18 Celebrities Who Jumped Or Fell To Their Deaths

#15 Capital Steez

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The artist known as Capital Steez to the public and as Courtney Everald Dewar Jr. to his friends and family would become famous following his death by suicide. He jumped from the roof of the Cinematic Music Group’s headquarters after notifying his friends of his intention on social media.

 

#14 Albert Ayler

005--14-albert-ayler-443169Albert Ayler was a well-known avant-garde saxophone player in the 1960s. On November 5, 1970, his body was pulled from the New York City, East River no-one knows if he was jumped or pushed. He did, however, have a history of threatening to kill himself and had previously jumped from the Staten Island Ferry.

 

#13 Francesca Woodman

006--13-francesca-woodman-f556a95c1d8ca726b2477e94ef9a502bFrancesca Stern Woodman is the first woman on our list. She was a famous photographer with a unique black and white style featuring female models who were blurred or otherwise obscured in shots. Woodman committed suicide in 1981 by flinging herself from the window of her New York loft apartment.