Suicide

Suicide

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Édouard Manet – Le Suicidé (ca. 1877)

The Death of Seneca (1684), painting by Luca Giordano, depicting the suicide of Seneca the Younger in Ancient Rome

In this painting by Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, the palette, pistol, and note lying on the floor suggest that the event has just taken place; an artist has taken his own life.[226]

Samurai about to perform seppuku

Hindu widow burning herself with her husband’s corpse, 1820s

Teenage recruits for Japanese Kamikaze suicide pilots in May 1945

Japanese general Hideki Tojo, receiving treatment immediately after attempted suicide, 1945

Infamous 27 Club  – of rock stars who died tragically at the age of 27;

27 Club graffiti in Tel Aviv depicting several members of the club. Courtesy Jonathan Kis-Lev

Jim Morrison, lead singer of the rock band The Doors and among the first 27 Club members

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A black and white photograph of a man playing an electric guitar.

Jimi Hendrix

Janis Joplin

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Kurt Cobain Courtesy Julie Kramer

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Robert Johnson,

Winehouse singing in front of a microphone, looking to the side.

Amy Winehouse (Courtesy Bojars )

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Jonathan Brandis (Courtesy Airwolfberlin )

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Anton Yelchin (Courtesy Georges Biard)

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Jean-Michel Basquiat  (Courtesy William Coupon)