Six Mysterious Celebrity Deaths

While celebrity deaths always attract attention, there are many that are so mysterious that they leave fans scratching their heads, even decades after the fact. Here are six of history's most mysterious celebrity deaths.

Brittany Murphy (1977-2009)

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When Brittany Murphy passed away in the bath at her home, most were quick to assume that drugs or anorexia were to blame. The official report stated that Murphy passed away due to pneumonia and drug intoxication, but one person wasn't convinced. To this day, Brittany Murphy's father is actively trying to get his daughter's body exhumed, as he firmly believes that foul play was a factor.

Natalie Wood (1938-1981)

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Natalie Wood is perhaps the queen of mysterious Hollywood deaths. The official story is that Wood drown after accidentally going overboard while boating with her husband Robert Wagner and friend Christopher Walken, both famous actors. However, the captain of the vessel insists that he heard fighting before Wood disappeared, and that Wagner prevented him from conducting a search. To this day, we might never know what really happened.

Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962)

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For decades, most of us believed the official story when it came to the death of the sexiest bombshell of all time. Marilyn Monroe was long thought to have commit suicide in her home, but reports over the past few years tell a different story. Not only did Monroe's housekeeper suspect foul play, but Monroe's official autopsy report went conveniently missing. Conspiracy theorists have compiled pages of evidence that provide plenty of holes in the official story of the death of Marilyn Monroe.

Elizabeth Short (1924-1947)

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Elizabeth Short, known forever as "The Black Dahlia," was an aspiring actress in Los Angeles in the forties. When she was found brutally slain and mutilated in a vacant lot in Hollywood, investigators spent years trying to find a culprit. To this day, the murder remains unsolved, making it one of Hollywood's most mysterious deaths.

Kurt Cobain (1967-1994)

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When Kurt Cobain was found dead by an apparent suicide by shotgun, many accepted this seemingly simple cause of death to be truth. However, conspiracy theorists have long contended that Cobain had too much heroin in his system at the time to be able to pull the trigger himself. These conspiracy theorists believe that Cobain was murdered and their number one suspect is Cobain's then-wife, rocker Courtney Love.

Donda West (1949-2007)

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When rapper Kanye West treated his mother to plastic surgery, he had no way of knowing where it would lead. Kayne West's mother died of heart failure as a result of the surgery, although the surgeons were not found to be culpable in West's passing. West had been a successful academic who was reportedly in good health before her surgery; hence, those close to her were shocked by her passing.