List of Famous Suicides
- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_famous_suicides
Excerpts from Touching From a Distance - The life of Ian Curtis (from the band Joy Division) and his suicide. Written by his wife Deborah. - http://users.net1plus.com/steff/bookcurtis.htm
George Eastman Kodak - The founder of the Kodak company. - http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/kodakHistory/eastmanTheMan.shtml
Memories of Michael - Eulogies for Michael Graeme Lewis, an artist suffering from depression. Committed suicide in 1997. - http://members.westnet.com.au/rbagshaw/
The Paul Lafargue Internet Archive - A Marxist and an activist for women's rights. At the age of 70, he committed suicide together with his wife (Marx's daughter), having decided they had nothing left to give to the movement to which they devoted their lives. - http://www.marxists.org/archive/lafargue/index.htm
Child Suicide Spurs HMO Lawsuit - The life and death of 11 year-old Sean. Also includes prevention info and links to helpful sites. - http://mysonsean.org
Life and Death of Lolo Ferrari - Feature story on the suicide of the porn star, from the Guardian (UK). - http://implants.clic.net/tony/Corner/H/0381.html
Love? Duty? or Sacrifice? -- The Sati System - Eye witness account of a 16th century Sati (suicide ritual). By Pietro Della Valle. - http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/women/sati/pietro-della.htm
Boltzmann - Biography of Ludwig Boltzmann (1844-1906). Famous mathematician and physicist. - http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Boltzmann.html
Cesare Pavese - Italian novelist, poet, and translator. In 1950, unhappy with both his personal life and the political climate of postwar Italy, he committed suicide. - http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0837929.html
Pascin - Julius Pinkas Pascin (1885-1930) was born in Bulgaria and studied art at a young age. - http://www.artcult.com/pascin.htm
Rumors about Jack London's Death - Most sources claim that he committed suicide, however, there is other evidence. - http://www.jack-london.org/suicide.htm