Celebrity Deaths

[Fonzarelli23]

Okay---this isn't really funny (well the author actually has quite a sense of humor) so I guess it's an oddity. I just didn't know really where to put it but it's pretty interesting. It has all these celebrity death facts on stars (a lot of classic ones). Most stories usually have links to really interesting pictures too like where the celebrity lived, etc. Anyway, maybe I'm demented but I found it interesting. There are a ton of random, unknown facts. Like whoever knew Keanu had a baby that died, then his fiancee got killed in a car crash---Not I! Anyway the site is www.findadeath.com . Just thought I'd share.
You can go to the directory link and browse the list.

[FierceKiten]

Nooo, this is good Fonz, thank you. Im all into that stuff, necro-creepy,non living, torture, trashing celebs. You get the picture.

[NawdleZouss]

Fuckity fuck. I need a hug.

[SammysMom]

I had looked at the one about Chris Farley and seeing his picture really bothered me for months. I just think its so sad

[FierceKiten]

Not that I get off on this stuff, nor sic. I have an interest with everything surrounding this topic. From murders, causes of expiration, evidence; the whole process. I know that some just cant stomach it and critsize others but Im very mature about this type of content.

[SammysMom]

FierceKiten do you watch Dr.G on A&E? I like to watch that show even though I know very well it could be me on that slab and having an autosy(Sp)
I find it very interesting also.

[FierceKiten]

Never seen it, but I'll look. Along with my mother, I watch Forensic Files on Court Tv. Since I was 11, I can remember watching Autopsies on HBO. I questioned myself, wtf but I get fixiated on that subject and people think im twisted. My mom never questioned me and has share some interesting stuff with me.

There was a poll taken and it surveyed that women are more interested in forensics and even watching CSI, more than men; interesting...

[Fonzarelli23]

I too am interested in forensics, etc. Fierce. Plus, I don't think this website is too graphic. I think it has a lot of great classic Hollywood landmark photos and interesting facts surroudning celebrity deaths besides the gory details.

[FierceKiten]

Much agreed Fonz

[provence]

I love that site! I'm glad you mentioned it.

[ourmaninBusan]

Jayne Mansfield's death is more dramatic than her life.

http://snopes.com/movies/actors/jayne.htm

In the early morning hours of 29 June 1967, on a narrow country road near a Louisiana swamp, a grey 1966 Buick Electra glided through the dark on its way to New Orleans. The road ahead was obscured by a white haze laid down by a distant mosquito fogger which prevented the car's driver from discerning the presence of a slow-moving tractor-trailer ahead of him. At approximately 2:15 a.m., the Electra slammed into that truck, then slid under it. All three adults sitting in the car's front seat were killed instantly, but surprisingly, the three children riding in the back seat were cushioned from serious harm. Dead at the scene were the driver, Ronnie Harrison; actress Jayne Mansfield; Mansfield's boyfriend Sam Brody; and Mansfield's small dog. Three of Mansfield's five children (Mariska, 3; Zoltan, 6; and Miklos Jr., 8; all fathered by her second husband, Mickey Hargitay), survived the accident.

Now here's the infamous part:

The precise nature of the injuries inflicted in this accident would not usually bear thinking about, but rumors about the death of one of the passengers was turned into the stuff of contemporary lore when it became "common knowledge" that Jayne Mansfield had been decapitated. It is because this belief is as widespread as it is that this topic merits study, and it is due to the nature of the rumor that the discussion needs to be as detailed as it does.

Although Mansfield's actual mode of death was gruesome, she was not beheaded. According to the police report on the accident, "the upper portion of this white female's head was severed." Her death certificate notes a "crushed skull with avulsion (forcible separation or detachment) of cranium and brain." One thinks of a beheading as the neck's being sliced through, causing the head to be separated from the body, but that is clearly not what happened here. Scalping is perhaps a closer description of Mansfield's fate, but even that word does not accurately reflect the cranial trauma she suffered, because scalping victims at least retain an intact skull. The Angel of Death did not afford Mansfield this luxury: Her skull was cracked or sliced open, and a sizeable piece of it was carried away.

As gruesome as this mode of death was, it at least had the benefit of being quick. Mansfield probably never felt what happened to her, and because of the sharply reduced visibility conditions on the road that night, she likely had only an instant of "We're going to crash!" shock to cope with before the impact.

Kenneth Anger's 1975 Hollywood Babylon contains a controversial photo of the wrecked Electra which shows Mansfield's dead dog lying beside the car, but the item in the shot that arouses discussion is what appears to be a blonde wig. Was it truly a wig, or was it the top part of Mansfield's head?

Coooooooooooolll...

[FierceKiten]

I luv the mystery of it. Im a private eye enspektor, meaning if I dont find what im looking for here, I'll find another source!

[LunaShar]

i love that site, Find a Death. Some great stories. i m really into that kind of stuff, its fascinating. Thanks for posting that story on Jayne, poor thing.
She definetely wasnt decapitated, it was her wig .

[Laurent]

I love Findadeath. Some of the articles are hilarious, too. Milton Berle's had me laughing hysterically. I think the only thing that really took me aback is that in River Phoenix's write up, there is a picture of him in his casket that's a little ick. A little over the top for some, but everything is fair game on there. I want to be a Death Hag!

[FierceKiten]

My peeps, Im not alone.