Famous Personalities who were Shot dead

Famous Personalities who were Shot dead

Christina Grimmie

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22 year old “Voice” contestant Christina Grimmie was shot while signing autographs after a concert in the city on June 10, 2016. She was taken to hospital later died. Kevin James Loibl, the gunman, came from the city of St Petersburg in Florida to confront her. After a struggle with the singer’s brother, Loibl shot himself dead.

Brandon lee

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He was the son of the famous actor & martial artist Bruce lee. Brandon lee started working in supporting roles in many films. He died of a gunshot on March 1993 by an accidental shooting on the set of the movie CROW. He underwent a surgery of 6 hours but all the attempts to save him failed. The video footage of his death was taken as an evidence for the investigation. The event was later confirmed to be an accident.

Kurt Cobain

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Kurt Cobain was an American musician and a guitarist. He was considered as one of the best and influential guitarist of all times. He was the lead singer of the Famous Rock Band Nirvana. On April 1994 Cobain’s dead body was discovered in a lake with gunshot wound at his chin and a suicide note. It was believed that his body was on the lake for 3 days until his body was finally discovered by an electrician. A high dose of heroin and diazepam was found in his body.

John Lennon

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John Lennon was the co founder of the beatles. Jhon lennon received world wide fame during his time with the Beatles. Later he started his solo career and released a couple of famous albums that’s are considered as one of the best songs. Lennon was shot outside The Dakota apartment building in New York. After the incident on arrival of police the man who shot him removed his coat and sat on the sidewalk calmly and was holding a paperback book J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye. The man was immediately arrested by the police. He made no attempt to flee or resist. Lenon was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.

Tupac Shakur

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One of the most talented Songwriter, rapper and actor of all time. Tupac redefined the term of rapping in the 90’s and produced a bunch of hit albums. He was legally charged for serious crimes including sexual assault. Tupac was involved in underground gangs and other conflicts with other recording members and rappers which eventually resulted of his assault. He was shot multiple times in a drive by s in Las Vegas Nevada. Six days later he died in the hospital.

John F kennedy

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Served as the 35th president of the United States of America. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas U.S.A who was soon arrested after the incident. However after two days Oswald was shot dead by Jack Ruby, a night club operator in Dallas. It was concluded by the FBI that Oswald was the lone assassin of Kennedy but was also suspected that there might be a planned assassination as a result of conspiracy. Kennedy has been the only Roman Catholic and the only president to win the Pulitzer Prize.

Abraham Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln turned out to be the first American president to be assassinated. He led the country to a Civil war, considered as one of the most horrifying and bloodiest war in the history of mankind. He abolished the slavery and strengthened the federal government and modernized the economy of the country. Abraham Lincoln was a victim of a full planned assassination by a stage actor John Wilkes Booth. He was shot while watching the play Our American Cousin with his wife in Washington D.C.

Adolf Hitler

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Hitler is one of those personalities who need no introduction. Dictator of the Nazi Germany, Hitler was at the center of world war 2 and the infamous holocaust. Hitler’s ideology was almost universally regarded as immoral. He was responsible for genocide of at least 5.5 million Jews and other millions of victims who were deemed undesirable by him and his followers. Hitler’s rule was on a downfall during the Battle of Berlin and was thoroughly defeated. Hitler and his wife committed suicide on 30 April 1945 in order to avoid getting captured by the Red Army. Later their corpses were burned.

 

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