Morbid Curiosity: The Disturbing Demises of the Famous and Infamous
It's shocking and sinful, and I couldn't put it down! -Joan RiversThe strange, startling, and utterly fascinating stories behind the world's most notorious celebrity deaths.Was Jayne Mansfield really decapitated? Which manly appendage of Napoleon's was cut off during his autopsy? (And where did...
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It's shocking and sinful, and I couldn't put it down! -Joan RiversThe strange, startling, and utterly fascinating stories behind the world's most notorious celebrity deaths.Was Jayne Mansfield really decapitated? Which manly appendage of Napoleon's was cut off during his autopsy? (And where did it go?) What went to the grave (literally) with River Phoenix, Frank Sinatra, and Princess Diana?Death is fascinating. Just think about the last time you slowed down as you passed the scene of a car accident. When a public figure bites the dust, the curiosity only increases. From Attila the Hun to Marie Antoinette, from Heath Ledger to Anna Nicole Smith, the deaths of the rich and famous spark endless speculation and tabloid fodder. Their lives-and deaths-are grave matters.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780399535277 (0399535276)
Publish date: September 29th 2009
Publisher: Perigee Trade
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
I may indeed be bad person for reading and enjoying this somewhat trashy book entirely about death. I'll at least admit to being kind of morbid. and I certainly got my daily dose of morbid here. For the most part, it isn't as sensational as it could be (Hollywood Babylon, anyone?) and at least prete...