A wave of shock hit the fashion world on Tuesday after news broke that famed designer Kate Spade was found dead, hanging from a door in her New York City apartment.
Spade did leave a suicide note, but it has yet to be revealed to the public. She was 55 years old.
Take a look back a more stars we lost way too soon!
1. Don Cornelius
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The conductor of the Soul Train ended his life in 2012 with a gunshot to the head.
2. Robin Williams
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Everyone was shocked when news broke that the acting legend took his own life in 2014 by hanging.
3. Lee Thompson Young
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The “Famous Jett Jackson” committed suicide in 2013 with a gunshot to the head.
4. Simone Battle
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The actor star reportedly hanged herself because she was depressed over money.
5. Aaron Hernandez
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In 2017, the former New England Patriot was found hanging in his prison cell after just days after being found not guilty of murdering two men in Boston.
6. Chris Lighty
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In 2012, the popular Hip Hop manager shot himself in the head.
7. Avicii
The famed producer committed suicide in 2018 by cutting himself with a shard of glass from a broken wine bottle.
The world’s favorite high fashion designer apparently lost his will to live after his mother died, so he ingested a cocktail of prescription meds and cocaine and then hanging himself.
9. Freddy E.
The Seattle rapper and Youtube star died from a self-inflicted rifle wound to the head just a day after posting a cryptic note on Twitter, saying, “If there’s a God then He’s calling me back home. This barrel never felt so good next to my dome. It’s cold & I’d rather die than live alone.”
10. Kate Spade
The famed designer was found hanging from a red scarf on a bedroom door at her NYC apartment in June 2018.
