Mabel Stark

Mabel Stark

female, deceased (1968)
tiger, semen, Drug-related death, Drug-related suicide, circus, goat
Mabel Stark (real name Mary Haynie) (d. April 21 1968) was the worlds premier tiger trainer of the 1920s, specializing in highly sexualized circus...
Phyllis Hyman

Phyllis Hyman

female, deceased (1995)
From Pittsburgh, Soul singer, American, Pennsylvania musician, actor, African-American…Drug-related suicide, Drug-related death, committed suicide
Phyllis Hyman (July 6, 1949 - June 30, 1995) was a soul singer, model and actress.
Alan Wilson

Alan Wilson

male, deceased (1970)
Alan "Blind Owl" Christie Wilson, Hooker 'N' Heat, Eddie 'Son' House, conservationism, barbiturate, falsetto…suicide, Drug-related suicide, Drug-related death
Alan "Blind Owl" Christie Wilson was the leader, singer, and primary composer in the American blues band Canned Heat. He played guitar and...
The Singing Nun

The Singing Nun

female, deceased (1985)
Roman Catholic, contraception, committed suicide, Dominican Order, Glory Be to God for the Golden Pill, Jeanne-Paule Marie Deckers…Drug-related suicide
The Singing Nun was Jeanine Deckers (born Jeanne-Paule Marie Deckers; October 17 1933 - March 29 1985), a member (as Sister Luc Gabriel) of the...
Albert Ballin

Albert Ballin

male, deceased (1918)
German, Auguste Victoria, Hamburg-America Line, Wilhelm II, committed suicide, cruise ship…Drug-related suicide, Drug-related death
Albert Ballin was a director of Hamburg-America Line, and is the person who is credited with the invention of cruise ships. He was born into a...

Richard Maxfield

male, deceased (1969)
Neoclassicism, New School for Social Research, suicide by jumping from a height, University of California, Berkeley, composer, Drug-related death…Psychoactive drug, Drug-related suicide, committed suicide
Richard Maxfield was a composer of instrumental, electro-acoustic, and electronic music. Born in Seattle, he most likely taught the first...
Reinaldo Arenas

Reinaldo Arenas

male, deceased (1990)
LGBT Hispanic American, Cuban, writer, Playwright, Drug-related death, novelist…committed suicide, Drug-related suicide
Reinaldo Arenas was a Cuban poet, novelist, and playwright who despite his early sympathy for the 1959 revolution, grew critical of and then...
Diane Arbus

Diane Arbus

female, deceased (1971)
Jewish, committed suicide, American, Drug-related suicide, Ethical Culture Fieldston School alumni, Contemporary artist
Diane Arbus was an American photographer, noted for her portraits of people on the fringes of society. (Her first name is pronounced "dee-ANN.")
Diana Churchill

Diana Churchill

female, deceased (1963)
conservative party, Clementine Ogilvy Hozier, St Martin's Church, Bladon, Women's Royal Naval Service, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, barbiturate…suicide, Drug-related suicide, Drug-related death
Diana Churchill was the eldest daughter of Sir Winston Churchill and Clementine Ogilvy Hozier. On 12 December 1932 she married the baronet Sir John...
Lois Hamilton

Lois Hamilton

female, deceased (1999)
from Philadelphia, film actor, television actor, Drug-related death, aviator, ford modeling agency…Drug-related suicide, committed suicide
Lois Hamilton was an accomplished model, author, actress, artist and aviatrix. Born Lois Aurino in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she was a descendant...