There are hotels around the world infamous not for celebrities who have stayed, but for those who have died while being guests.
Here are some hotels where stars have checked in, but never checked out...
What award-winning comedian, actor and musician died at Sunset Boulevard's
Chateau Marmont in the early 80s? Hints — he died from a drug overdose; during his last performance on the TV series
Police Squad he was filmed face down in a swimming pool; and, this will give it away... he was one of The Blues Brothers.
John Belushi
John Belushi will be most remembered for being one of the original members of The Blues Brothers. Along with Dan Akroyd, he created the musical sketch performed on
Saturday Night Live which evolved into an album and later the film — called
The Blues Brothers. Belushi overdosed on cocaine and heroin and was found dead in his room at
Chateau Marmont's Bungalow #3 on March 5, 1982.
What American singer songwriter died at this establishment — formerly called the Landmark Hotel — in 1970? She was 27 at the time, and had been the lead singer of the band
Big Brother and the Holding Company before branching out on her own. She died of a drug overdose...
Janis Joplin
The
Highland Gardens Hotel, near the legendary Sunset Strip in Hollywood, is more than happy to spruik that Janis Joplin was among the famous to stay there; management even include a picture of her on their website. But there's absolutely no mention that she was found dead in Room 105 on October 4, 1970. Not that surprising, really!
What famous rock singer died at this hotel in the 90s? His band's latest album
Elegantly Wasted had been released the same year and he was on the final leg of a world tour at the time. Officially, he died by hanging himself... but many say he was in the throes of a sex act when he left this world.
Michael Hutchence
Yep — it's Australia's own Michael Hutchence. On November 22, 1997, the brooding rock star was found dead in his room at the luxurious
Stamford in Double Bay,
Sydney. The coroner later ruled he committed suicide, but anecdotal evidence suggests his death was caused by autoerotic asphyxiation. He was 37.
Which Presidential candidate was assassinated in the kitchen of this hotel in
Los Angeles? He was a senator at the time, and from one of America's most famous dynasties. He had 10 children (with another on the way) and many say his famous extended family is cursed — given the number of assassinations, aircraft crashes and serious criminal allegations...
Robert F. Kennedy
"Bobby" Kennedy was shot while greeting supporters in the kitchen of the
The Ambassador Hotel in the early hours of June 5, 1968. The previous day he had won the California primary, in the lead up to the Presidential election. He was the younger brother of US President John F. Kennedy, who had been assassinated five years earlier. The hotel was demolished in 2006.
What Irish dramatist and poet said: "My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or other of us has to go" in regards to a room, found in what is now a famous luxury hotel in
Paris? He was known for his wit and was a celebrity — for a time — in the late 1800s...
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde died from meningitis in Room 16 at
L'Hôtel on November 30, 1900. He had been released from jail three years earlier, after doing hard labour for being gay. He died penniless and ostracised from society.
What heroin addict — who was dating a famous bassist — bled to death after being stabbed in the abdomen while staying in Room 100 of the infamous
Chelsea Hotel? She was a serial groupie, who worked as a stripper and prostitute; and the tabloids called her "Nauseating Nancy" for her numerous public displays of drug-fueled violence...
Nancy Spungen
Yes — Nancy Spungen was found dead in her underwear on the morning of October 12, 1978 and her partner, The Sex Pistol's Sid Vicious (John Simon Ritchie), was charged with her murder. He apparently had no memory of the night before, having been high on drugs. And he died from a drug overdose while out on bail less than four months later.
17 rue Beautreillis
Okay, this isn't a hotel, but the address of an apartment in
Paris. It's where the lead singer of an American rock group was found dead in a bath in 1971. He was 27 at the time. And he's buried in the
Père Lachaise Cemetery, one of
Paris' most famous tourist attractions...
Jim Morrison
Of course, it was James Douglas Morrison — the lead singer of The Doors — who died in
Paris on July 3, 1971. A doctor's report stated his death was caused by heart failure, probably brought about by heavy drinking. Given there was no evidence of foul play, no autopsy took place, which left many questioning his death — including whether illicit drugs played a role.
Bill Clinton and
Queen Elizabeth II have been guests at the luxurious
Hotel Adlon Kempinski in Germany, but it's more famous for an incident in 2002 that sent the world's media into a spin. One of music's most recognisable faces — a juggernaut of his profession — dangled his newborn baby over a fourth floor balcony. Okay — bub didn't die — but one slip and his life would have been very short indeed...
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson's bub (also known as 'Blanket') met the world in November 2002 when his father dangled him precariously over the Adlon's balcony rail while greeting fans. The pale one was in Berlin to receive a lifetime achievement award. His six month old's face was covered with a white cloth at the time of the stunt, but still it was his first public outing. Jackson later apologised, after being branded a lunatic for doing something so stupid.
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