10 صور رائعة أخذت بالموقع 10 Fascinating Last Pictures Taken

The words “Last picture taken” before his or her death conjure up
many emotions, whether in front of the camera or behind it. This list
consists of 10 last time stamps in history taken of and by some
fascinating individuals. If anyone has or conflicting information
concerning the photos or information in this list I hope you will share
it in your comments.10Wiley Post & Will Rogers
1898 –1935, 1879 – 1935




Wiley Post who was the first pilot to fly solo around the world and
his good friend Will Rogers a famous comedian, humorist and social
commentator were set out to fly around the world together. This photo
(that’s Will Rogers in the hat and tie, standing on the wing) was taken
on August 15, 1935 shortly before taking off from a lagoon near Point
Barrow Alaska. During take off Post’s experimental Lockheed Explorer sea
plane crashed when its engine failed killing both men.
Interesting Fact: The airport in Barrow Alaska was
renamed Wiley Post – Will Rogers Memorial Airport.
9John and Jackie Knill





On January 13, 2005 the bodies of Canadian couple John and Jackie
Knill were discovered on a Thailand beach resort. They were two of the
many victims killed from the December 26 2004 tsunami. Weeks later a
Seattle man doing relief work found a damaged camera and discarded it
but kept the memory card in the camera. After downloading the images he
discovered pictures of the Knill’s enjoying their vacation, as well as
shots of a huge wave approaching the shore. With each picture it shows
the wave getting closer and closer to shore. The last picture taken of
them before the wave hit (shown above) was shot just after 8.30 am on
December 26.
Interesting Fact: The Seattle man that discovered
the images recognized the Knills from a missing person’s web site and
contacted the couple’s two sons in Vancouver Canada. The man then drove
from Seattle to Vancouver to give the sons their parent’s last images.8Albert Einstein
b.1879 d.1955




The photograph above is the last known picture of Einstein, taken in
March, 1955. There are not a lot of details concerning this photo but he
is probably at his home near Princeton, New Jersey. A month later on
April 17, 1955, Einstein experienced internal bleeding caused by the
rupture of an aortic aneurysm, which had previously been diagnosed and
reinforced. He went to the hospital and took a draft of a speech he was
preparing for a television appearance commemorating the State of
Israel’s seventh anniversary with him. Unfortunately he did not live
long enough to complete it. The following day Einstein died at the age
of 76.
Interesting Fact: Einstein’s brain was removed
within seconds of his death (without the permission of his family) in
hope that future neuroscience would be able to discover what made
Einstein so intelligent. Recent scientific studies have suggested that
regions involved in speech and language are smaller, while regions
involved with numerical and spatial processing are larger.7Marilyn Monroe
b.1926 d 1962




Many believe Celebrity photographer George Barris took the last
pictures of Marilyn Monroe. However, it was actually Life Magazine’s
photographer Allan Grant. The pictures were taken July 7, 1962 during an
interview at her home. Six pictures appeared in Life including the one
pictured above.
Just under a month later on August 5, 1962, the LAPD received a call at
4:25AM from Dr. Hyman Engelberg proclaiming that Monroe was dead at her
home in Brentwood, Los Angeles. The official cause of Monroe’s death was
classified as “acute barbiturate poisoning”, and was also recorded as a
“probable suicide. Many questions still remain unanswered about the
circumstances of her death and the timeline from when Monroe’s body was
found.
Interesting Fact: The Life Magazine issue featuring
Monroe’s interview was dated August 3 1962, just 2 day before her death.6Bill Biggart
1947-2001




Photojournalist Bill Biggart was covering the events of September
11th and was Tragically killed as the second tower of the World Trade
Center came down. Four days later Biggart’s body was recovered from the
rubble and his personal effects, including his cameras were given to his
wife. Biggart’s widow later handed over the camera bag to a good
friend and fellow photographer. She was convinced that no pictures had
survived because the falling debris had blown off the backs of the two
film cameras and the lids of the film canisters had been peeled back.
His friend turned his attention to the digital camera that was covered
by ash. The lens had been sheared off but when he opened the chamber
that held the flash card he discovered it was in pristine condition. The
card contained 150 pictures including the last picture taken shown
above which is time stamped 10:28 am and 24 seconds. The time was
10:30am when the second tower came down.
Interesting Fact: When Biggart’s wife reached him on
his cell phone shortly after the first tower fell. He told her not to
worry, and would meet her in 20 minutes at his studio. “I’m safe,” he
assured her, “I’m with the firemen.” It was the last time they ever
spoke. About 20 minutes later, the second tower collapsed




5Lady Diana
1961 d.1997




Last year when the long-awaited inquest into Lady Diana’s death
began, this picture was released that shows the last picture taken
before the crash. The press competed to be the first to print it even
though the last photo ended up just showing part of her hair.
Unfortunately and ironically photos like this one ended up contributing
to the crash that ended her life.
The photo shows the four speeding away from the Ritz Paris At around
12:20 a.m. on August 31, 1997 with Henri Paul the hotel driver, right,
and Dodi Fayed’s bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones in the passenger seat. In
the rear seat is Princess Diana (looking back at the pursuing paparazzi)
with Dodi Fayed sitting next to her. Seconds after this picture was
taken the Mercedes entered the Place de l’Alma underpass going at an
estimated speed of 105 km/h (65 mph.) The driver lost control of the
car and swerved to the left before colliding head-on with one of the
pillars in the tunnel. Dodi Fayed and Henri Paul both died instantly.
Trevor Rees-Jones was still conscious and had suffered multiple serious
injuries to the face. Diana was critically injured but died later that
morning in the hospital leaving Rees-Jones the only survivor.
Interesting Fact: As the casualties lay seriously
injured or dead in their wrecked car, the photographers continued to
take pictures. Critically injured Diana was reported to murmur the
words, “oh my God,” and after the photographers were pushed away by
emergency teams, the words, “leave me alone”.4Elvis Presley
1935 –1977




This last known photo of Elvis was taken on August 16 1977 at
12.28am. The picture was snapped as he is pulling into Graceland after a
night out. That afternoon Presley was found on his bathroom floor by
fiancée, Ginger Alden. According to the medical investigator, Presley
had “stumbled or crawled several feet before he died”; he had apparently
been using the bathroom at the time. Death was officially pronounced
at 3:30 pm at Baptist Memorial Hospital.
Interesting Fact: Elvis had visited his dentist on
August 15th to have a temporary crown put in and has been suggested that
the codeine the dentist gave him that day resulted in an anaphylactic
shock that assisted in his death because he had suffered allergic
reactions to the drug previously.3Adolf Hitler
1889 –1945




This last know picture of Hitler was taken approximately two days
prior to his death as he stands outside his Berlin bunker entrance
surveying the devastating bomb damage. With Germany lying in ruins
after six years of war, and with defeat imminent, Hitler decided to take
his own life. But before doing so, he married Eva Braun and then penned
his last will and testament. The next day in the afternoon on April 30,
1945 Braun and Hitler’ entered his living room to end their lives.
Later that afternoon the remaining members of the bunker community found
Hitler slumped over, and blood spilled over the arm of the couch. Eva
was sitting at the other end. Hitler had killed himself by biting down
on a cyanide capsule while shooting him self in the head. Eva only used
the cyanide capsule.
Interesting Fact: When Hitler asked his physician to
recommend a reliable method of suicide his doctor suggested combining a
dose of cyanide with a gunshot to the head.2Anne Frank
b.1929 –d.1945




This is believed to be the last known photo of Anne Frank with her
sister Margot taken in early to mid 1942. Later that year In July her
sister Margot would be among the first to receive notice that she was to
be sent to Nazi Germany ordering her to report for relocation to a work
camp. Anne was then told by her father that the family would go into
hiding. The Frank family was discovered and arrested on the morning of
August 4th 1944. Having been arrested in hiding, they were considered
criminals and were sent to the Punishment Barracks for hard labor. In
March 1945, a typhus epidemic spread through the camp and killed
approximately 17,000 prisoners. Witnesses later testified that Margot
fell from her bunk in her weakened state and was killed by the shock,
and that a few days later Anne Frank died.
Interesting Fact: In April 1945 just weeks after
Anne Frank’s death, the camp was liberated by British troops.1Abraham Lincoln
b.1809 –1865




There is some controversy as to which photograph is the last picture
of Abraham Lincoln taken before he was assassinated. I ran across three
different photos on the Internet that claim last picture. However from
information recently discovered the general consensus is the photo
pictured above is the one. It was taken by Henry J. Warren during a
photo session around the time of his inauguration. Mr. Warren took some
candid photographs of crowd scenes on March 4th and two day later on
March 6th Warren took this picture out on the White House Balcony.
A little over a month after this picture was taken on April 14, 1865
Lincoln attended a play at Ford’s Theater. John Wilkes Booth a
well-known actor and a Confederate spy from Maryland crept up behind the
President’s box and waited for the funniest line of the play, hoping
the laughter would cover the noise of the gunshot. When the laughter
came Booth jumped into the box with the President and aimed a
single-shot, round-slug .44 caliber Derringer at his head, firing at
point-blank range.
Interesting Fact: As mentioned above many Internet
sites claim a different last picture taken of Lincoln claiming a date of
April 10, 1865. (Just 4 days before the assassination) New evidence
indicates what they thought was the last photo was used to paint a
portrait. That particular portrait was painted February 5th 1865. This
being the case, the Warren photo suddenly became the last picture taken
of Lincoln alive.