Trying desperately to save his sister’s life, Marcus Grimmie heroically tackled Loibl in an attempt to stop the attack, but Loibl managed to break free and fatally shot himself at the scene.
Sweeney had grown volatile and abusive in their relationship. That night, he showed up uninvited at Dunne’s West Hollywood home, where she was rehearsing lines with a co-star. An argument ensued outside, during which Sweeney physically attacked Dunne and strangled her in the driveway.
“I killed my girlfriend, and I tried to kill myself,” Sweeney reportedly told the police as they arrived at the scene. Controversially, he was sentenced to just six and a half years in prison.
On the night of the murder, Tate was at her home in Benedict Canyon, Los Angeles, along with friends Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, and Wojciech Frykowski. Manson had instructed his followers—Tex Watson, Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel, and Linda Kasabian—to go and kill everyone inside.
Both Manson and the murderers were arrested and convicted. Manson was sentenced to life in prison, dying behind bars in 2017.
The incident was later labeled the “end of an era” in Hollywood and one of the 20th century’s most infamous murders.
The 20-year-old was attacked by her husband and manager, Paul Snider, who was instrumental in launching her modeling and acting career by introducing her to Hugh Hefner. However, as her fame grew, she distanced herself from Snider, who in turn became increasingly abusive.
In 1980, Snider learned that Stratten had started a relationship with director Peter Bogdanovich and that she planned to divorce him.
Unable to accept the end of their marriage, Snider lured the model to his apartment to “discuss finances,” only to fatally shoot Stratten before turning the gun on himself.
On May 28, 1998, Brynn Hartman, who had been struggling with substance abuse and had grown emotionally unstable, had an argument with her husband after he returned home from a night out.
While Hartman was asleep, Brynn entered their bedroom and fatally shot him three times—once in the head and twice in the chest.
After confessing the murder to a friend, Brynn locked herself in the bedroom and took her own life with the same weapon.
The couple’s two young children, who were home at the time, were thankfully unharmed and placed in the care of family members.
Marvin Gaye had a troubled relationship with his father, which was marked by years of tension, conflict, and abuse.
Gay Sr. was also known in his community for being a cross-dresser, which turned the singer into the target of bullying throughout his childhood.
On the day of the murder, an argument between Gaye and his father escalated into a physical altercation. After the fight, Marvin Gay Sr. retrieved a gun that Marvin had given him as a gift and shot his son twice at close range.
Gay Sr. was convicted of voluntary manslaughter after a plea bargain and was sentenced to a suspended six-year prison term and five years of probation.
He was shot outside his mansion, Casa Casuarina, in Miami Beach, Florida, by Andrew Cunanan, a 27-year-old fugitive who had been on a killing spree.
Having killed several other men across the United States, Cunanan was on the run from the law for months before his encounter with Versace. Being obsessed with wealthy, influential individuals, the criminal had put the fashion designer on his kill list.
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