Tragic final photos of celebrities before they passed away.
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1. One of the last known photos of actor Robin Williams taken before he tragically ended his own life.
2. Photograph of Heath Ledger, taken on the set of "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.” Just a few days later, his lifeless body was found in his NYC apartment. He was only 28.
3. One of the final known photos of actress Audrey Hepburn. She sadly passed away in January 1993 from appendiceal cancer at her home in Switzerland.
4. Photograph of Marilyn Monroe taken just days before she tragically passed away from an overdose in 1962.
5. Actress Candy Darling in her hospital bed shortly before she passed away. She died of lymphoma on 21st March 1974. She was 29.
6. One of the final photos of Janis Joplin, taken on October 3rd, 1970. She passed away on October 4th. She was 27.
7. One of the final photographs of musicians Buddy Holly, J.P. Richardson, and Ritchie Valens, posing before boarding a plane that tragically crashed into an Iowa field on February 3rd, 1959, later known as "The Day the Music Died."
8. One of the final photographs of Actor Gene Wilder before he passed away in August 2016 at age 83. He succumbed to complications of Alzheimer's disease, a condition he had been diagnosed with three years prior to his passing, though he chose to keep this information private.
9. This is the final photograph of the rapper Takeoff. It was posted to his Instagram shortly before being shot to death in the early hours of November 1st, 2022, in Houston. He was 28.
10. Actor Christopher Lee seen at an event just 4 months before he passed away from congestive heart failure at 93.
11. One of the final photos of rapper Pop Smoke before he was shot and killed during a home invasion in February of 2020. This was his last IG post.
12. This photo of James Dean at a gas station was taken the day that he died. He died when he crashed the Porsche in this photo, swerving to avoid an oncoming car, on September 30, 1955.
13. Photograph of Amy Winehouse taken in London on July 12, 2011. WInehouse died less than two weeks later from alcohol poisoning.
14. Photo of the legendary comedian Richard Pryor alongside fellow comedian Eddie Griffin, taken shortly before Pryor's passing on December 10, 2005, at the age of 65 due to a heart attack.
15. Bob Saget seen in his final photograph just hours before he passed away after a fatal fall in his hotel room at age 65.