Alexandra Nebedov - Car Crash

Nebedov was taking a rare vacation in Schleswig Holstein with her family when her and her mother’s lives were ended by a collision with a truck they were attempting to pass in her Mercedes. What seemed like a tragic and unavoidable accident was soon shrouded in mystery, it transpired that Nebedov had taken out life insurance that same week and that her son, who survived the crash, had had a year’s schooling pre paid.

Alexandra Nebedov born May 19, 1942, died July 31, 1968

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Jim Reeves - Plane Crash

His Beechcraft Debonair planted itself, him and road manager/pianist Dean Manuel in private land.

Jim Reeves born August 20, 1923, died July 31, 1964

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James Drake (Nervous Norvus) - Cirrhosis of the Liver

Various stories about Drake’s life suggest a solitary mummy’s boy type who’d never had a relationship and who drank himself to a premature death. The latter is, however, fairly likely, Drake died from cirrhosis of the liver at Almeida County Hospital. 

Nervous Norvus born May 13, 1912, died July 24, 1968

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Roy Hamilton - Stroke

Hamilton’s death has remained something of a mystery, the general consensus seems to be that he died following a stroke, clearly rare for a man under forty. Despite his posthumous induction into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, Hamilton’s standing in the business had faltered during the late sixties, making suicide also a distinct possibility.

Roy Hamilton born April 16, 1929, died July 20, 1969

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Roy Hamilton - Stroke

Hamilton’s death has remained something of a mystery, the general consensus seems to be that he died following a stroke, clearly rare for a man under forty. Despite his posthumous induction into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, Hamilton’s standing in the business had faltered during the late sixties, making suicide also a distinct possibility.

Roy Hamilton born April 16, 1929, died July 20, 1969

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Bobby Fuller - Accidental Death

Lorraine Fuller’s missing Oldsmobile suddenly turned up in a field next to her apartment on Sunset Strip, Hollywood. In it she found her son Bobby, missing for some fourteen hours, not just dead but in rigor mortis, badly beaten and doused in fuel. Rumours had abounded about Fuller’s mental state, he had recently become mildly depressed with the state of affairs with his band and his relationships.

Bobby Fuller born October 22, 1942, died July 18, 1966

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Billie Holiday - Heart Failure

Combined her heart failure with cirrhosis of the liver when she entered the eternal.

Billie Holiday born April 7, 1915, died July 17, 1959

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Brian Jones - Drowned

The statement given to the police by Thorogood on 3 July was to the effect that he and Jones had been bathing late at night, while the girlfriends were indoors. The builder claimed to have disappeared to find a cigarette, leaving Jones alone in the pool. On his return, he found Jones floating on the water.

Brian Jones born February 28, 1942, died July 3, 1969

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