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Rainey Bethea, last public hanging in Kentucky, for rape and murder (14 August 1936) Roscoe "Red" Jackson, last public hanging in U.S., for murder (21 May 1937) Udham Singh, Indian revolutionary (31 July 1940) Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologian (9 April 1945) Irma Grese, German Nazi concentration camp guard and war criminal (13 December 1945)
Name Death date Location Cause Occupation Tyler Christopher: 31 October 2023 (aged 50) San Diego, California, United States Acute alcohol intoxication Actor Steve Harwell: 4 September 2023 (aged 56) Boise, Idaho, United States Liver failure Musician, singer: Adam Zimmer: 31 October 2022 (aged 38)
This is a list of successful assassinations, sorted by location.For failed assassination attempts, see List of people who survived assassination attempts.. For the purposes of this article, an assassination is defined as the deliberate, premeditated murder of a prominent figure, often for religious, political or monetary reasons.
Emperor of the Mauryan empire (300 BC), who reputedly died of self-starvation as a Jain. [3] Floyd Collins: 1887–1925 United States: American cave explorer and famous, cave accident victim, died in Sand Cave, the near Cave City, Kentucky, part of Mammoth Cave National Park: George Washington DeLong: 1844–1881 United States
The following notable people died by suicide.This includes suicides effected under duress and excludes deaths by accident or misadventure. People who may or may not have died by their own hand, or whose intention to die is disputed, but who are widely believed to have deliberately killed themselves, may be listed.
Eugen Weidmann (1939) last public execution in France; Thomas Whisenhant (2010) John Allen Williams known as "the Beltway Sniper" Kenneth Williams (2017) most recent execution in Arkansas; Stanley Williams (2005) Douglas Franklin Wright (1996) first post-Gregg execution in Oregon; Aileen Wuornos (2002) Elias Xitavhudzi (1960) known as "the ...
Browne himself was killed on the spot by Townshend, who in turn died of his wounds the following day. Peter Legh, English politician, by Valentine Browne – 1640 [6] Armand d'Athos, inspiration for the Alexandre Dumas character of the same name – 1643 [7] Charles Price, English politician, by Capt. Robert Sandys at Presteigne – 1645 [8]