosis. Thus an inquest did not need to be held. Both the other cases were young women whose deaths were ruled as suicides at their inquests. Petra (1982–2010), who had anorexia nervosa, died of an overdose of anti-depressants she ordered from abroad on the Internet. Jessica (1983–2011), who had bipolar disorder and was a frequent self-harmer, died of potassium cyanide poisoning in the flat where she lived with her partner. Air date - 14 February"
"as possible to self-sufficiency; she wrote about their experiences in a book, ""Providence Place"" (1977). In 1980, after suffering from depression and marital troubles, she took her own life at her cottage in Pitcombe, Somerset. After her death, Jacky and John's friend and neighbour John Fowles described her as ""a brittle, sexy, faintly raucous persona always"", but noted that underneath there was somebody ""ugly, confused, uncertain – all that she didn't sound on TV or radio"". Her journalism included the posthumously published memoir ""Twelfth Man"", a contribution to Michael Meyer's cricket anthology ""Summer Days"" (1981), in which she wrote: ""I"
"real estate owner Bracey Bobbitt on October 11, 2003. She was found dead in her home on the shore of Lake James, on the morning of September 22 of a drug overdose from a combination of the painkillers codeine and oxycodone. Paige Summers Paige Summers (""Nancy Ann Coursey""; July 21, 1976 in Lorain, Ohio, United States – September 22, 2003) was an American adult model. She was a former ""Penthouse"" Pet of the Month and Pet of the Year. She moved with her family to Morganton, North Carolina and graduated from Freedom High School where her senior superlative was ""Barbie"
"September 2016, the couple announced their separation after 18 years together. More recently, Ball was reported to have been in a relationship with BBC cameraman Billy Yates for several months. On 4 May 2017, Yates was found dead at his home in south London. It is understood that Yates died by suicide, and was depressed after falling victim to a financial scammer. In 2014, she supported Marks & Spencer and Oxfam’s Love Mum campaign. In March 2018, Ball took part in the 'Hardest Ride Home' challenge, which saw her cycling from Blackpool to Brighton to raise money for Sport Relief"
"of guards who dished out ""therapy"" and was king-hit and knocked unconscious in the prison yard by an infamous rapist and killer. Death of Caroline Byrne Caroline Byrne (1970–1995), an Australian model, was found at the bottom of a cliff at The Gap in Sydney in the early hours of 8 June 1995. Her then boyfriend Gordon Eric Wood (b. 1962), who at the time of her death was chauffeur and personal assistant to businessman Rene Rivkin, was convicted of her murder on 21 November 2008 and spent three years in Goulburn jail. He was acquitted of the conviction in"
"Lana Clarkson Lana Jean Clarkson (April 5, 1962 – February 3, 2003) was an American actress and fashion model. During the 1980s, she rose to prominence in several sword-and-sorcery films. In 2003, she was shot and killed inside the home of record producer Phil Spector. He was charged with second-degree murder, and was convicted on April 13, 2009. Clarkson was born in Long Beach, California to Donna and James M. Clarkson and was raised in the hills of Sonoma County, California. She has a brother, Jessee J. Clarkson, and a sister, Fawn. While living in Northern California, she attended Cloverdale"
"Sarah Jo Pender Sarah Jo Pender (born May 29, 1979) is an American woman convicted along with her former boyfriend, Richard Edward Hull, of murdering their roommates, Andrew Cataldi and Tricia Nordman, on October 24, 2000, in Indiana. She has claimed ever since that she is victim of a wrongful conviction. She came to national attention in August 2008 after she escaped from the Rockville Correctional Facility and was featured on ""America's Most Wanted"". She was recaptured by police in December at a house in Chicago. Sarah Jo Pender, then 21, was a graduate from Lawrence Central High School in"
"late 1980s. On 3 July 1996, she was found dead in her flat in Westminster, London. The cause of death was found to be suicide and the date was estimated as 17 June. Sarah Brackett Sarah Evershed Brackett (13 May 1938 – June 1996) was an American-born television and film actress who worked mostly in Britain. Brackett's parents were William Oliver Brackett (1901–1945), a Presbyterian minister, and his wife Nancy Alexis Thompson, who had been born in Scotland. They were married in Edinburgh in 1931, and Brackett was born in Lake Forest, Illinois. In 1945, her father died, and her"
"the Nevada State Prison. This murder was sensationalized in the 8 September 1963 issue of The National Enquirer with the frontpage headline (and a grisly photo) as: ""I CUT OUT HER HEART & STOMPED ON IT"". Sonja McCaskie Sonja McCaskie (19 February 1939 – 5 April 1963) was a British alpine skier who participated in the 1960 Winter Olympics. McCaskie lived in Reno, Nevada and was working as a part-time skiing instructor at the nearby Slide Mountain ski resort when she was brutally strangled, raped, decapitated and mutilated in her 2640 Yori Avenue apartment by 18-year-old high school student Thomas"
"was inadequate or ineffective. The request was subsequently denied. Melanie McGuire Melanie McGuire (born Melanie Lyn Slate on October 8, 1972) is a New Jersey woman known for being the perpetrator in the media-dubbed ""suitcase murder."" She was convicted of murdering her husband on April 23, 2007 and was sentenced to life in prison on July 19, 2007. McGuire is serving her sentence at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women in Clinton, New Jersey. Barring post-conviction relief, she will not be eligible for parole until she is 100 years old. Melanie Lyn Slate grew up in Middletown, New Jersey."
"bathroom wastebasket. Although ""Playboy"" stated that she died of natural causes, the official coroner's report listed her ""manner of death is accident ... Acute intoxication by the combined effects of heroin, methamphetamine, meperidine and alprazolam"". Elisa Bridges Elisa Rebeca Bridges (May 24, 1973 – February 7, 2002) was an American actress and model. She is ""Playboy"" magazine's Playmate of the Month for December 1994, and ""Playboy's"" Video Playmate of the Month for September 1996. She appeared in several video productions from ""Playboy"" Home Video from 1996 to 2000. After appearing in ""Playboy"", she modeled frequently on assignments in Los Angeles,"
"Buck, who had been previously arrested for providing weapons to the BLA. She had been sentenced to 10 years in prison, but in 1977, she was granted furlough and never returned. While at the apartment, police also found papers that listed an address in Mt. Vernon, New York, a small city in Westchester County about 20 miles from the mall where the robbery occurred. When police raided that apartment, they found bloody clothing, ammunition, more guns, and ski masks. Investigation later revealed that the bloody clothing belonged to Buck, who had accidentally shot herself in the leg when she tried"
"of James Herriot, committed suicide at the age of 84 by injecting himself with an overdose of phenobarbital. Activist Abbie Hoffman also committed suicide by consuming phenobarbital, combined with alcohol, on April 12, 1989; the residue of around 150 pills was found in his body at autopsy. Also dying from an overdose in 1996 was actress/model Margaux Hemingway. The Japanese officers aboard the German submarine U-234 killed themselves with phenobarbital while the German crew members were on their way to the US to surrender (but before Japan had surrendered). 39 members of the Heaven's Gate UFO religious group committed mass"
"Brittany Holberg Brittany Marlowe Holberg (born January 1, 1973) is a woman currently on death row in the U.S. state of Texas. On Friday, March 27, 1998, Holberg was convicted of the November 13, 1996, robbery and murder of 80-year-old A.B. Towery Sr. (1916-1996) in his southwest Amarillo home, and was sentenced to death by 251st state District Judge Patrick Pirtle. The victim had been stabbed nearly 60 times with such weapons as a paring knife, a butcher knife, a grapefruit knife and a fork. He also suffered blunt trauma to the head from a hammer, and a foot-long lamp"
"Stephanie Adams Stephanie Adams (July 24, 1970 – May 18, 2018) was an American model and author. She was the November 1992 ""Playboy"" Playmate. On May 18, 2018, Adams killed her seven-year-old son and herself. According to the New York City Police Department, Adams pushed her son out of a 25th-story window, before jumping herself. Adams was born in Orange, New Jersey, and was raised by her aunts Joyce and Pearl, former models who encouraged her to begin modeling at the age of 16. She was of African American, Caucasian, and Cherokee ancestry and claimed to be a direct descendant"
"Rosemary West Rosemary Pauline ""Rose"" West (""née"" Letts; born 29 November 1953) is a British serial killer, now an inmate at HMP Low Newton, Brasside, Durham, England, after being convicted in 1995 of ten murders. Her husband, Fred, who committed suicide in prison while awaiting trial, is believed to have collaborated with her in the torture and murder of at least nine young women between 1973 and 1987, whereas Rose was judged to have murdered her 8-year-old stepdaughter, Charmaine, in 1971. The majority of these murders were committed at the couple's home, 25 Cromwell Street in Gloucester. Rosemary Letts was"
"acknowledged that Euphoria’s success helped ushered Australia’s music industry into the Dance genre after years of resistance. Meares returned to modelling and later launched a fashion clothing line. Holly Garnett committed suicide on 20 October 1998 at the age of 29, partly due to the plight of her older brother, Martin Garnett (born 1966), who is a convicted drug trafficker and was arrested in Thailand in September 1993. Martin was in various Thai prisons and was placed on death row; when he completed his commuted sentence there in 2011 he was transferred to an Indiana prison due to smuggling drugs"