Category: Death Scenes
Human remains in their final resting poses.
Muammar Gaddafi death
After the fall of Tripoli to forces of the opposition National Transitional Council (NTC) in August 2011, Muammar Gaddafi, the deposed leader of Libya, and his family fled the Libyan capital. He was widely...
Corpses of Italian WW1 soldiers uncovered in a melting glacier
“As much of the front was at altitudes of over 6,500ft, a new kind of war had to be developed. The Italians already had specialist mountain troops – the Alpini with their famous feathered...
2015 Kenyan student massacre
On 2 April 2015, gunmen stormed the Garissa University College in Garissa, Kenya, killing 147 people, and injuring 79 or more. The militant group and Al-Qaeda offshoot, Al-Shabaab, which the gunmen claimed to be from, took responsibility for the attack. The gunmen...
Chris Farley death photos
Following his final guest appearance on Saturday Night Live on October 25, 1997, Farley’s hoarse voice and flushed skin were the subject of public scrutiny. In the final years of his life, Farley had sought treatment for...
Suicide of Evelyn McHale
This powerful photo taken by Robert C. Wiles was published as a full-page image in the 12 May 1947 issue of Life Magazine. It ran with the caption: “At the bottom of the Empire...
Bugsy Siegel death photo
On the night of June 20, 1947, as Siegel sat with his associate Allen Smiley in Virginia Hill’s Beverly Hills home reading the Los Angeles Times, an assailant fired at him through the window...
Qusai Hussein with reconstructed face in Air Force morgue
A body said by U.S. Central Command to be the corpse of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s son, Qusay, lies in the U.S. Air Force morgue at the Baghdad airport, July 25, 2003. U.S....
Uday Hussein with reconstructed face in Air Force morgue
A body said by U.S. Central Command to be the corpse of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s son, Uday, lies in the US air force morgue at the Baghdad airport July 25, 2003. U.S....