| O.
J. Simpson Murder Case. |
O.J's wife
Nicole Simpson was found in a pool of blood
outside of 875 (now renumbered 879)S.
Bundy Drive, Brentwood on 12th. June
1994 at Midnight, her throat had been slashed.
Also found stabbed to death there was her friend
Ron Goldman. Simpson was later tried but found
not guilty of her murder. |
|
River Phoenix. |
The Viper Room. 8852 Sunset Blvd. River
Phoenix collapsed and died of a drug overdose on
the pavement outside of this Rock Club on
Halloween night 1993 he was 23 years old. |
| Don
Simpson. |
685 Stone Canyon
Rd, Beverly Hills. Don Simpson was one of
Hollywood's most successful producers of the
80's & 90's with hits like Top Gun - Bev/Hills
Cop - Flashdance - The Rock etc Died of a drugs
overdose here in a upstairs bathroom on 19th Jan
1996. His story being the subject of the film
You'll Never Make Love in This Town Again. |
| Phil
Hartman. |
5065 Encino Avenue, Encino. It was here
that Phil was shot to death in his sleep, by his
wife Brynn on 28th. May 1998. He was 49 years
old, his wife later committed suicide. |
|
Brian Keith. |
23449 Malibu Col.
Rd. Malibu. It was here at his Malibu
home that actor Brian Keith committed suicide by
shooting himself on 24th. June 1997. |
|
Margaux Hemingway. |
139 Fraser Street, Santa Monica.
Granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway who committed
suicide with an overdose of pills on 2nd. July
1996. This was the anniversary of Ernest
Hemingway's own suicide. |
|
Haing S. Ngor |
945 N.Beaudry Ave.
Downtown, Los Angeles. Oscar winning actor of
"The Killing Fields" was robbed and shot to
death outside his home on 25th. February 1996. |
| Ray
Combs. |
1509
E. Wilson Terrace. Glendale Adventist
Hospital where game show host Ray Combs
committed suicide by hanging himself with bed
sheets, in his room on 2nd June 1996. |
| Del
Shannon. |
15519 Saddleback
Rd. Canyon Country. Singer famous for the
hit Runaway committed suicide here at his
home, by shooting himself in the head, on 8th
February 1990. |
| John
Belushi. |
8221 Sunset Blvd. It was here in March
1982, in bungalow 3 of the Chateau Marmont, that
actor John Belushi star of such movies as
Animal House & The Blues Brothers died of a
drugs overdose aged 33. |
|
Marvin Gaye. |
2101 S. Gramercy Place. The family home
where motown singer Marvin Gaye was shot dead by
his father during an argument in April 1984. I
Heard it Through the Grapevine was perhaps his
biggest hit, his minister father was later
sentenced to 5 years probation for voluntary
manslaughter. |
|
Dorothy Stratten |
10881 Clarkson Rd, Westwood. The house
where Playboy centerfold Dorothy was murdered on
14th.August 1980 by her husband, after he had
learnt of her affair with director Peter
Bogdanovich. |
|
Dennis Wilson. |
Basin C of Marina Del Ray. Beach
Boys drummer Dennis drowned on 28th.Dec.1983
aged 39 whilst swimming under his boat "Emerald"
in basin C. |
|
William Holden |
535 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica. Was
found dead here in his apartment on the
5th.floor after apparently falling and striking
his head then bleeding to death in 1981. |
|
Dominique Dunne |
8723 Rangely Ave, W/Hollywood. The
home of actress Dominique who played the older
sister Dana in Poltergeist. She
was strangled and murdered here, by her ex
boyfriend John Sweeney, on the driveway in
October 1982, she was 22 years old. |
|
Frank Christi. |
6969 Woodrow
Wilson Drive. Bad guy actor of TV series
such as The Rockford Files & Charlie's Angels
also appeared in The Godfather. Gunned
downed here in his carport by drug dealers in
1982. |
| Tim
Hardin. |
625 Orange Drive,
Hollywood. Singer/Songwriter Tim writer of
songs such as Reason to Believe & If I
was a Carpenter died here of a drug overdose
on 29th.Dec.1980. |
|
Janis Joplan. |
7047 Franklin Ave. Hollywood. Landmark
Hotel. (now called Highland Gardens) is where
Janis died of a drugs overdose in room 105 on
4th. Oct.1970 she was 27 years old. |
|
Freddie Prinze. |
86575 Comstock
Ave. Westwood. It was in this apartment that
comic Freddie committed suicide by shooting
himself in 1977 he was 22 years old. |
| Sal
Mineo |
8563 Holloway Drive. W/Hollywood. It was
here that actor Sal Mineo was robbed and stabbed
to death in Feb.1976 at the age of 37 in the
carport of his apartment building. Sal together
with his co-stars of Rebel Without a
Cause, James Dean - Natalie Wood and Nick
Adams all died of a violent or unusual death. |
| Jack
Cassidy |
1221 N. King's Rd, W/Hollywood. Where
actor Jack Cassidy former husband of Shirley
Jones and father of singer David died in an
apartment fire in 1976. He had gone to sleep
holding a lighted cigarette, igniting the couch
on which he had fallen asleep. |
| Pete
Duel. |
2552 Glen Green Terrace, Hollywood
Hills. The house where actor Pete, who played
Joshua Smith in the TV series Alias Smith &
Jones put a gun to his head and shot himself in
1971. |
|
Marilyn Monroe. |
12305 Fifth Helena Drive, Brentwood.
Marilyn's last home where she was found dead of
an apparent drugs overdose on 5th August 1962.
An overdose which as been disputed to this day
in many books and articles. |
| Sam
Cooke. |
9137 S. Figueroa
Street. Hacienda Motel (now called The Star
Motel) was where soul singer Sam Cooke was shot
and killed by the manager in December 1964. |
|
Robert Kennedy. |
Ambassador Hotel. 3400 Wilshire Blvd. It
was here in the pantry that Robert Kennedy was
assassinated in June 1968 by Sirhan Sirhan. He
had just finished his victory speech for the
Californian Primary and was just leaving when he
was gunned down. |
|
Sharon Tate. |
10050 Cielo Drive, Beverly Hills. The
house where Sharon Tate was living when she and
5 others were slaughtered by Members of the
Charles Manson Family on 9th Aug 1969. This
house was demolished in 1994, rebuilt and the
number changed to 10066. |
|
Dianne Linkletter |
8787 Shoreham Drive, W/Hollywood. The
6th. floor apartment from which Dianne daughter
of Art jumped to her death in 1969 whilst on
LSD. |
| Nick
Adams. |
2126 El Roble Lane, Beverly Hills. The
home of actor Nick Adams who died of an overdose
here in 1968 |
|
Lenny Bruce. |
8825 Hollywood
Blvd. W/Hollywood. It was in this home that
Lenny killed himself of a drugs overdose in
1966. Portrayed in the 1974 film Lenny by
Dustin Hoffman he was 41 years old. |
|
Carole Landis. |
1465 Capri Drive,
Pacific Palisades. This is where actress
Carole killed herself in 1948 with a drugs
overdose her affair with Rex Harrison had just
ended and her career was on the skids. rex
Harrison found her body on the bathroom floor
she was 29 yrs. old. |
|
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel |
810 Linden Drive, Beverly Hills. It was
in this house that Bugsy Siegel was shot &
killed through the window by hit men on 20th
June 1947 he was aged 41. Bugsy had just built
the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas with mob money,
the building costs had run so over budget Bugsy
was thought to be skimming money for himself.
Meyer Lansky & Lucky Luciano therefore ordered
the hit on their childhood friend. His story was
told in the 1991 film Bugsy in which
Warren Beatty played Bugsy. |
| Peg
Entwistle. |
The Hollywood Sign. On the night of
18th.Sept.1932 English actress Peg Entwistle
climbed to the top of the 50ft.high letter H of
the sign. Then whilst the signs lights glittered
jumped to her death. She was and still is the
only person to have committed suicide by jumping
from the sign. |
