Under the gaze of death: 13 recent photos of celebrities

Superstitious people try to avoid the word "last", preferring "extreme"to it. But in fact, of course, any "extreme" can be "the last". For example, photos of celebrities. Some shots from this collection were taken when a person was already on the verge of death, others — at a time when nothing foreshadowed a tragedy. 

The legendary Freddie Mercury until recently denied rumors about his illness. And even in this photo taken in the garden of his house a few days before his death from bronchopneumonia, he looks cheerful.

Muhammad Ali has been battling Parkinson's disease for 32 years. A month and a half before the death of the great boxer, photographer Zenon Texeira visited his house and held a photo session.

In this picture, taken on the day of the death of the king of rock and roll, Elvis returns with his girlfriend Ginger Alden from a dentist appointment. In the evening, he will have a heart attack.

"Kurt asked for a bucket from the doorstep," says photographer Jesse Froman. — I asked him what he needed it for. "In case I feel like throwing up," Kurt replied." Three weeks later, the leader of Nirvana shot himself in the head with a gun. 

December 8, 1980. John Lennon gives an autograph to his fan Mark David Chapman, who will shoot him three times in the back in a few hours.

Jim Morrison and his girlfriend Pamela Courson are on vacation in the French village of Saint-Le-d'esserand. In five days, The Doors ' lead singer's heart will stop due to a heroin overdose.

On July 21, 2014, on his birthday, Robin Williams posted this photo with a monkey named Crystal on Instagram. 20 days later, the actor was found dead in his home in California. 

On July 23, 2011, Amy Winehouse was found dead in her London apartment, her blood alcohol level exceeded the maximum permissible norm by five times. A week before this event, paparazzi captured the singer on a walk.

The photo was taken three days before the death of David Bowie. The British musician died on January 10, 2016 after a year and a half of fighting liver cancer. 

Apple founder Steve Jobs died of pancreatic cancer on October 5, 2011. In the photo (October of the same year), a friend helps a businessman to get to the car.

Heath Ledger on the set of the film "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus". The next day, January 22, 2008, he will die from acute intoxication caused by a horse dose of painkillers.

The last photo of Tupac Shakur is in a car with his manager Shug Knight, before the rapper was shot on September 13, 1996. 

The photo was taken the day before Jimi Hendrix's girlfriend died. On September 18, 1970, he died in a London hotel room after swallowing sleeping pills.