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
A 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
Brian Jones in the locker room of the gym of Georgia Southern College. Taken prior to the The Rolling Stones performance there on May 4, 1965. Photo by Kevin Delaney with a 110 Kodak Instamatic. Courtesy Steve Denenberg
Kurt Cobain Courtesy Julie Kramer
Amy Winehouse (Courtesy Bojars )
Jonathan Brandis (Courtesy )
Anton Yelchin (Courtesy Georges Biard)
Jean-Michel Basquiat (Courtesy William Coupon)