15 celebrities who died horrifying deaths – This will get you misty (With Pictures)

11. Marvin Gaye

Aside from Michael Jackson and The Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye was pretty much the artist most responsible for developing the record label’s legendary sound. He ruled the 1960s airwaves with hits that still get plenty of play today like, “Let’s Get It On,” and “I Heard It Through The Grapevine.” Unfortunately, despite all of his success, Gaye was burdened by severe depression and paranoia and even wore a bulletproof vest at all times unless he was on stage. To deal with the pressure, Gaye turned to drug use and when his final tour ended he retreated back to his parents’ house to live and gather himself. Problem was, home life at the Gaye residence wasn’t too peachy either, and his father would violently argue with his mother constantly, which would typically lead to Gaye intervening. On the night of April 1, 1984, Gaye’s father began shouting at his wife over a misplaced insurance document. Gaye, being upstairs in his bedroom, instigated a fight, telling his father, “If he had something to say he better come do it in person.” Gaye’s father charged up to the room where a fight broke out which by all accounts Gaye won, a result that his father wasn’t too happy about. Gaye’s father returned several minutes later clutching a .38 pistol that Marvin himself had given to him as a gift the previous Christmas. He pointed the gun at his son and shot him directly through the heart. He then proceeded to step closer and fire a second shot through Gaye’s shoulder at point-blank range. He was rushed to the hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival. He would have been 45-years-old the very next day.

10. Sonny Bono

Sonny Bono is known for a variety of things. In the 1960s, he and his wife at the time, Cher, became superstars with their show aptly called, The Sonny and Cher Show, and mega-hit songs like, “I Got You Babe.” He was also the mayor of Palm Springs, California from 1988 to 1992 and a United States Congressman from 1995 up until 1998. Bono was one of those rare cases of celebrity that had a substantial career outside of entertainment once he stepped out of the spotlight, and the only reason he left politics at the end of the 1990s was, well, because he met his horrifying freak demise. On January 5, 1998, Bono was skiing near Lake Tahoe, California when he slid headfirst into a tree. His wife later admitted that Bono struggled with an addiction to Vicodin and Valium, but the autopsy showed the congressman had no such type of substance in his system at the time of his death.