Brian Epstein - Suicide

The butler and housekeeper at Epstein’s Belgravia home were unable to rouse him from behind his locked door. Forcing the bedroom door open, a quickly summoned doctor discovered Epstein’s lifeless body lying on his bed, surrounded by bottles of pills. There was no suicide note, although he had considered this solution in the recent past, as letters found by his assistant, Joanna Newfield, later corroborated, so a verdict of accidental death was returned by the coroner. Brian Epstein had overdosed on Carbitral at the age of thirty two.

Brian Epstein born September 19, 1934, died August 27, 1967

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Charles Fizer - Gun Shot

In the wrong place at the wrong time, most of them black. One such was Charles Fizer. On 14 August, day three of the uprising, Fizer, very much a reformed character since his incarceration, was making his way innocently to an Olympics rehearsal when he was hit by National Guard bullets and died on the street. He was just one of thirty four to die that week.

Charles Fizer born June 3, 1940, died August 14, 1965

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Luther Perkins - Smoke Inhalation

Luther Perkins’s performance at Cash’s famous Folsom Prison gig proved his last, he died from burns and smoke inhalation a couple of days after falling asleep with a lit cigarette in his hand. Perkins, who had also played with Jerry Lee Lewis, was buried in Henderson, Tennessee.

Luther Perkins born January 8, 1928, died August 5, 1968

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Johnny Burnette - Fishing Accident

Burnette drowned in Clearlake, California, after his unlit craft was struck by a larger vessel.

Johnny Burnette born March 25, 1934, died August 1, 1964

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