In the face of both entrenched racism and death threats, Jackie Robinson smashed baseball's color barrier when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. This is the tragic real-life story of Jackie Robinson.
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Brandon Lee was on the verge of establishing his identity out of the shadow of his dad Bruce Lee when he died. This is the tragic real-life story of Brandon Lee
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Brian Jones, the founding guitarist of the Rolling Stones, was found at the bottom of his pool on July 3, 1969 -- at the age of 27.
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The Wright brothers -- Wilbur, born in 1867, and Orville, born in 1871 -- were best friends growing up. And they live to achieve some pretty remarkable things -- like flying. Here's how Wilbur died.
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There's a darker tragedy wrapped around the Rolling Stones' "Gimme Shelter," as well. It's one of rock and roll's most pervasive and legendary stories. It might even be true.
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'...Pyle remembered that Van Zant retrieved a pillow on his way back to his seat, stopped, and shook Pyle's hand. "Ronnie knew that he was going to die."'
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The body of Bon Scott, lead singer of the Australian hard rock band AC/DC, was found in his car having asphyxiated on his own vomit after a night of drinking.
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Before Tiger King captivated the world with its tale of murder, mayhem and madness, before Penn and Teller made Vegas crowds gasp with their ballistic ballet of bullets and bunkum, there were Siegfried and Roy.
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On April 3, 2015, life caught up with Bob Burns, the original drummer for the southern rock powerhouse Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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"My dad was Mr. Charisma," Carlos said in 2014. "I adored him because of the way he carried himself, the way he dressed and smelt. He knew he was magnetic."
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Harvey Milk is an icon, the first non-incumbent openly gay man to be elected to public office in the United States. Here's the tragic story of Harvey Milk.
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Steely Dan's Walter Becker "had the gift of relative anonymity in a field where celebrity can do incalculable damage."
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The soulfulness and seriousness of George Michael's art hinted at a man who dealt with profound sadness, misery, and heartbreak. This is his tragic story.
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John Belushi lived a short but eventful life filled with both overwhelming success and heartbreaking tragedy. This is the tragic real-life story of John Belushi.
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To some in 1968, Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) seemed the country's last chance at a promising future. Here's the tragic truth about his untimely death.
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Scottie Pippen repeatedly rose to basketball's highest peak, but he had a very rough life. Here's the tragic story of Scottie Pippen.
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Despite Fiona Apple's stunning success, her childhood was anything but easy.
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When the story of "The Day the Music Died" is told, J.P. Richardson is usually a supporting player at best. But the Big Bopper was there every step of the way.
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By the time Layne Staley passed away, the Alice in Chains singer was crippled by his drug addiction. This is what the final 12 months of his life were like.
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Mark Ruffalo is no stranger to either success, or tragedy.
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Maya Angelou has become one the most influential and popular authors in American history, and she overcame more than her fair share of hardship to do so. This is the tragic real-life story of Maya Angelou.
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When people die young, it's almost always a tragedy. It becomes even worse when they died of something that may have been prevented. He is perhaps unknown to many in the West -- less so by people not mathematically-inclined -- but Srinivasa Ramanujan died of something easily curable at a young age.
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Soundgarden often sang of sadness, misery, and despondence, topics the group's members knew all too well.
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1919's Red Summer race riots are a little-known fragment of America's bloody struggle with racism that portrays yet another link in the nation's chain of systemic ignorance, oppression, and violence.
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The tragic true story of the Tulsa Race Massacre is a dark spot in American history, and thanks to decades of silence, you've probably never heard of it.
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Tom Petty was a Florida kid, born in 1950 in Gainesville, the first son of Earl and Kitty Petty. Things weren't exactly smooth sailing early on.
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On the night in question, Owen Hart was given a dramatically absurd entrance. The plan was that he'd be lowered by a cable, beginning his descent far up in the rafters of the packed Kemper Arena in Kansas City. Things didn't go as planned.
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