WARNING: This article contains graphic photographs
of dead bodies. In recent decades many groups have released photos of
famous leaders to prove that they are indeed dead. This list includes
some of those as well as famous celebrity photos. This list is not for
the faint of heart. Click images for a larger view.
1. Marilyn MonroeMonroe was found dead by her housekeeper on August 5, 1962. Her
death was ruled as an overdose of sleeping pills. Questions remain about
the circumstances and timeline of housekeeper Eunice Murray’s discovery
of Monroe’s body. Also, some conspiracy theories involve John and
Robert Kennedy. The official cause of her death was “probable suicide”.
2. John F KennedyPresident Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas at 12:30pm
Central Standard Time on November 22, 1963, while on a political trip
through Texas. He was pronounced dead at 1:00pm. Lee Harvey Oswald was
arrested, in a theatre about 80 minutes after the assassination and was
charged by Dallas police for the murder of Dallas policeman J.D. Tippit,
before eventually being charged for the murder of Kennedy.
3. Pol PotOn the night of April 15, 1998 the Voice of America, of which Pol Pot
was a devoted listener, announced that the Khmer Rouge had agreed to
turn him over to an international tribunal. According to his wife, he
died in his bed later in the night while waiting to be moved to another
location. Ta Mok claimed that his death was due to heart failure.
4. Che GuevaraAfter capture in Bolivia, Guevara was taken to a dilapidated
schoolhouse in the nearby village of La Higuera where he was held
overnight. Early the next afternoon he was executed. The executioner was
Mario Terán, a Sergeant in the Bolivian army who had drawn a short
straw after arguments over who got the honour of killing Guevara broke
out among the soldiers.
5. Benito MussoliniOn 28 April, Mussolini and his mistress were both shot, along with
most of the members of their fifteen-man train, primarily ministers and
officials of the Italian Social Republic. The shootings took place in
the small village of Giulino di Mezzegra.
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6. Nicolae CeausescuOn December 25, Ceausescu and his wife were condemned to death by a
military court on charges ranging from illegal gathering of wealth to
genocide, and were executed in Târgovişte, Romania. Before they were
shot dead, Ceauşescu sang part of “The Internationale” and proclaimed
that history would judge him well. His wife was screaming at everyone to
go to hell.
7. Mao Tse-TungMao Tse-Tung was a Chinese military and political leader, who led the
Communist Party of China (CPC) to victory against the Kuomintang (KMT)
in the Chinese Civil War, and was the leader of the People’s Republic of
China (PRC) from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976.
Under his leadership, China suffered the Cultural Revolution, a struggle
for power within the Communist Party that manifested into wide-scale
social, political, and economic chaos, which grew to include large
sections of Chinese society and eventually brought the entire country to
the brink of civil war. There are estimates of up to 500,000 deaths as
a result of Mao’s policies.
8. Saddam HusseinSaddam was hanged on the first day of Eid ul-Adha, December 30, 2006,
despite his wish to be shot (which he felt would be more dignified).
The execution was carried out at “Camp Justice,” an Iraqi army base in
Kadhimiya, a neighborhood of northeast Baghdad. The execution was
videotaped on a mobile phone, showing Saddam being taunted before his
hanging. The video was leaked to electronic media, becoming the subject
of global controversy.
9. Vladimir LeninLenin died on January 21, 1924, aged 53. Rumors of Lenin having
syphilis sprang up shortly after his death. The official cause given for
Lenin’s death was cerebral arteriosclerosis, or a fourth stroke. But
out of the 27 physicians who treated him, only eight signed onto that
conclusion in his autopsy report. Therefore, several other theories
regarding his death have been put forward.
10. Hermann GoeringGoering (second in charge of Nazi Germany) was found guilty on four
counts raised against him: of conspiracy to wage war, crimes against
peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity. No mitigating
circumstances were found and he was sentenced to death by hanging. He
asked to be executed by firing squad – the request was refused. On
15th October 1946, two hours before his execution was due to take place,
Goering committed suicide in his Nuremberg cell, taking a capsule of
poison that he had succeeded in hiding during his imprisonment.