# Celebrities who were murdered? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 30, 2009, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-were-murdered/483725 "2009-01-30T16:40:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Hi\_Neighbor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hi_neighbor/32/494_2.png) [@Hi\_Neighbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hi_Neighbor)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-were-murdered/483725/41 "2009-01-30T20:52:58Z")
Wiki category: [Murdered entertainers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Murdered_entertainers). ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-were-murdered/483725/42 "2009-01-30T21:21:49Z")
Hey, thanks for all the info! I really appreciate it! ---
**Author:** ![Hi\_Neighbor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hi_neighbor/32/494_2.png) [@Hi\_Neighbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hi_Neighbor)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2009, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-were-murdered/483725/43 "2009-01-30T21:32:55Z")
Holy shit. I just found out that Judith Barsi, who voiced Ducky in one of my favorite animated movies of all time, _The Land Before Time_, was murdered. She was only 10. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-were-murdered/483725/44 "2009-01-31T00:59:58Z")
Does it count if someone became a celebrity _after_ their death? [JonBenet Ramsey](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonbenet_Ramsey). Wow, she’d have just recently turned 18 if she hadn’t been murdered. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-were-murdered/483725/45 "2009-01-31T01:32:26Z")
William Shatner. Oh! Sorry, not yet. Hey, I just thought of Bob Crane. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-were-murdered/483725/46 "2009-01-31T02:20:43Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > William Shatner. Oh! Sorry, not yet. Soon. Very soon. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-were-murdered/483725/47 "2009-01-31T02:27:08Z")
I wonder how much overlap there will be between this thread and the Complete-Bastard Celebrities one. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-were-murdered/483725/48 "2009-01-31T02:52:07Z")
> [@Hi\_Neighbor](#): > > Wiki category: [Murdered entertainers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Murdered_entertainers). Hm. It says they re-opened the investigation into the murder of Peter Ivers. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-were-murdered/483725/49 "2009-01-31T02:58:58Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > Does it count if someone became a celebrity _after_ their death? > > [JonBenet Ramsey](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonbenet_Ramsey). Wow, she’d have just recently turned 18 if she hadn’t been murdered. So now it’s legal to have sex with her body? ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-were-murdered/483725/50 "2009-01-31T10:23:23Z")
Not a U.S. celebrity, but Jill Dando would certainly count. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-were-murdered/483725/51 "2009-01-31T11:47:10Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Carl Switzer, aka Alfalfa, from the old _Our Gang_ series. > > Stringbean from _Hee Haw_. > > How’s that for esoteric? 😃 I don’t know about esoteric, but **Dr. Rieux** mentioned both of them in post #9. ---
**Author:** ![WishIHadACoolName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a587f6/32.png) [@WishIHadACoolName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WishIHadACoolName)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-were-murdered/483725/52 "2009-01-31T11:55:58Z")
Findadeath has stories on most of these, and tons of other celebrity deaths. Morbid for certain, but exceedingly entertaining if you’re interested in this stuff. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-were-murdered/483725/53 "2009-01-31T12:01:11Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Three celebrities who were _murdered_ on September 11, 2001: Where’s NHL hockey star Ace Bailey on that list? ---
**Author:** ![El\_DeLuxo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_deluxo/32/9043_2.png) [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-were-murdered/483725/54 "2009-01-31T12:03:22Z")
According to rumor,\*\* Johnny Thunders\*\*’ demise was indirectly caused by two guys who tried to rob him by slipping him a big hit of acid on the sly; he realized he’d been dosed, and then overdosed while attempting to bring himself down with methadone – I’d say that was murder, or manslaughter at very least, if it’s true. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-were-murdered/483725/55 "2009-01-31T12:19:28Z")
[Ted Healy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Healy), the comedian who founded the 3 Stooges, may or may not have been beaten to death outside an LA nightclub in 1937. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-were-murdered/483725/56 "2009-01-31T13:03:19Z")
Nancy Spungen. Sort of a celebrity. She was only famous for being Sid Vicious’s girlfriend, but look where that got her. There is the theory out there that she wasn’t killed by Sid, but by Rockets Redglare, character actor, comedian, drug dealer, all around low-life. ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-were-murdered/483725/57 "2009-01-31T13:37:19Z")
HELLO? Bob Crane, people. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-were-murdered/483725/58 "2009-01-31T14:05:27Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I don’t know about esoteric, but **Dr. Rieux** mentioned both of them in post #9. Well, that’s what happens when I try to post bleary-eyed late at night. But how about Bob Crane? Been mentioned yet? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-were-murdered/483725/59 "2009-01-31T14:08:11Z")
Half of the rap artists at Death Row Records. The other half did it. And Bob Crane. ---
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-were-murdered/483725/60 "2009-01-31T14:17:50Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > William Shatner. Oh! Sorry, not yet. Wrong category. He’d be in famous people who murdered their wives and got away with it, along with OJ and Robert Blake. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-were-murdered/483725.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-who-were-murdered/483725.md?page=4)