Death Becomes Them
Unearthing the Suicides of the Brilliant, the Famous, and the Notorious
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Popular Culture
| Author: | Alix Strauss | ISBN: | 9780061959356 |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins e-books | Publication: | September 15, 2009 |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins e-books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Alix Strauss |
| ISBN: | 9780061959356 |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins e-books |
| Publication: | September 15, 2009 |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins e-books |
| Language: | English |
Author Alix Strauss takes a provocative look at the self-imposed deaths of the famous and infamous in Death Becomes Them. In this fascinating and intimate chronicle of celebrity suicides, the spotlight shines on the lonely last moments of Kurt Cobain and Ernest Hemingway, Abbie Hoffman and Adolf Hitler, Dorothy Dandridge, Sigmund Freud, Hunter S. Thompson, and others. Death Becomes Them explores their sadness and madness, their accomplishments and the circumstances that led to their irreversible decision, and wishes them all a fond final good-bye.
Author Alix Strauss takes a provocative look at the self-imposed deaths of the famous and infamous in Death Becomes Them. In this fascinating and intimate chronicle of celebrity suicides, the spotlight shines on the lonely last moments of Kurt Cobain and Ernest Hemingway, Abbie Hoffman and Adolf Hitler, Dorothy Dandridge, Sigmund Freud, Hunter S. Thompson, and others. Death Becomes Them explores their sadness and madness, their accomplishments and the circumstances that led to their irreversible decision, and wishes them all a fond final good-bye.
