Suicide??
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This is a list of famous people who are known to have committed suicide.

Alphabetical
A-G
Louis Althusser, (1990), French philosopher
Edwin Armstrong, (1954), US inventor of FM radio; jumped from a 13th floor window believing FM was a failure.
Walter Benjamin, (1940), German cultural theorist
Iris Chang, (2004), Chinese-American author
Leslie Cheung, (2003), Hong Kong movie star and singer
Christine Chubbuck, (1974), US newsreader, shot herself in the head on live TV after reading the news
Kurt Cobain, (1994), American musician and singer (Nirvana)
Empedocles, (432 BC), Greek philosopher, threw himself into Mt Etna
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
Andrea Feldman, (1972) Actor, Warhol superstar
John Gould Fletcher, (1950), Pulitzer Prize winning poet
Adam Lindsay Gordon, (1870), Australian poet ('Life is mostly froth and bubble')


H-N
James Harden-Hickey, (1898), US eccentric who wrote a book listing 88 poisons and 51 instruments that could be used for suicide; he chose an overdose of morphine
Ernest Hemingway, (1961), American novelist
Adolf Hitler, (1945), Nazi Germany's leader. Shot/poisoned himself in bunker.
Abbie Hoffman, (1989), US political activist and political demonstrator
Doug Hopkins, (1993), musician, founding member of rock group The Gin Blossoms. Killed himself with a .38 pistol December 5
Isocrates, (338 BC), Greek rhetorician
Jim Jones, (1978), reverend, leader of the "People's Temple" cult. Died during mass suicide that cost the lives of more than 500 in Guyana.
Dr. David Kelly, (2003), British scientist, source of BBC story about the September Dossier
Fletcher Knebel, (1993), US novelist ('Seven Days in May'), he said: Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics)
Florence Lawrence, (1938), Hollywood's first movie Star
Hideto Matsumoto, (1998), Japanese rock musician
Denis Matthews, (1988), UK pianist
Vladimir Mayakovsky, (1930), Russian poet; his suicide note said 'I don't recommend it for others'
Charlotte Mew, (1928), English poet
Yukio Mishima, (1970), Japanese novelist; committed public ritual seppuku
Marilyn Monroe, (1962), American actress (some suspect foul play)
Oscar Nedbal, (1930), Czech composer ('The Tale of the Simply Johnny'); jumped out a window on Christmas Eve

O-Z
George Reeves, (1959), US actor, played Superman on television
Ruan Lingyu, (1935), Chinese actress
Alberto Santos-Dumont, (1932), aviation pioneer
Gen Ushijima, (1945), Japanese military commander who lost the Battle of Okinawa
Sid Vicious, (1979) bass player of the Sex Pistols, not long after allegedly killing his girlfriend
Rozz Williams, (1998), Musician, "Christian Death"