When a celebrity dies as the result of a seemingly preventable accident, it makes the loss feel all the more tragic. After a tireless—and, admittedly, morbid—search, I discovered a number of such deaths.
There were quite a few deaths by car accident, such as James Dean and Dale Earnhardt, that didn’t make my final cut. There were also a few self-piloted plane accidents, such as John F. Kennedy, Jr. and John Denver, that also didn’t make the list. While they were all sad and tragic losses, I decided to limit my results to deaths that were not merely accidents, but also unique in nature.
