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Famous People who Died from Drowning

Name these famous people whose deaths involved drowning.
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Last updated: March 6, 2023
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Portuguese explorer, first to round the southern tip of Africa
Bartolomeu Dias
1822
Romantic poet of "Ozymandias" and Prometheus Unbound
Percy Bysshe Shelley
1916
Mystic who was shot, stabbed, poisoned, and drowned
Grigori Rasputin
1941
Writer of Mrs Dalloway and A Room of One's Own
Virginia Woolf
1967
The 17th prime minister of Australia
Harold Holt
1969
Founder and guitarist of the Rolling Stones
Brian Jones
1970
Avant-garde jazz saxophonist of Spiritual Unity (friend of Coltrane)
Albert Ayler
1979
"Angel of Death" who performed deadly experiments on Auschwitz prisoners
Josef Mengele
1981
Actress in Rebel Without a Cause and West Side Story
Natalie Wood
1983
Co-founder and drummer of the Beach Boys
Dennis Wilson
1997
His notable songs include "Last Goodbye" and a cover of "Hallelujah"
Jeff Buckley
2004
Known for autobiographical monologues like Swimming to Cambodia
Spalding Gray
2012
One of the bestselling music artists of all time and star of The Bodyguard
Whitney Houston
2012
Victim of police brutality on March 3, 1991
Rodney King
2018
Singer of the Cranberries
Dolores O’Riordan
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Aug 27, 2023
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