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Death of Naya Rivera
Death of Naya Rivera: the Glee actress (Santana Lopez) drowned July 8, 2020, at Lake Piru, Ventura County, while boating with her 4-year-old son; body found July 13, ruled accidental drowning.
Death of Nex Benedict
Nex Benedict (Dagny Benedict), 16, a nonbinary Choctaw sophomore, died February 8, 2024, one day after a restroom fight at Owasso High School, Oklahoma. Ruled a suicide; federal OCR found Title IX violations; family lawsuit pending.
Death of Nicola Bulley
Death of Nicola Bulley: 45-year-old Lancashire woman missing 27 January 2023 in St Michael's on Wyre, found dead in the River Wyre 19 February; inquest ruled accidental drowning; case prompted a 143-page College of Policing review.
Death of Nikki Whitehead
Death of Nikki Whitehead: Jarmecca "Nikki" Whitehead, 34, was found stabbed to death in her Conyers, Georgia bathtub on January 13, 2010. Her 16-year-old identical twin daughters Jasmiyah and Tasmiyah Whitehead pleaded guilty in 2014 to voluntary manslaughter, each serving 30-year sentences; Tasmiyah was paroled in 2026.
Death of Noah Donohoe
Noah Donohoe was a 14-year-old Belfast schoolboy who disappeared on 21 June 2020 cycling to meet friends and was found dead six days later in a north Belfast storm drain; a 2026 inquest returned a narrative verdict of drowning.
Death of Nolan Wells
Death of Nolan Xavier Wells, 18-year-old Black Mississippi college football player missing after a July 4, 2026 boat trip to Horn Island; cause of death undetermined, grand jury returned no true bill, family seeks federal investigation.
Death of Pablo Escobar
Death of Pablo Escobar: the Medellín Cartel leader, killed 2 December 1993 by Colombia's Bloque de Búsqueda on a Los Olivos rooftop after a 17-month manhunt; suicide claim by family disputed by forensics.
Death of Parker Wells
Death of Parker Wells: 11-year-old non-verbal autistic Calgary boy who vanished from a day home July 16, 2026, found dead July 29 in a Deerfoot Trail stormwater pipe; death ruled non-criminal, prompting a 911 dispatch review and Alberta Amber Alert criteria review.
Death of Pheobe Bishop
Death of Pheobe Bishop: 17-year-old from Gin Gin, Queensland, disappeared 15 May 2025 en route to Bundaberg Airport; remains found 6 June near Good Night Scrub National Park; housemates James Wood and Tanika Bromley charged with murder.
Death of Ranjit Singh and the succession crisis
The death of Ranjit Singh and the succession crisis was the period of murders and court factional fighting in the Sikh Empire from 1839 to 1843.
Death of Rebecca Zahau
Death of Rebecca Zahau: 2011 hanging death of Jonah Shacknai's girlfriend at Coronado's Spreckels Mansion, ruled suicide by San Diego County sheriff but found civilly liable against Adam Shacknai in 2018.
Death of Rey Rivera
Rey Rivera (born 1973), Baltimore writer and videographer, vanished 16 May 2006 after a phone call and was found dead under a hole in the Belvedere Hotel roof; police said suicide, the medical examiner ruled undetermined.
Death of Ricky Nelson
The death of Ricky Nelson occurred on December 31, 1985, when his DC-3 caught fire in flight and crashed near De Kalb, Texas, killing Nelson, his fiancée, and five band members.
Death of Saladin and Ayyubid partition
Saladin, founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, died in Damascus in 1193; his empire was partitioned among his sons and brother al-Adil, who took control by 1202.
Death of Sandra Bland
Death of Sandra Bland: the July 13, 2015 death by hanging of Sandra Bland, 28, in Waller County Jail, Texas, three days after a traffic-stop arrest by trooper Brian Encinia; ruled suicide, it prompted the 2017 Sandra Bland Act on jail safety and mental health diversion.
Death of Sargon II in battle in Tabal
Sargon II, king of Assyria (721–705 BC), died in battle in Tabal in 705 BC while restoring the region as an Assyrian province; his body was never recovered.
Death of Savita Halappanavar
Death of Savita Halappanavar (Savita Andanappa Yalagi), Indian-born dentist who died of septic miscarriage at University Hospital Galway, Ireland, 28 October 2012, aged 31, after a termination request was refused; inquest found medical misadventure and the case drove Irish abortion law reform.
Death of Shang Yang
The death of Shang Yang (商鞅被杀) was his execution in 338 BC by the new King Huiwen of Qin, who had him dismembered by chariots after Duke Xiao's death.
Death of Shenbaga Nadar
Shenbaga Nadar was a Madurai-based automobile dealer and businessman who died in 1955 after falling into a crevice at Guna Caves near Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, where a memorial stands.
Death of Sitting Bull
The death of Sitting Bull (Tatanka Iyotake) came in 1890, when Indian agency police shot the Hunkpapa Lakota leader during an attempted arrest at Standing Rock.
Death of Sohrabuddin Sheikh (सोहराबुद्दीन अनवरहुसैन शेख)
Sohrabuddin Sheikh (सोहराबुद्दीन अनवरहुसैन शेख), a Gujarat gangster allegedly linked to LeT, was killed in a 2005 alleged fake encounter; wife Kausar Bi and associate Tulsiram Prajapati also died. All 22 accused, mostly police, were acquitted in 2018 and again upheld in 2026.
Death of Steve Irwin
The death of Steve Irwin occurred on 4 September 2006, when a stingray barb pierced the "Crocodile Hunter's" heart while he snorkeled at Batt Reef, Queensland.
Death of Stevie Ray Vaughan
The death of Stevie Ray Vaughan occurred on August 27, 1990, when a helicopter carrying the American blues guitarist crashed near Elkhorn, Wisconsin, killing all five aboard.
Death of Subhas Chandra Bose
Death of Subhas Chandra Bose: reported 18 August 1945 Taihoku (Taipei) plane crash of Netaji, ashes at Tokyo's Renkoji Temple, three Indian inquiries (Shah Nawaz, Khosla, Mukherjee), and the unresolved official controversy.
Death of Suchir Balaji
The death of Suchir Balaji, a 26-year-old former OpenAI researcher who had publicly accused the company of copyright violations, occurred in San Francisco in November 2024.
Death of Sunni Ali
Sunni Ali, king of Songhai, died in November 1492 while returning from campaign, apparently by drowning; his son was soon overthrown by Muhammad Ture, founder of the Askia dynasty.
Death of Sushant Singh Rajput
Death of Sushant Singh Rajput: Indian Bollywood actor (Kai Po Che!, MS Dhoni: The Untold Story) found hanging in his Bandra, Mumbai home on June 14, 2020, aged 34; ruled suicide by postmortem and AIIMS, and the CBI's 2025 closure report found no foul play.
Death of Svyatoslav at the Dnieper rapids
The death of Svyatoslav at the Dnieper rapids (Гибель Святослава у днепровских порогов) was the killing of the prince of Kiev by Pechenegs led by Kurya in 972.
Death of Tamla Horsford
Death of Tamla Horsford, Cumming, Georgia, November 4, 2018: 40-year-old woman found dead after an overnight party; ruled an accidental deck fall by the sheriff's office and GBI, a ruling her family disputes.
Death of Tammy Homolka
Tammy Homolka was Karla Homolka's 15-year-old sister, killed December 23-24, 1990, after Bernardo and Homolka drugged and raped her; her death, ruled accidental, later drove Canada's controversial Homolka plea bargain.