The King of Rock and Roll Elvis Presley passed away on the THRONE! Did you know these famous people died in a bathroom?
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Their bodies were found in the most private place
Some people die in car accidents, from illnesses, or even by the hands of another person. However, these stars passed away in the... toilet? Find out which celebs took their last breaths in the bathroom... - 2/11
Judy Garland
The actress known for playing Dorothy on ‘The Wizard of Oz’ passed away on June 22, 1969, at the age of 47 in London, England. Also known for starring in ‘The Harvey Girls’, the Academy award winner’s body was found in the bathroom of her London house. The cause of her passing was informed to be an unintentional overdose. - 3/11
Lenny Bruce
On August 3, 1966, it was informed that the stand-up comedian Lenny Bruce had passed away at age 40. Known for films like ‘The Rocket Man’, his body was found in the bathroom of his Hollywood Hills, California, home, along with several objects including a syringe. He passed away from a morphine poisoning, caused by an overdose. - 4/11
Jim Morrison
At the age of 27, The Doors frontman Jim Morrison passed away following a heart failure. The tragic incident took place on July 3, 1971, when his body was found in the bathtub of a Paris apartment. His decease was caused by an accidental overdose. - 5/11
Don Simpson
Film producer Don Simpson, known for films like ‘Top Gun’ and ‘Beverly Hills Cop’, said goodbye on January 19, 1966, at the age of 52. His body was found in the bathroom of his Bel Air, Los Angeles, home. While the cause of his passing was initially determined as natural causes, a following autopsy determined that he had passed away of heart failure, caused by a substance intoxication. - 6/11
Evelyn Waugh
English writer Evelyn Waugh, known for satires like ‘Decline and Fall’ and ‘A Handful of Dust’, passed away on April 10, 1966, at the age of 62. Waugh died in the bathroom of his Somerset, England, home. The cause of his decease was determined as heart failure. - 7/11
Robert Pastorelli
The entertainment industry mourned the loss of the actor who played Eldin in ‘Murphy Brown’, on March 8, 2004. Pastorelli died at only 49 years old, following a terrible overdose in the bathroom of his Hollywood Hills, California home. - 8/11
Brittany Murphy
Talented actress Brittany Murphy passed away on December 20, 2009, at her Los Angeles, California home, after collapsing in the bathroom. Medical reports stated that a severe anemia led to a pneumonia, significantly weakening the ‘Clueless’ star. Murphy was only 32 years old. - 9/11
Whitney Houston
On February 11, 2012, the singer of the iconic track ‘I Will Always Love You’, featured in the film ‘The Bodyguard’, passed away at the age of 48. Houston’s body was found in the bathtub of a Beverly Hills, California hotel’s room. The official cause of her passing was drowning. - 10/11
Bobbi Kristina Brown
Whitney Houston’s daughter passed away at only 22 on July 26, 2015. While Bobbi did not exactly die in a bathroom, she was found unconscious in the bathtub of her Alpharetta, Georgia home. Brown remained in a coma from that day until the day of her decease at Duluth’s Peachtree Hospital. - 11/11
Elvis Presley
The King of Rock and Roll passed away on August 16, 1977, at 42. Ginger Alden, his then-girlfriend, found his unalive body in the bathroom of his Graceland mansion, in Memphis, Tennessee. Presley’s body was found in a seated position after using the toilet. Minutes before his passing, he told Ginger: “I'm going to the bathroom to read." She warned him not to fall asleep there, to which he replied: “I won’t.” Heart disease was Elvis Presley’s official cause of death.