Top Celebrity Names Starting With Death

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   Death of Osama bin Laden

   1957 - 2011 Male
   

   Militant, Military Person

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   Osama bin Laden, the former head of the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda, was killed in Pakistan on Monday, May 2, 2011, shortly after 1 am local time by DEVGRU/SEAL Team 6, a United States special operations military unit. The operation, code-named Operation Neptune Spear, was ordered by United States President Barack Obama and carried out in a U.S. Central Intelligence Agency operation by a team of United States Navy SEALs from the SOF (Special Operations Forces).… read more

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   Death of Ian Tomlinson

   1962 - 2009 Male
   

   Seller, Contact

   
   

   Ian Tomlinson was an English newspaper vendor who collapsed and died in the City of London after coming into contact with the police while on his way home from work during the 2009 G-20 summit protests. A first postmortem examination indicated he had suffered a heart attack and had died of natural causes.… read more

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   Death of Jean Charles de Menezes

   1978 - 2005 Male
   

   Victim of Police Shooting

   
   

   Jean Charles de Menezes was a Brazilian man shot in the head seven times at Stockwell tube station on the London Underground by the London Metropolitan police, after he was misidentified as one of the fugitives involved in the previous day's failed bombing attempts. These events took place two weeks after the London bombings of 7 July 2005, in which 56 people died.… read more

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   Death of Keith Blakelock

   1945 - 1985 Male
   

   Metropolitan

   
   

   The death of PC Keith Blakelock, an officer with the London Metropolitan Police, occurred on 6 October 1985 during rioting on the Broadwater Farm housing estate in Tottenham, north London. The violence broke out after a black woman died of heart failure during a police search of her home, and took place against a backdrop of unrest in several English cities and a breakdown of the relationship between the police and local black communities.… read more

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   Death of Jeremiah Duggan

   1980 - 2003 Male
   

   Scholar, Militant, Witness

   
   

   Jeremiah Duggan was a British student at the Sorbonne who died on 27 March 2003 in Wiesbaden, Germany, while attending a youth cadre school organized by the LaRouche movement, an international network led by the American political activist Lyndon LaRouche. The German police said Duggan had committed suicide after witnesses said he ran onto a busy road and was struck by several cars.… read more

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   Death in June

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   Musician

   
   

   Death in June are a neofolk group led by English folk musician Douglas Pearce, better known as Douglas P. The band was originally formed in Britain in 1981 as a trio, but after the other members left in 1984 and 1985 to work on other projects, the group became the work of Douglas P. and various collaborators. Douglas P. now lives in Australia.… read more

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   Death of Neda Agha-Soltan

   1983 - 2009 Female
   

   Opposition

   
   

   Footage of the death of Nedā Āghā-Soltān drew international attention after she was killed during the 2009 Iranian election protests. Her death was captured on video by bystanders and broadcast over the Internet and the video became a rallying point for the opposition. It was described as "probably the most widely witnessed death in human history".… read more

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   Death of Kaja Ballo

   1988 - 2008 Female
   

   Scholar, Ally, Prior

   
   

   Kaja Bordevich Ballo was a university student in the French town of Nice; her father was Olav Gunnar Ballo, a member of the Norwegian Parliament. On March 28, 2008 Kaja Ballo took the personality test run by the Church of Scientology, and subsequently committed suicide. Family and friends stated that Ballo was happy prior to taking the test, and that her mood dramatically shifted after receiving the results.… read more

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   Death of Rebecca Zahau

   1979 - 2011 Female
   

   Suicide

   
   

   Rebecca Mawii Zahau was a 32-year-old woman discovered dead on July 13, 2011, in a historic mansion in Coronado, California. Initial reports described her as being hanged to death while unclothed, with her hands bound behind her back and feet bound together. The estate, known as the Spreckels Mansion, was owned by her live-in boyfriend, Medicis Pharmaceutical CEO Jonah Shacknai.… read more

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    Death Cab for Cutie

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    Bass

    
    

    Death Cab for Cutie is an American alternative rock band formed in Bellingham, Washington in 1997. The band consists of Ben Gibbard, Chris Walla (guitar, production, keyboards), Nick Harmer (bass) and Jason McGerr (drums). Gibbard's first album, You Can Play These Songs with Chords, was released as a demo, leading to a record deal with Barsuk Records. It was at this time that Gibbard decided to expand the project into a complete band, and recruited band members to join.… read more

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    Death of Tina Watson

    1977 - 2003 Female
    

    Salesman, Authority

    
    

    Christina Mae "Tina" Thomas Watson, a 26-year-old American from Alabama, died while scuba diving on her honeymoon in Queensland, Australia on 22 October 2003. She had been married to fellow American Gabe Watson for 11 days. He was initially charged by Queensland authorities with his wife's murder. This was changed to manslaughter with a guilty plea. He was subsequently sentenced to a term of imprisonment for her manslaughter.… read more

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    Death of Linda Norgrove

    2010 Female
    

    Actor

    
    

    On 26 September 2010 Scottish aid worker Linda Norgrove, while working for an international development company as regional director, and three of her Afghani colleagues were kidnapped by members of the Taliban in the Kunar Province, in eastern Afghanistan. The group was taken to the Dewegal Valley, and US and Afghan forces began to conduct search operations in that area, including road blocks to prevent the Taliban from moving them into Pakistan.… read more

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    Death of Lisa McPherson

    1959 - 1995 Female
    

    Coroner

    
    

    Lisa McPherson was a member of the Church of Scientology who died of a pulmonary embolism while under the care of the Flag Service Organization (FSO), a branch of the Church of Scientology. Following the report of the state's medical examiner that indicated that Lisa was a victim of negligent homicide, the Church of Scientology was indicted on two felony charges, "abuse and/or neglect of a disabled adult" and "practicing medicine without a license.… read more

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    Death

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    Founder, Genius

    
    

    Death was an American metal band founded in 1983. The band's founder, Chuck Schuldiner, is considered "a pioneering force in death metal and grindcore". The band ceased to exist after Schuldiner died of brain cancer in 2001, though remains an enduring metal brand. Death is considered one of the most influential bands in metal. The band's debut, Scream Bloody Gore, has been described as "death metal's first archetypal document" and "the first true death metal record".… read more

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    Death of Christopher Alder

    1960 - 1998 Male
    

    Unlawfully Killed In Police Custody In Kingston Upon Hull, England.

    
    

    Christopher Ibikunle Alder was a trainee computer programmer and former British Army paratrooper who had been decorated for his service with the Army in Northern Ireland. He died while in police custody at Queen's Gardens Police Station, Kingston upon Hull, in April 1998. The case became a cause célèbre for civil rights campaigners in the United Kingdom.… read more

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    Death

    Female
    

    Comedian, End

    
    

    Death is a fictional character from the DC comic book series, The Sandman. The character first appeared in The Sandman vol. 2, #8 (August 1989), and was created by Neil Gaiman and Mike Dringenberg. In the stories, Death is both the end of life and a psychopomp. Like most anthropomorphic personifications of death, Death meets with the recently deceased and guides them into their new existence.… read more

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    Death of Zahra Baker

    1999 - 2010 Female
    

    
    

    Zahra Clare Baker was born in Wagga Wagga, Australia and was reported missing on October 9, 2010. Only 10 years old at the time of her death, her dismembered remains were found in November 2010. Because of the gruesome nature her remains were found in and the suspicious story surrounding her death, this disabled, Australian girl who moved to the United States, was given worldwide attention.… read more

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    Death Angel

    Male
    

    Freelancer

    
    

    Death Angel is a Filipino-American thrash metal band from Concord, California, initially active from 1982 to 1991 and again since 2001. Death Angel has released six studio albums, two demo tapes, one box set and two live albums. Two independent releases, The Ultra-Violence and Frolic Through the Park (1988), attracted the attention of Geffen Records, who signed the quintet in 1989, and released their next album, Act III, one year later.… read more

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    Death of Baby P

    2006 - 2007 Male
    

    Old Boy, Health Professional

    
    

    Peter Connelly was an English 17-month old boy who died in London after suffering more than 50 injuries over an eight-month period, during which he was repeatedly seen by Haringey Children's services and NHS health professionals. Baby P's real first name was revealed as "Peter" on the conclusion of a subsequent trial of Peter's mother's boyfriend on a charge of raping a two-year-old.… read more

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    Death of Brian Rossiter

    2002 Male
    

    
    

    The death of Brian Rossiter occurred at Cork University Hospital in Cork, Ireland, on 14 September 2002, as a result of head injuries he had sustained several days earlier. Fourteen-year-old Brian Rossiter had been arrested for a public order offence on the night of 10/11 September 2002, falling into a coma whilst in custody at Clonmel garda station.… read more