Some presidents were doing the job while facing secret struggles and confronting their mortality. Here's the US presidents who suffered the most tragic deaths.
The Mount Erebus disaster was (and still is) New Zealand's worst peacetime disaster, killing 257 people. Here's the tragic story of the Mount Erebus disaster.
No one knows what exactly happened to Thalia Massie in September 1932. But Joe Kahahawai lost his life. This is the tragic true story of Hawaii's Massie murder.
Oscar Wilde, the 19th Century Irish writer, is largely remembered for his humor and wit, but less well-remembered are his two half-sisters and half-brother.
The tragic death of Omayra Sanchez might have been lost to the world of natural disaster statistics had it not been for the 60-hour effort to rescue her.
Aside from belting it out onstage with unbridled passion, Janis Joplin didn't hold anything back offstage when it came to her larger-than-life persona.
Judy Garland's early treatment at the hands of studio executives would almost be par for the course in her life. She saw the best and worst of stardom.
Phillis Wheatley's work has been described as the "starting place of African-American literature." This is how she rose to prominence in Colonial America.
Slipknot bassist Paul Gray struggled with addiction for years. Here's the story of his career with one of heavy metal's biggest bands — and his untimely death.
The 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 continues to baffle intelligence and law enforcement agencies. This is the tragic true story of the Lockerbie bombing.
Britain's royal family has suffered its share of tragic deaths throughout its history. Members have died painfully and slowly, and have died in accidents.
Mountbatten was a remarkably powerful man, as well as a very public figurehead of the monarchy, and so was a compelling target for the Irish Republican Army.
Today, some historians wonder if Spain's Joanna the Mad was "mad" at all. Wherever the real truth lies, it's clear that Joanna's story is a real tragedy.
Since all documentation of the crash long since disappeared, mystery and conspiracies have shrouded the death of Prince George -- royal husband and father.
One of the tragic incidents was the Paxton Boys massacre, when Pennsylvania rebels slaughtered an unarmed Indian settlement amid the heightened tensions of war.
Rapper and actor Heavy D was a popular artist in the late '80s and most of the '90s. He came onto the scene weighing 300 pounds and measuring 6'4" tall.
When rapper Mac Miller died on September 7, 2018, from an accidental drug overdose at just 26, it was the end of a years-long struggle: drugs, depression..
Prince Philip's mother married Prince Andrew in 1903 and after the couple had their five children, life would drastically change for the English princess.