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10 Unusual Celebrity Deaths

February 9, 2011 Oddies, People

It is only natural for us to be intrigued by mysteries. We are either inclined to solve them or follow them. Such mysterious stories about murders, thrillers or adventures are very interesting indeed. And since death is a complicated phenomenon, it too becomes a mystery if it happens to take place in an unnatural and unusual way. The attraction of these stories multiplies if they are from real life incidents, and anecdotes such as those of the renowned celebrities. Let’s discover some of the mysteries revolving around some unusual deaths of celebrities whose mesmerizing personalities, and larger than life images have always captivated us and they haven’t failed to do so, even in death! So, be prepared to be surprised.

Heather O’Rourke (child actress)

He was discovered by Steven Spielberg. She was working in the Poltergeist film trilogy when she developed strange illness in early 1987. Her illness was misdiagnosed, and was kept mysterious until in 1988, suddenly she became very ill again, a flu apparently. But since things were not definite about her state more complications set in. She had developed an infection which eventually worsened her condition even more and she died. Her death was weird due to the fact that several other cast members also died throughout the filming of the third Poltergeist, some as a result of ailment whilst two others were murdered.

Brian Jones (musician- one-time Rolling Stone)

Jones was an English musician and one of the founders of The Rolling Stone. He was weirdly found dead in his swimming pool. This was initially talked about as due to liver and heart enlargement by drug and alcohol abuse. But as time passed, rumors gained intensity that Jones had been murdered. Although some people suggested that he might have taken his own life, but those closest to him never approved of this and believed that he had no reason to commit suicide. Jones’ girlfriend literally accused Frank Thorogood, the builder renovating their house to be the murderer. And Frank had also confessed the murder on his deathbed. But strange mysteries even after 30 years still prevail; such as why did Jagger, Richards and Pallenberg stay away from their close friend’s funeral?

Michael Findlay (horror film maker)

Michael the famous horror film maker, was killed in a helicopter accident in a very unusual way. It was unusual because he was on the roof of a building (had just arrived) and was about to board the helicopter. But the helicopter tumbled, and its revolving rotors disconnected and fell apart, slashing Findlay and two other passengers to death.

Bob Crane (actor)

Crane a 49-year-old actor was famous for his television sitcoms. He was known to be a gentleman and a persistent one. But it was discovered later on that he was not as good as known. He had been involved into an indecent business with his very close friend. This was discovered (along with proof), under an investigation in his apartment where he was found bashed to death. He was covered in blood all over and had an electrical cord bow-tied around his neck. But the murderer was never out in the open due to lack of evidence. Although much later a theory was presented about him, which stated that his business partner, a carpenter by profession, had been the culprit. The reason given into the report suggested it to be a business clash between them. The actual reason behind the murder remains a mystery, because no formal evidence was ever found about it. Thus the case to date remains unsolved.

Karl Wallenda (aerialist)

This famous aerialist was the founder of the Great Wallendas acrobatic troupe, which achieved prominence in Europe for its four-man pyramid and cycling on the high wire without a safety net. Karl had had many misfortunes in his family’s acts, and almost all of them due to misconnected wires. But Karl regardless of all those tragedies continued with his stunts. He even held the record of performing a high-wire walk across a gorge in Georgia. An estimated 30,000 people witnessed him performing two headstands where he crossed the quarter-mile-wide gap. But it was in 1978 that his attempt to walk between two towers of a ten-story Plaza Hotel failed drastically, when the winds exceeded to 48 kilometers per hour, resulting his death. He was quoted as saying, “Life is being on the wire, everything else is just waiting.”

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