Last look: 18 celebrities captured shortly before leaving for eternity (20 photos)

The final hour is also striking for the idols of generations. What did celebrities and idols of millions look like shortly before their death?





1. Ozzy Osbourne



Screenshot of The Basement Tapes podcast broadcast. This was Ozzy Osbourne's last public appearance, three days before his death.

2. Steve Jobs





The last known photo of Apple founder and iPhone creator Steve Jobs, taken on August 28, 2011, less than a week before his tragic death from cancer.

3. Conor Clapton



Eric Clapton with his four-year-old son Conor. Shortly after this photo was taken, Conor died after falling out of a 53rd-story window. Conor and his mother were visiting a friend in a luxurious 53rd-story apartment in New York. They were waiting for his father to arrive, who had promised to take Conor to the zoo. The apartment had panoramic windows. The lock on one of the windows was broken, and the cleaner decided to open one of the windows wide open to air out the room. The child ran around the apartment waiting for his father, followed closely by a nanny, and his mother went to check the fax. When the nanny with Conor showed up at the door of the very room with the open picture window, the janitor began to explain that the window was open. Before he could finish speaking, Conor jumped up and rushed to the window, not realizing that it was open.

Eric Clapton dedicated the song Tears in Heaven to the tragic death of his son.

4. Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa



They were last seen in Albuquerque, New Mexico in March 2024, grabbing a bite to eat at Pappadeaux's.

5. David Bowie



The photo was taken on January 8, the day of the singer's 69th birthday and the release of his last album. The author of the photo is photographer Jimmy King. Bowie died on January 10, 2016 after an 18-month battle with cancer.

6. Elvis Presley



The last photo of Elvis Presley, taken at the entrance to his residence just hours before his death.

7. Ernest Hemingway



One of the last photos of Ernest Hemingway before his suicide in 1961.

8. Ian Curtis



The last known photo of English singer and Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis, taken before his suicide in 1980. This photo was taken for a passport the musician planned to use during the band's first North American tour. He died the night before the scheduled departure.

9. Judy Garland



One of the last photos of Judy Garland, taken three weeks before her death from an overdose in May 1969. The studio and her mother had her on pills since childhood so that she would stay thin and be able to film for many hours without getting tired.

10. Princess Diana



On August 31, 1997, Diana suffered fatal injuries in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris. The second photo shows her car leaving the Ritz Hotel. The picture shows the princess turning around at the pursuing paparazzi at around 00:20. Seconds after this shot, the car flew into the tunnel, where the driver lost control and crashed into a support pillar. Diana suffered fatal injuries and died in the hospital that morning.



11. James Gandolfini



One of the last photos of James Gandolfini, taken during a dinner in Rome with his family. The actor enjoyed his vacation, but shortly after, on June 19, 2013, he died of a heart attack in a hotel after a walk around the city. It is known that that evening he ordered four shots of rum, two pina coladas, two beers, fried shrimp and foie gras.

12. Freddie Mercury



One of the last lifetime images of Freddie Mercury, taken in May 1991 at his home in London.

13. Bob Marley



This photo of Bob Marley was taken in Munich a few months before his death on May 11, 1981. At the time, he weighed only 35 kilograms. Marley was diagnosed with melanoma, which initially developed under his toenail and later metastasized throughout his body.

14. Muhammad Ali



This photo of Muhammad Ali was taken on May 22, 2016, by his daughter Hana. Ali was hospitalized with a respiratory infection on June 2, 2016. Although initially assessed as satisfactory, his condition rapidly deteriorated, and the following day he died at the age of 74 from septic shock.

15. Matthew Perry



1st photo - a month before his death, the 2nd was taken on the day of Matthew Perry's death. The cause of death was an acute overdose of ketamine (used to treat depression). It was recently revealed that the actor's doctor pleaded guilty to illegally supplying Perry with ketamine.

16. Michael Jackson



This is one of the last images of Michael Jackson, taken on June 23, 2009, during a rehearsal for This Is It in Los Angeles.

17. Robin Williams



This is one of the last images of Robin Williams taken during his lifetime, taken in July 2014. The actor battled a severe form of dementia that left him with hallucinations, panic attacks, and memory loss. On August 11, 2014, he committed suicide by hanging himself in his California home.

18. Alan Rickman



In his last photo, he looked cheerful despite losing his battle with cancer.