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Page 1 of jewish labourers requested by and assigned to Oskar Schindler as part of the plot by him and others to save them from the Holocaust. The picture below is of the actual Schindler's List.
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The dog tags of 58,307 US soldiers killed during the Vietnam War at the Harold Washington Library Center, Chicago.
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Rina Palenkova died by committing suicide in 2015. It is believed that the 17-year-old girl had been participating in the Blue Whale Challenge when she took her own life by stepping in front of an oncoming train. She took these two selfies before ending her own life.
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Heather Price Papayoti is pictured here looking over the Hoover Dam bypass bridge on January 16, 2014. Just moments later, she jumped over the railing and ended her own life.
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23-year-old Evelyn McHale’s body after leaping from the Empire State Building and landing on a United Nations limousine. Some call this picture “The world’s most beautiful suicide.”
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Final image of WWE star Chris Benoit taken on June 22nd 2007 for a fan, in the office of Dr Phil Asten. He'd already killed his wife Nancy and their seven-year-old son, Daniel, at this point and would commit suicide on the 24th.
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Heather Price Papayoti is pictured here looking over the Hoover Dam bypass bridge on January 16, 2014. Just moments later, she jumped over the railing and ended her own life.
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This is one of the last photos of Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of Queen, taken in 1991. The day before his death on November 24, 1991, he released a statement confirming that he had AIDS. Less than 24 hours later, he died from bronchopneumonia, which was caused by AIDS.
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Filipino politician Reynaldo Dagsa was taking a picture of his daughter, wife, and mother-in-law when he captured something else: a photograph of the gang member who was about to end his life. Dagsa passed away at the scene, but his three relatives were not harmed.
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On October 2011, seconds after taking this selfie, three teenage girls, Essa Ricker, Kelsea Webster, and Savannah Webster, were hit and killed by the train in the background.
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Anatoly Moskvin, seemingly normal, hid a horrifying secret. In 2011, authorities found 29 corpses aged 3 to 25 in his home. Chillingly, he had transformed them into dolls. He covered their skin with fabric, makeup, and clothes, and even put music boxes inside their chests.
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Snowboarder Marco Siffredi moments before he began his descent down Everest on a snowboard in 2002. He was never seen again and his body was never recovered.
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Robin Williams posted a photo of himself with his monkey, Crystal, on Instagram, 20 days before his death. He was misdiagnosed with Parkinson's Disease but actually had a form of dementia causing severe paranoia. Sadly, he took his own life at 63 by hanging.
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Man on the last day of his life before dying of cancer. Photographer took a series of photos of her father during the last weeks of his life. This photo shows him on his last day.
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Theodore Roosevelt's diary entry on the day his wife and mother died, on Feb 14, 1884. His mother died due to typhoid fever, and his wife died hours later due to acute glomerular nephritis. His wife Alice had given birth to their daughter just two days prior.
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In 2016, the mummified body of German sailor Manfred Fritz Bajorat was found on an abandoned yacht in the Philippines. He apparently died while attempting to use the radio, possibly to call for help. Investigators believe he died of a heart attack or stroke.
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This is the last picture of Joe Kelly with his two sons, Chris and Tom, at a Yankees game on September 10th, 2001. He passed away the very next day in the September 11th attacks on the Twin Tower buildings, where he worked.
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On January 13, 2005, bodies of Canadian couple John and Jackie Knill were discovered on a Thailand beach resort. Weeks later, their camera was discovered by a Seattle based relief worker. This picture was taken moments before they were swept by the tsunami on December 26, 2004.
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Woman gives a thumbs up before going into surgery, from which she did not wake up. The woman was admitted for glioblastoma surgery after complaining of a headache. She did not survive.
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Before dragging Judy Dull into the Mojave Desert to strangle her, Harvey Glatman took this photo of her for his collection. Known as "The Glamour Girl Slayer," he posed as a photographer and targeted aspiring actresses in Hollywood, taking their picture before taking their lives.
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A group of friends in Beirut, Lebanon, moments before a car bomb explosion, and then moments after. (The bomb was in the gold car you see in the first photo.)
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On December 26, 2004, Southeast Asia was struck by a tsunami that killed around 230,000 people. This photo of Deborah Garlick was discovered from the last roll of film she took before she tragically lost her life in the same tsunami.
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This is one of the final picture of Aaron Joel Mitchell. Aaron ran into the burning structure during the 2017 Burning Man festival. He died because of this. It is unclear why he did this. He did not have alcohol or drugs in his system, according to toxicology reports.
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This is a picture of a bullfighter moments before being killed by a bull. Spanish bullfighter Victor Barrio, 29, was killed on live television when he was gored by a bull named Lorenzo during a bullfight.
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10 year old Uziyah Garcia's math notebook, with a bullet hole through it. He and 18 other students were killed in the Robb Elementary school shooting on 24 May 2022 in Uvalde, Texas.
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This is the last photo of Nicholas Mevoli. He attempted to dive 236ft deep and succeeded. He surfaced and gave the "O.K." sign, attempted to speak and passed out. He never recovered and died from pulmonary edema.
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This is the last known photo of Patrick Swayze taken before he succumbed to pancreatic cancer on September 14, 2009.
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This image shows Steve Jobs, the mastermind behind the immensely successful Apple Corporation, just a few short days before he passed away from pancreatic cancer on October 5, 2011.
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Letter written by Jacob Vowell saying goodbye to his wife Sarah Allen. He was trapped under a coal mine after a blast on May 19, 1902, which killed most of the 216 miners working there. Jacob was among the 26 who initially survived the blast, but he later died due to suffocation.
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In this photo, Ayano Tokumasu, a Japanese student, can be seen in the background (wearing red), standing and gazing at Niagara Falls. However, moments later, she lost her footing and tragically fell to her death.
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This picture was taken in 1975, showing 2-year-old Tiare and 19-year-old Diana falling from a 5th-floor fire escape after it collapsed during a fire. Diana died from her injuries, but Tiare survived. The photo won a Pulitzer Prize.
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Anne Frank's father, Otto, revisiting the attic on the morning of May 4, 1960, shortly before visitors could enter the museum for the first time. This is the same attic where his family hid from the Nazis. He was the only surviving family member.
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In 1987, Pennsylvania politician R. Budd Dwyer committed suicide during a live press conference. This picture shows him warning others to stay back just seconds before fatally shooting himself in front of television cameras on January 22, 1987.
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This is the final picture of Paul Walker as he was getting into the Porsche Carrera GT with his friend Roger Rodas. The two men tragically passed away after the car crashed into a tree at a speed of 94 mph. Unfortunately, their bodies were burned beyond recognition.
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This is the last known picture of 14-year-old Regina Walters, taken moments before she was murdered. She was killed by Robert Ben Rhoades in 1990 when he strangled her in an Illinois barn, just after capturing a terrifying photograph of her cowering in fear.
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The woman in this photo is actually dead. Her husband took it two days after she passed away. Taking a picture with your dead loved ones was quite normal at that time.
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Last photo of Australian wildlife presenter, Steve Irwin. He was killed by a stingray which struck its tail right into his heart.
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During the Lviv pogroms (30 June - 2 July 1941, 25-29 July 1941), Jewish people faced massacres by Ukrainian nationalists. This photo shows a woman fleeing armed youths, including a glimpse of the "death dealer" whose left leg can be seen at the left-hand edge of the photograph.
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Unit 731, a Japanese biological warfare unit during WWII, conducted horrific human experiments on Chinese prisoners between 1935-1945. They carried out horrific experiments on innocent men, women, and children. This photo shows a test subject being doused with an unknown bacteria
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This photo of Carrie Fisher was taken by a fan in London the day before she boarded a flight to Los Angeles. On board the flight, she suffered a heart attack and passed away in the hospital four days later on December 27, 2016.
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This is the last picture of singer Jim Croce, taken on the airport runway shortly after his concert. On September 20, 1973, Croce and five others were killed when their plane crashed into a tree during takeoff from the Natchitoches Regional Airport in Natchitoches, Louisiana.
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Tyler Hadley, partying with his friends after killing his own parents. He had been bragging all week about how he was going to throw a party, which none of his friends believed because he had strict parents. So he killed them and threw a party while they lay upstairs dead.
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Last photo of musicians Buddy Holly, J.P. Richardson, and Ritchie Valens, posing for a photo before boarding a plane that would crash into a field in Iowa on February 3rd 1959. The event later became known as "The Day the Music Died".
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In Sept. 2014, a mentally ill visitor at Delhi's National Zoological Park jumped into a tiger enclosure. A white tiger attacked him for 15 minutes, leading to his unfortunate demise. Despite attempts to stop the tiger, the man's screams echoed throughout the park.
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Dale Earnhardt lost his life in a three-car collision during the Daytona 500 in 2001. This is one of the last images ever taken of him before he got into his legendary #3 black race car.
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In 2016, Lt. Col. Henry Worsley, a British explorer, tragically lost his life during an Antarctic expedition. Walking 913 miles in 69 days, he called for help just 30 miles shy of his goal. Severe dehydration and exhaustion caused organ failure. This was his final selfie.
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Alison Parker, a young journalist, was tragically murdered on live television in 2015. She and her cameraman, Adam Ward, were shot by a disgruntled former coworker during an interview. The image below is from that final interview, captured moments before their tragic deaths.
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This picture of WTC employee Marcy Borders shows her seeking refuge in a nearby office building after the South Tower collapse, which left her covered in dust. She had been working on the 81st floor of the North Tower when the attack commenced and managed to escape with her life.
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This is the last photo of the Dyatlov Pass victims taken in 1959 before all nine of them were mysteriously killed. No concrete reason was found for their deaths, but Russia opened a new investigation in 2019 and concluded that they died because of an avalanche.
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This image shows a chilling message written by convicted murderer William Heirens using lipstick on a bedroom wall. It was discovered at the home of one of his three victims. William Heirens, known as the 'Lipstick Killer,' murdered three women before being captured in 1946.
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A Hiroshima man's shadow was imprinted onto the ground by the atomic bomb 'Little Boy.' The explosion generated a heat blast of 7700° Celsius, which bleached exposed surfaces, leaving chilling silhouettes of objects, including human victims like this one.
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This picture of Hitler was taken two days before his death. He is seen outside the Berlin bunker, observing the damage caused by bombs. With Germany in ruins and defeat approaching, Hitler decided to end his own life on 30 April 1945.
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This photo of a smiling and seemingly happy Chester Bennington, lead singer of Linkin Park, was taken just days prior to his passing. On July 20, 2017, Bennington was found dead at his home in California, having committed suicide by hanging.
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Popular Chinese rooftopper Wu Yongning fell to his death from a 62-story building in Changsha, Hunan province, on November 8, 2017. He was filming himself doing pull-ups at the edge of the building when the incident occurred. These are some still frames from his final video.
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A Lithuanian man in shock after accidentally hitting and killing an eight year old.
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Last known photo of Charlie Chaplin, accompanied by his wife Oona, walking along the shores of Lake Leman in Vevey, Switzerland in October 1977. He died on 25th December of the same year.
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A couple posted this photograph at the Route 91 Harvest musical festival in Las Vegas moments before a gunman killed 58 people. Denise Burditus died on the scene, in the arms of her husband.
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This photo was taken approximately at 8:30 am on 9/11/2001 from the Manhattan Bridge pedestrian walkway about 140 feet above the East River. Roughly 16 minutes later, a plane would crash into the North Tower of the World Trade Center, hitting floors 93 to 99.
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This is one of the last known photograph of the RMS Titanic, taken at Crosshaven, Ireland, during its maiden voyage before heading towards New York. Three days later, the ship sank after colliding with an iceberg, resulting in the deaths of 1,514 people.
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Johnny Cash's last performance took place on July 5, 2003, at the Carter Family Fold in Virginia. Despite declining health, he delivered an emotional concert. This picture is of him during his final performance. Sadly, Cash passed away a few months later, on September 12, 2003.
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A Turkish grandmother proudly shows off a meal she cooked before having a heart attack. Her family called an ambulance only nine minutes after taking this photo.
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On Aug 30, 2015, Jolee Callan and her ex Loren Bunner went hiking in Alabama's Cheaha State Park. During the hike, Bunner unexpectedly shot Callan in the head and pushed her off a 40-foot cliff. This is the last photo of Callan, taken by Bunner just moments before he killed her.
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This is a picture of a very young Vladimir Nabokov, the author of Lolita, with his mother and his uncle, Ruka. Some literary scholars believe that Vladimir was abused by his uncle and that he used this experience to write Lolita as a warning about predators.
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Last photo of the survivors of HMAS Armidale, which was sunk on 1 December 1942 after being attacked by a Japanese aircraft. This photo was taken from a Catalina flying boat on the 8th but was unable to land due to rough seas. The men in the raft would never be seen again.
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This is a picture of the diary of Clive Wearing. In 1985 he contracted a disease that made him only able to remember the last 7-30 seconds. Every time he writes in his dairy he believes that it is the first time he has woken up since his recovery.
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On April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Andrew Young and others standing on the balcony of Memphis' Lorraine Motel point in the direction of the then unknown assailant whose bullet had just fatally struck Martin Luther King Jr., who is lying at their feet.
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In October 2013, a wind turbine in Piet de Wit, Holland, caught fire during a maintenance check. Two engineers, aged 19 and 21, were tragically trapped on top by the blaze caused by a short circuit. Here, they can be seen embracing each other before there eventual death.
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This is the last picture of John Wayne Gacy hugging his sister before his execution. He was a notorious serial killer from the 1970s, also known as the Killer Clown, who murdered over 33 young men and hid their remains under his house. He was executed by lethal injection in 1994.
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A tourist named Colleen Burns was visiting the Grand Canyon with friends in 2016. She moved to the side of a trail to allow another hiker to pass, she slipped, and plummeted 400 feet to her death. Burns had posted this photo to Instagram just hours before her fatal accident.
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On Feb. 27, 2015, Daylenn Pua disappeared in Hawaii. He had set out to hike the treacherous Haiku Stairs, known as the "Stairway to Heaven," but never returned. His last text to his parents included a photo of a blurry figure following him. Daylenn was never seen again.
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High school teacher Colleen Ritzer on 22 October 2013 moments before her 14 year old student raped, stabbed her multiple times and slit her throat. The student stuffed her body into a recycling bin, and then buried her body nearby.
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Last Picture of Emma (12) & Daniel (38) Brown from Texas. Emma later shot her father in the abdomen before shooting herself in the head. Daniel survived but Emma died two days later in the hospital.
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In 1985, a Boeing747 in Japan had a sudden explosive decompression in mid-air because of a faulty repair. The plane then crashed into Mount Takamagahara. All 15 crew members and 505 of 509 passengers lost their lives. This picture was taken by a passenger during the same incident
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Canadian soldier Robert Giblin posted this image to Facebook with the caption “Happiness is”, hours before stabbing his pregnant wife, throwing her off the balcony, and then jumping to his death.
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An engine flame-out caused a domestic flight in Taiwan to topple in midair, then crash into the Keelung River in front of hundreds of eyewitnesses. 43 of the 58 people on board lost their lives. These are some of the frames from a dash cam video showing moments before it crashed.
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This selfie of Collette Moreno with her friend Ashley Theobald was taken on their way to Collette's own bachelorette party. Just eight minutes after taking this selfie, both of them tragically lost their lives in an accident. Collette passed away five weeks before her wedding.
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The dog tags of 58,307 US soldiers killed during the Vietnam War at the Harold Washington Library Center, Chicago.
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This Concorde plane was headed from Paris to New York City on 25 July 2000. During takeoff, it ran over some debris that punctured a tire and blew its fuel tank. The plane crashed into a nearby hotel. All 109 people on board and four on the ground lost their lives.
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James Zwerg, a civil rights activist, was brutally attacked during the Freedom Rides in 1961. He was beaten unconscious by a mob in Montgomery, Alabama. His photograph, showing the aftermath of the brutal assault, became a symbol of the violence endured by activists.
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This image is of 58 years old Ki Suk Han of Queens who is frantically trying to climb to safety as a train bears down on him. He was pushed by Naeem Davis after some arguments. Han was fatally struck seconds later resulting in his death. Davis was later acquitted of all charges.
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On 12 Feb 1993, Robert Thompson and Jon Venables, both 10 years old, kidnapped and killed 2 year old James Bulger in Bootle, England. They tortured and beat him to death near a deserted railway. This surveillance camera image captures the moment of their abduction of James Bulger
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This picture shows NASA Flight Director Jay Greene's immediate reaction as Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated during launch on Jan 28, 1986. The live broadcasted explosion killed all 7 crew members, marking the deadliest spaceflight disaster.
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On July 20, 2012, James Holmes attacked a movie theater in Colorado, killing 12 and injuring 70 during a screening of The Dark Knight Rises. He was captured, and selfies found at his home were used as evidence in his trial. In 2015, he received 12 life sentences for his crimes.
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This is one of the last pictures taken of Princess Diana before her death in a car crash on August 31, 1997, in Paris. The crash occurred while the driver was trying to escape the paparazzi and tragically claimed the lives of her then-boyfriend, Dodi Fayed, and the car's driver.
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Members of the U.S. Figure Skating Team pose at Idlewild International Airport in New York before boarding a Sabena jet to Brussels on Feb. 14, 1961, on their way to the World Championships in Prague. The plane crashed on Feb. 15 near the airport at Brussels, killing all onboard.
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While it appears to be a normal family portrait, this snapshot was taken mere days before patriarch Charlie Lawson (the man standing second from the right) murdered everyone pictured here on Christmas Day 1929. Only 16-year-old Arthur (top left) managed to escape being murdered.
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Police circles mark the bullet holes behind the stage where Malcolm X had just been shot at New York's Audubon Ballroom on February 21, 1965. The assassination of this prominent civil rights activist during his speech had a lasting impact on the movement.
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This image shows Pakistani media personnel and local residents gathering outside the once-secret hideout of Osama bin Laden soon after his death inside the compound at the hands of U.S. Navy SEALs on May 2, 2011, in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
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This image is of a makeshift jail cell that was used during the Salem Witch Trials. Accused witches spent their final moments here before execution. Between 1692-1693, more than 200 people were accused, with 19 of those found guilty sentenced to death.
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Final moments of Andrea Mazzetto, an Italian entrepreneur, before he plunged 650 feet to his death in front of his girlfriend while retrieving his phone.
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In 1986, the NASA Space Vehicle satellite Challenger burst open only 73 seconds post being launched. All of the seven squad members died. In this photo, they are seen, elatedly, getting ready to board the vehicle only a few hours before.
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This photo of Tupac Shakur was taken moments before he was shot several times in a drive-by shooting. The shooting occurred in Las Vegas, Nevada, on September 7, 1996. 2Pac died from his wounds six days later while in hospital.
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A photographer from a local paper was documenting the air pollution on a bridge above the Yangtze River when he captured this shot of a man who had jumped to his death. Moments later, a woman followed him. Bodies were never found, but belongings washed up from the water.
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This picture of Martin Luther King Jr. with fellow civil rights leaders was taken on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 3, 1968. The very next day he was assassinated on the same balcony.
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This was one of the final pictures snapped of renowned Hollywood actor James Dean. He is seen at a petrol pump alongside his Porsche 550 Spyder in 1955. This image was taken a few hours prior to his deadly car collision in the same automobile.
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Christina Grimmie giving her last performance before she was murdered. On June 10, 2016 Christina Grimmie, a youtuber and former competitor on The Voice was shot and killed by a fan during an autograph signing after one of her concerts.
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