Death In Entertainment

In 1992, Pepsi’s Number Fever promotion in the Philippines turned into a national disaster after the winning number 349 appeared on hundreds of thousands of bottle caps. What followed were protests, lawsuits, bombings, five deaths and a legal battle that lasted more than a decade.

John Madden went from a career-ending knee injury to a Super Bowl winning Raiders coach, legendary broadcaster and the face of the biggest football video game franchise to ever exist. This is the full story of his life, tragedies, triumphs, death and the legacy that changed football forever.

Winning the lottery is supposed to change your life for the better, but for Bazil Thorne’s family, Jeffrey Dampier, Bud Post and Abraham Shakespeare, hitting the jackpot brought kidnapping, murder plots, betrayal and death.

Chris Hansen and To Catch a Predator turned internet sting operations into must-see TV and made “have a seat” part of pop culture. But behind the confrontations were arrests, controversy, a shocking death, and the story of how one of NBC’s biggest sensations ultimately disappeared.

In 1993, Mia Zapata, frontwoman of Seattle punk band The Gits, was murdered just as the band was gaining momentum. Her killing haunted Seattle’s music scene for nearly a decade until DNA finally led police to her killer.