Celebrities who were tragically murdered!

Updated On March 18, 2024 | Published By: Katie Randall | In Death

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It has always been more shocking and heartbreaking when we heard about celebrities’ death.
Many celebrities died by murder during their active career and have received extensive media attention.

These are some celebrities who died by murder.

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1)John Lennon

The Beatle(music band) member died bythe hands of his own fan. On 8th December 1980, tragedy struck when Lennon arrived at his home a fan came up and asked for his autograph, he agreed to give it, but when he turned to walk away, the fan shot Lennon in the back four times, dying on the way to the hospital in 1980.

2)XXXTentacion

After the singer released his second single album “Changes” on March 2, he died by gun shooting. On June 18, 2018, a robber shot him to death in Deerfield Beach, Florida.The robber shot XXXTentacion multiple times in the neck and he died on spot.

XXXTentacion death — XXXTentacion died in his car. (Source: Pinterest)

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3)Phil Hartman

On May 28, 1998, Phil was murdered by his wife after an argument. While he was sleeping, his wife shot him 3 times once between the eyes, once in the throat, and once in the upper chest and later took her own life. She was taking Zoloft and had recently used cocaine.

4)Tupac Shakur

On September 13, 1996, Tupac died after six days at a local hospital because an unknown gunman in a white Cadillac shot him four times in the chest at a stoplight in Las Vegas while driving.

The case remains to unsolve and no one was ever charged with his murder.

Tupac Shakur gravestone in Stone Mountain, Georgia. (Source: Pinterest)

5)Jam Master Jay

On October 30, 2001, Jam was shot to death in his Queen studio by an unknown person. In 2018, Netflix released a documentary “ReMastered: Who Killed Jam Master Jay? to analyzed his murder. Later in 2020, Ronald Washington and Karl Jordan Jr. were indicted for Jam’s murder. And the reason was because of a drug deal that went bad.

6)Sam Cooke

On December 11, 1964, motel manager shot Sam Cooke where he was staying at Hacienda Motel, in Los Angeles, California.

She shot him in his chest, which pierced his heart. The murderer claimed that she shot him in self-defense and served no jail time. However, she paid $200,000 in compensatory and punitive damages.

Sam Cooke death — A motel manager shot Cooke. (Source: Pinterest)

7)Nicole Brown Simpson

On June 13, 1994, Brown’s body remained in her home in Brentwood, Los Angeles. Someone stabbed seven times in the neck and scalp and has a 5.5in slit across her throat. Her friend Ron Goldman was also lying in a pool of their blood outside her home.

8)Dorothy Stratten

On August 14, 1980, Dorothy’s husband/manager brutally murdered at her apartment in Los Angeles apartment. He killed himself after he murderering her. He raped and beat her and she had a gunshot wound on her face.

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