Celebrities, their lives and even death, as you know, always attracts attention. Some celebrities understand this and give special orders to hold a farewell ceremony, some do not want, forget or do not think about it and do not give orders. But in any case, voluntarily or secretly, their latest photosgrayscape disagree. Fans buy them for memory and someone in the photo of celebrities in the coffin even makes business.

The media are ready for everything to get special photos - weddings, divorces and even the funeral of celebrities.
Many celebrities bury in open coffins so that fans can say goodbye to them. But even on this, some citizens make their business - publish photos without the consent of the relatives of the deceased and make copies of the photo in the coffins, selling them to fans.

After the death of Elvis Presley on the cover of the National Enquirer magazine, a photo appeared with his funeral. Yang Cherder, who was then the editor of the newspaper, bribed the cousin Elvis, Bobby Manna, paying him $ 18,000 to take a picture
The photo was made with the help of a spy chamber and today is estimated at 1 million dollars.


Published by National Enquirer posthumous photo Whitney Houston outraged the relatives. They counted themselves offended, because the permission to publish was not given.
However, the publication did not tell where the photo was received from. They also explained their deed by the fact that "Whitney is beautiful even after death." The scandal did his job - the circulation of the publication sharply jumped.

Even the daughter of Whitney, who has left practically after the mother, was left alone. Photo Her funeral, made secretly sold for 100.000 dollars


After the death of the famous artist, Andy Warhol, he photographed his cousin in the coffin and put a photo for sale for $ 900. By the way, the photo quickly bought


Merilin Monroe's body was not buried for several days - so many people went to honor her memory. She had to make a posthumous makeup, put on a wig and cover the veil, because her body was badly damaged during the opening


After the death of bi bi king, the question was solved for a long time - whether the coffin was left open - relatives were against, fans insisted. In the end, after long negotiations, the coffin was opened


Despite the ban, the paparazzi was photographed and posted a photo from the funeral of Mikhail Zadornov. Relatives are outraged


Vladimir Turchinsky was buried in a closed coffin. And it is most likely due to the grand scandal when his photos made immediately after death. hit the net
How exactly these photos made by the police arrived at the place of death fell into the network - it is still unknown, but blasphemy and mockery on the network over the photo dead man Forced the family to abandon open funerals.


Not always famous people find calm immediately. For example, Abraham Lincoln's body was sent to a posthumous five-day "tour" so that everyone wanted to say goodbye to him
His body was viewed in Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois before buried


As we already know everything with you, on the example of the leader of the world proletariat, V.I. Lenin people love to look at famous man And after his death.


Joseph Stalin after the death of 8 years was in Mausoleum along with Lenin, but in 1961 secretly, under the cover of the night, was rendered and later buried at the walls of the Kremlin


By the way, we are not alone in our desire
This is the Argentine Chief of Eva Peron, after her death, the body was demonstrated by the general public for almost 3 years, until the authorities changed and the new rulers did not burn her, not wanting to remember their predecessors.


The biggest in the world is at present the mausoleum of the head of the Communist Party of Vietnam Ho Chi Min. In August 1975, the body was placed in the Mausoleum built by Moscow experts on Badinn Square in Hanoi.


Mao (China)
For 30 years, 158 million people visited Mausoleum. In the first hall, guests are celebrating a huge statue of Mao from white marble. In the central - the burial chamber, where in a crystal coffin, covered with a red banner, rests the mummified chairman.


Mausoleum Pirogov (Ukraine)
The crypt with Mumia Geniya is under the altar of the Church of Nicholas Wonderworker, in the Museum-Manor Pirogov. The surgeon rests under the glass in the uniform of the secret advisor. Tomb do not guard temperature mode Supported without special special preparations - the planning of the tomb itself.


Mausoleum Kim Chen Ira in North Korea


People reach even to the last degree of inability - make Selfie with dead. In 2015 in social network VKontakte was formed by a group that promised the money prize for photos with the late and the photo was sprinkled from all sides


And photo famous people, the memory of which will remain in the hearts of millions. Vladimir Vysotsky


Vladimir Mayakovsky


B. Yeltsin


Today, the funeral is under the outbreaks of millions of cameras and cameras. Online broadcasts are underway and each step is described - from funeral, to wreaths




And how do you think - these photos are blasphemy or last Dan. Memory man?


Death is the inevitable end of life, and no one, except relatives and loved ones, does not think about the fact that some person died. When we are talking About the stars, everything is not so simple. People are looking for reasons, think about the consequences, and also want to learn more details. For example, what photo has become the last in the life of a particular star?

Robin Williams

This photo famous actor With his monkey named Crystal was posted in his "instagram" on his birthday, twenty days before his death. He was raised the wrong diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, while in reality he suffered from one of the forms of dementia, which led to a strong paranoé.

Freddie Mercury

This is one of the last photos of the Frontman of the Queen group, which was made in 1991. Until the last moment, the singer refuted rumors that he had AIDS, avoiding scandals in the press and trying to concentrate on his musical career.

Carrie Fisher

This photo of the actress was made by a fan in London per day until she climbed the aircraft heading to Los Angeles. On board this aircraft she had a heart attack, because of which she died four days later.

Nikola Tesla

This is the last famous photo famous scientist. He died on January 7, 1943 alone at the New Yorker Hotel.

David Bowie

Premiere of Musikla famous singer And the musician Lazarus seventh December 2015 in New York became its last appearance in public. The singer for more than one year has already fought with a liver cancer and understood that he is at the terminal stage.

Chester Bennington

This photo of a smiling and happy singer was made just a couple of days before he died. On July 20, 2017, the Contractor was found dead at home - he committed suicide, having having fun.

John Lennon

A man who shot the famous singer, Mark David Chapman, was captured in this photo when he took autograph from the celebrity. Having signed an album for a fan, Lennon asked if everything was all what the smiling chapman replied that it was all he needed, and four hours five times he fired a singer in his back.

Jimmy Hendrix

This photograph of a famous artist with his beloved guitar was made on September 17, 1970 in the courtyard of the house where he lived. A picture made his girl Monica Dannean. The next day, the guitarist died of asphyxia caused by the reception of barbiturates.

Alan Rickman

it last Photography The actor, on which he looks quite well, although he also lost the battle with cancer. In August 2015, he was raised a terrible diagnosis - the actor had pancreatic cancer, which he did not tell until the very moment of death, occur on January 14, 2016.

Heath Ledger

This photo of the actor was made during his filming last film Under the name "Imagonarium Dr. Parnassa", just a couple of days before the moment he was found dead in the New York apartment. The cause of death was random overdose by the prescribed drug.

Mohammed Ali

This snapshot of the boxer was made on May 22, 2016, the author became his daughter Khan. On the second June 2016, he was hospitalized with not the most terrible respiratory disease, but later his condition worsened.

Anna Frank

This photo was made in 1942, and this is one of the last pictures of Anna Frank. She died in March 1945 at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where she was due to the fact that her family was revealed and took it under the fourth of August 1944.

Christopher McCandles

This snapshot was discovered on an unmanifested film, which was found in Alaska, where he went on a trip alone. In August 1992, he died of hunger, as he expected in his journey to eat what he could get independently.

Steve Jobs

This is one of the latest photos of Jobs, made before his death of the fifth of October 2011 he has at home in California. He died due to complications associated with the recurrence of pancreatic cancer, from which he was treated earlier.

Marilyn Monroe

In this photo, the actress is captured with a jazz pianist named Baddy Greco in August 1942, always a couple of days before a sad event. She was found dead at home in Los Angeles her psychiatrist, who already long years He treated her from depression, anxiety, low self-esteem and chronic insomnia.

James Dean

This snapshot was made directly at the dressing station on that day when Dean died. He loved quick cars And he died in a car accident when she tried to avoid accident driving his car shown in the picture.

Martin Luther King Junior

On the background, the leaders of the struggle are captured on the left civil rights On the balcony in the motel in Tennessee. The next day, one of them was killed by about the same place James Earl Reem, although there are a lot of conspiracy theories surrounding this case.

Amy Winehouse

This photo was made on July 21, 2011 in London. Amy died on July 23 of the same year at home. Doctors found that the cause of death was random alcohol poisoning.

John Kennedy

This photo of the president was made on November 22, 1963 in Dallas on the day of the murder. Lee Harvey Oswald was accused of committing this murder, but the convict himself denied his guilt.

Michael Jackson

This snapshot of the famous singer was made during a rehearsal to one of the upcoming concerts, tickets for which were sold out. However, on June 25, 2009, the heart of the singer stopped due to acute intoxication with propofol and benzodiazepine.

Anton Yelchin

This Selfie actor became the last, which he posted in his "Instagram". Three days later, on 19 June 2016, a 27-year-old actor died due to a stupid incident: the jeep actor rolled and pressed him to the fence. The collision damaged the light of Anton, and it is believed that he died a couple of minutes after the incident.

Leonard Cohen

This photo was taken on October 13, 2016 during the launch of the last album by the artist called You Want It Darker in Los Angeles. He died in a dream on November 7, the cause of death became cancer.

Bob Marley

This photo famous musician It was made in Munich, in Germany, a few months before his death from cancer on May 11, 1981. At that time, a 36-year-old musician weighed only 35 kilograms.

Candy Darling

This photo was made on the deathbed of Candy shortly before she died of lymphoma on March 21, 1974.

Paul Walker

This is a snapshot of a famous actor leaving a charity event. After a few moments, this car, driving a roger Roger Rodas, crashed into a pillar and caught fire. As a result of the accident, both people died.

Kurt Cobain

This photo was made in the framework of the Nirvana group session a few months before the death of Frontman. This is the last official photo Cobein, which was made before he committed suicide at the age of 27.

Amelia Erhart.

This photo famous flyer And her navigator Fred Nunan was made right before the team went to take a round-the-world flight. July 2, 1937 the aircraft disappeared somewhere on Safety ocean With obscure circumstances.

Lucille Ball

This photo was taken during the Oscar ceremony on March 29, 1989. On April 26 of the same year, Lucille had a gap of aorta, because of which she died right at home.

John Candy

This photo of the actor was made on setion Film "Caravan to East". On March 4, 1994, when the film was still in production, the actor had a heart attack right in the hotel room in Mexico.

Whitney Houston

In this photo you can see how the singer leaves the Tru Hollywood club two days before his death. On February 11, 2012, she was found unconscious in the bathroom in the hotel room. In her blood prescribed prescribed drugs and narcotic substances. As a cause of death, random drowning was indicated.

Heroes also go too early. Something without negotiating something without completion, without adding something. Their life is a bright flash. Their publicity is a theater representation that often ends the tragedy. The most discussed event is their care from life ... The show should continue even then ...

The history of takeoff and the fall of the most sexy American blonde named Merlin Monroe is known to everyone from Mala to Great. But the scandal is that it is still around her untimely death on August 5, 1962 and did not come final clarity ...

And it will not come, because in the most diverse versions in the case of the Kennedy brothers, or mafia. It is unlikely that anyone will make the reputation of the youngest and beloved president of the United States, whose mystery of whose death is also unexplored ...

There is another truth about the fact that Marilyn died from the overdose of drugs or committed suicide. But here is a photograph of the actress, made a few hours before death. It seems that she is not going to die ...

The corpse of Monroe is taken out of her house ....

The last photo ... It is officially believed that Marilyn Monroe committed suicide.

Tupak Shakur-American rapper, film actor and public figure.

He got into the Guinness Book of Records as the most successful hip-hop artist, selling more than 75 million copies of its albums.

Tupak was shot dead in 1996, the murderers did not find. The first rapper, which was put a monument.

Jim Morrison ... When he was only four years old, something happened in New Mexico that he later described as one of essential events His life: A truck with Indians turned over on the road, and their bloody bodies were lying on the road. "I first discovered death (...) I think that at that moment the soul of those dead Indians, maybe one or two of them, we were walking around, appeal, and settled into my soul, I was like a sponge, readily absorbed them."

The fate of Jim was a high-speed descent on inclined straight: drunkenness, arrests for obscene behavior and a fight with police officers, transformation from an idol for girls in thick bearded sparse. In 1971, an inspected rock star goes with his girlfriend Pamela Carson to Paris - to relax and work on the book of poems, where he dies soon.

There are still rumors around his death. The cause of death is called the overdose of drugs. Jim Morrison is buried in Paris on the Cemetery of Per Lashez. His grave became the place of cult worship of the fans, writing the neighboring graves with inscriptions about their love for the idol and lines of songs The Doors.

Anna Nicole-Smith - "New Merilin Monroe", a stripper, who seduced the elderly billionaire and, who had beyond his inheritance, did not have a special intelligence, nor outstanding natural data: to create a breast, she suffered several plastic Operations And managed to become the icon of the "playboy" of the mid-90s.

On February 8, 2007, Anna Nicole was found in one of the hotels in Florida in an unconscious state. On the way to the hospital she died. Pre-version - overdose of drugs. In her room, the police found narcotic substances.

The life of Anna Nicole tragically broke off in 39 years - but after death, her name continues to appear on the pages of newspapers mainly in the "Scandals" heading.

John Lennon Is British Rock Musician, Singer, Poet, Composer, Artist, Writer.

Founder and participant of the group "The Beatles", a popular musician of the 20th century.

In December 1980, Lennon was killed by a mentally unbalanced US citizen by Mark Chapman five shots in the back.

Michael Hatchens, leader-vocalist Group Inxs: November 22, 1997 at the age of 37 hanged himself on his own belt ...

Before death, Khatchens mixed cocaine, vodka, beer, champagne and antidepressant and drank it all. However, there is a version that he died during a sex experiment, in the process of which a person experiences an orgasm from suffocation ... But despite the fact that the police recognized some oddities in this death, the final version is still considered suicide.

It is said that Michael is still in the most scary nightmares Kylie Minogue...

Michael Jackson Afro-American pop singer, dancer and songwriter. One of the most successful performers in history, winner of 14 grammy premiums and tens of other premiums; The world sold about 750 million Jackson albums. He made a significant contribution to the development of popular music, video clips, dance and fashion.

Not only creativity, but also the personal life of Jackson attracted the attention of the press: unusual changes in its appearance, as a result of which Michael's skin became bright; his illness; trialsIn which he was accused of placing juvenile, but was justified.

Jackson died in 2009 as a result of an overdose of propofol introduced by a doctor.

Notorius Big - the legendary famous American rapper notorious B.i.g. Entered Hip Hop with a multi-platinum album "Ready to Die".

Traded drugs, sat, recorded and produced albums ...

He died on March 9, 1997 from the received wounds after his "Chevrolet" fired at the car passed by.

There are many theories about the death of BiGGI, the most popular of them claims that he became the reptile war between the Western rappers and eastern coastAnd that the death of Notorius was paid for the murder of Tupak in September 1996.

Kurt Cobain- vocalist and guitarist known american group Nirvana, as well as its leader and spiritual center. With the success of the group, he became an international celebrity, was proclaimed by the "voice of generation".

Cobain since childhood was distinguished by weak health, and he used drugs, he smoked a lot, tried to commit suicide to commit ...

On April 8, 1994, Cobein's body in his house in the area of \u200b\u200bWashington Lake in Seattle found an electrician who came to install the security system.

On the body of the musician was not noticeable any injuries, except for a small amount of blood from the ear, a rifle lay on his chest ...

"I did not feel excite from listening, nor from creating music with her writing ... so many years." According to one of the versions of the investigation, Kobein introduced himself a heroin dose of not compatible with life and shot himself in his head out of the gun. Also, the criminologists came to the conclusion that Kurt died on April 5, his body lay down in the house for several days.

It gives an assumption about the intentional murder of Kurt ...

In the US magazine Newsweek, excerpts were published from the deceased diaries, of which it becomes clear that the musician planned suicide for another two years before he made it. In his notes, Cobain wrote that he wants to kill himself to end with terrible pain in the stomach, from which he suffered last years Life. By the way, according to Kurt, it was these pain that he began to take drugs that allegedly facilitated his suffering. "It was so bad," the musician wrote, "that I bought myself a pistol and wanted to shoot." But instead again hooked on drugs. "

Hit Ledger is a famous Australian and, later, the Hollywood actor. The second actor in history (after Peter Finch), awarded the Oscar premium posthumously.

Ledger life cut off on 28 year. Those who have seen an actor shortly before death, say that he suffered depressed ...

The autopsy could not establish an exact cause of death, so it was necessary to carry out an additional toxicological examination, according to the results of which the official cause of the death of the Ledger was declared - acute intoxication caused by the joint action of painkillers, sleeping pills and anti-highs ...

British Murphy - American actress, star of films "City of sins", "Eight Mile."

Died as a result of an accident. The reason for stopping the heart of the actress has become a multiple overdose medicinal preparations Against the background of pneumonia and iron deficiency anemia.

No matter how we wanted to see your favorite stars always only in the rays of glory, on the pages of the gloss or with a reward on the red walkway, their everyday life It is no different from ours - with her household worries, joys and sorrows. And certainly the popularity still did not save anyone from depression, accidents, illness and care of eternity ...

In our selection, photos of famous people in a week, a day or even an hour before their death are collected. Some of them knew about the ambulance, and someone lived on full and did not even allow the thoughts that life could break off unexpectedly and unfairly.

In the photo - Robin Williams on August 9, 2014 at the event in the art gallery two days before suicide. He was only 63.

In order to list the ingenious comedians of our time for sure enough of the fingers of just one hand, but among them will always be Robin Williams. Each of us from Mala to Great, he left a trace in the heart of some kind of memorable and loved way. Alas, three years ago, on August 11, 2014, his heart stopped fighting forever. The forensic examination found that the death of the actor came as a result of suffocation due to hanging on the belt. Well, a few more days, all the secret has become clear - Robin Williams suffered from Parkinson's disease on early stageWhat was the pathological feeling of anxiety and depression experienced. The side effect of the medicine that was prescribed to him only aggravated the case - the actor had a suicidal mood, which did not carry alcohol and drug inspections ...

April 21, 2016 as thunder among clear sky The news was sounded about the death of the greatest musician, guitarist and the author hundreds of hits - Prince. It is known that almost a week before his death, the singer did not sleep. The results of the autopsy showed that the cause of death was an overdose of powerful analgesic, which Prince was saved from the strongest pain in tazobed Susta. But this is not all - for six months before death, the musician was diagnosed by AIDS.

On February 20, 2017, the soloist of Nirvana Group Kurt Cobain could celebrate already the 50th birthday, but, alas - in our memory he will always remain forever young ...


In the photo - the princess Diana is forever left for 36 years. It is known that Dodi Al-Fayed and the driver of Henri Paul died instantly, and Lady Di died in 2 hours in the hospital.

It is impossible to believe in it, but on August 31, 2017 will be exactly twenty years old, from the day the princess Diana died in a terrible car accident, trampling from the paparazzi in the tunnel in front of the Alma Bridge on the Seine's embankment in Paris.


In the photo - John Lennon a few minutes before his death gives autograph to the very brand Chepman. But, the worst thing - the killer stands behind!

All famous factJohn Lennon was killed by a US citizen Mark David Chepman at 22 hours 50 minutes, when he, together with Yoko, he entered the arch of his house, returned from the recording studio.


In the photo - Paul Walker in his last way.

"... at 15:30 Furious Forest Film Star, Paul Walker and his friend Roger Rodas visited the event charitable Foundation To collect funds in support of the victims of Typhoon Hayang, raging in the Philippines. Shortly thereafter, they left on the Red "Porsche Carrera GT" belonging to rhodas. On the way, the driver did not cope with the control, the car crashed into a lamppost and standing near the tree in Valencies, Santa Clarit, California, and immediately caught fire. The driver and the passenger died at the site of the accident, "the news tape was replenished with such a dry and devoid of all sorts of emotions, the news tape was replenished on November 30, 2013, leaving the actor of Paul Walker in our memory.


In the photo - David Bowie, two days before his death, posed by photographer Jimmy King for advertising the last album "Blackstar."

January 10, 2016 aged 69 years after continuous struggle A musician, actor and artist David Bowie died with cancer. It is known that the brilliant artist not only resistant tolerated the treatment, but continued to work until the last sigh, writing the album and removing in the clips.


In the photo - Patrick Swayze two weeks before the death.

When the star of "dirty dancing" Patrick Swaysee put a shocking diagnosis - pancreatic cancer last 4th stage and left no more than a week to life, he extended it for another twenty ...


In the photo - the greatest guitarist of all time, singer and composer Jimi Hendrix on September 17, 1970, the day before his death.

Jimi Handrix one of the seven ingenious people Our time included in the sad-famous "club 27" is the club of stars who died in 27 years. The details of his death are very terrible and typical of celebrities, which failed to avoid the flour of creativity and enjoying popular without a mixture of alcohol, drugs and barbiturates.

In the photo - the sex symbol of Cinema Marylin Montro on weekends is exactly a week before the death with a jazz pianist Buddy Greco.

It is known that American actress, singer and model Marilyn Monroe discovered the dead on Sunday on August 5, 1962. The official version of death is an overdose of sleeping bags.

In the photo - a 28-year-old actor is still smiling at the filming of the film "Imagonarium Dr. Parnassa", after which the dose of drugs will take place and die.

January 22, 2008 at 15:31 Actor Hit Ledger was detected by the dead in his New York apartment in Manhattan. The autopsy could not immediately establish the cause of death, so it was necessary to carry out additional toxicological examination. According to the results, the official cause of death has become acute intoxication caused by the joint action of painkillers, sleeping pills and tranquilizers.


In the photo - Elvis Presley a couple of hours before his heart stopped.

The Rock and Roll king died at the age of 42 of August 16, 1977. According to the official version, the cause of the death of Elvis Presley was "hypertensive cardiovascular disease with atherosclerotic heart failure. " But ... Even today, 40 years later, few people believe, finding new reasons and arguments.


In the photo - singer in one night to his death.

In the photo - Steve Jobs two months before the sad date.

One of the founders of Apple Corporation, CEO and Pixar Film Studio died at 3 pm on October 5, 2011 in his home in California. The Pioneer Era IT-technologies lost in the war of severe females - pancreatic cancer. It is known that recent words Steve Jobs were literally: "Oh, wow. Wow. Wow."

In the photo - Amy Winehouse a week before his death near the house in North London.

One of the most eccentric performers of our time, known for its contrateto-vocal and record in the Guinness Book of Records, as the only British singer, who received 5 Grammy awards was found dead in his London apartment on July 23, 2011. The cause of death experts installed only after 2 years and their results are not surprised - Amy Winehouse died of alcohol poisoning, the concentration of which in the blood exceeded 5 times the permissible standard. The singer fell into the ill-fated "club 27" ...


In the photo - Freddie Mercury poses in his own garden with her beloved cat for her last shot.

The legendary frontman of the Queen group died at the age of 45 November 24, 1991 from pneumonia, developed against the background of HIV infection and AIDS. By the way, about his scary diagnosis Mercury was openly admitted exactly the day to death, unable to resist rumors anymore. Somehow in one interview, he stated that he did not plan to get to Paradise:

"Oh, I was not created for heaven. No, I do not want to get to the paradise. Hell is much better. Think about how much interesting people I will meet there! "


In the photo - Steve Irwin a few hours before his care.

No, transmission wildlife It will never be more interesting and exciting as we used to see them with the main "hunter of crocodiles." Alas, Steve Irwin died, engaged in his favorite case on September 4, 2006 at the shooting of the TV show "Ocean" s Deadliest, "having received a fatal blow of the hat-tail in the heart.


In the photo - John F. Kennedy in a few seconds before the first shot sounded.

November 22, 1963 The 35th President of the United States was driving on the Lincoln Continental cabriolet on a parade through Dallas, Texas. About the sad events that have occurred on, you probably know ...


In the photo - Michael Jackson two days before death at the rehearsals of performances, tickets for which everything was sold to one.

The king of pop music went to eternity on June 25, 2009. It is known that in the morning his attending physician made him the injection of the professional and left one. Two hours later, he discovered a lifeless singer lying on the bed with wide open eyes and mouth ...

In the photo - Daughter Mohammed Ali Khan shared the last photo of the father, made during communication through FaceTime: "This is the last photo of my beautiful father ... Told him that I love!"

The health of one of the greatest boxers in world history almost three dozen years old drove Parkinson's disease. On June 2, 2016, Mohammed Ali was hospitalized in hospital because of problems with the lungs, and the next day it became known that the 75-year-old legend died ...


On November 15, 1982, Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev's funeral was held on Red Square. As on wires in last way His predecessors, thousands of citizens joined the lush procession. The funeral is an integral part of life, and since many celebrities and political figures live on a wide foot, they are accompanied accordingly.


Leonid Brezhnev, who died on November 10, 1982, as well as other Soviet Secretary Generals, was buried with a special pump, however, the cost of such a process is not known for estimates.


The whole ceremony was decorated extremely magnificently, but was not deprived of some incidents. As a rule, during the funeral soviet leaders It was customary to carry the coffin with the body of late velvet pads with orders and medals, and this duty was assigned only to senior officers.


Each officer carried a pad with one ordinar. Brezhnev had more than two hundred. I had to combine some awards, and the honorary officer escort amounted to 44 people.


For three days, the Gensen body was exhibited in the column hall of the House of Unions, where he was visited by several hundred thousand people. I buried Brezhnev from the Kremlin wall, and at that moment all the enterprises and organizations of the country stopped five minutes, which also cost considerable money.



Michael Jackson was the real king of pop music, and his death, like life, was shrouded loud scandals: The singer died in 2009 from the overdose of propofol, in which his personal doctor was to blame.


Jackson buried only two months after death in the "Great Mausoleum" of the Hollywood Cemetery Forest Lawn. Among the guests there were only relatives and close friends of the singer, but several hundred journalists received accreditation, and in live air The ceremony was watched by millions of Americans.


The broadcast was allowed only until the gilded coffin with the body arrived on the orphanage. Then, for some time the ceremony was shown from the cameras of helicopters, but soon it was interrupted.


After the king of pop music was buried in a huge chapel, the invited went to the memorial dinner to the Italian restaurant.


The coffin of the artist called "Prometheus" was made of bronze and covered with a 14-carat gold spraying, and inside a bright blue velvet cloth. It cost this product 25 thousand dollars.


The whole ceremony, although she took an hour and a half, cost the relatives of the singer in the amount close to a million dollars.



James Brown, godfather Sokula, died aged 73 years from cardiac attack Against the background of pneumonia. The funeral of a lover of chic and gloss was appropriately furnished.


Farewell to him took place in the New York Theater "Apollo" in Harlem. His coffin was almost the same as Michael Jackson's coffin, respectively, and its price was excellent.



Elvis Presley's funeral, another "king", this time Rock and Roll, in 1977 cost 23,789 dollars (more than one hundred thousand in terms of the course of our days).


When the news of the death of the singer appeared in newspapers, 25,000 fans surrounded his estate in Memphis in two days.


The lush ceremony of relatives paid at the expense of the most well, and some even managed to earn a round sum. The funeral themselves were closed for the press, but one of the cousins \u200b\u200bof Presley sold the photo of the singer's body into a coffin for 18 thousand dollars. And the magazine with the photo on the cover bought in the amount of 6.5 million copies.


Margaret Thatcher, or Iron Lady, was the British Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990 and died in April 2013 from stroke.


The policy of 1.8 million dollars was spent on the funeral. Moreover, the fabulous amount was taken not only from the property Margaret Thatcher, but also from the taxes of citizens.


At the same time, only 400 thousand dollars were spent on the ceremony of the Cathedral of St. Paul, and the remaining amount went to ensure security at the funeral.


Another 31 thousand dollars was aimed at the ambulance service. medical care in London. It is not surprising that among the citizens there were numerous protests, after all, not everyone was satisfied with the Tatcher policy, and therefore the waste of money from the budget was not pleased.



Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Great Britain, Writer, Laureate Nobel Prize In literature and honorary citizen of the United States, was buried with even greater pomp.


Since Churchill played a big role in the end of World War II, his funeral in 1965 corresponded to ceremonies that are held only for members of the royal family.


In 1965, the policy of funeral policies spent 258 thousand dollars, which for today's standards corresponds to 4.2 million.



Princess Diana, the spouse of Prince Charles Wales and the favorite of the British and people around the world, died in 1997 in a car accident in Paris. 9.7 million dollars spent on lush funerals (11.8 million to date).


What are unknown, but clearly quite large amounts of money spent ordinary citizens: from September 1 to September 8 to Buckingham Palace, St. James Palace and the Kensington Palace in memory of Diana was entrusted with 5 million bouquets of colors with a total weight from 10 to 15 thousand tons.


On September 6, more than a million people witnessed the funeral procession, and the Bell of Westminster Abbey beat every minute when the coffin with the body of Diana was transported on the ceremonial cannon fauthete.



Pope John Paul II, leader catholic churchHe headed it from 1978 to 2005, up to his death. In the last path he was escaped with pomp.


The funeral of John Paul II was worth the organizers of 11.9 million dollars. As in the case of Tatcher, the most large expenditures were security, since the ceremony was attended by four kings, five queens and 70 presidents.



Queen Elizabeth, 101-year-old Queen-mother, died in 2002, and for her wires organized a very magnificent funeral in Westminster Abbey.


The total cost of the funeral was $ 9 million (according to today's standards, this amount is 12.5 million dollars). On the protection of the procession, the Ministry of Defense was allocated a sum of 462 thousand dollars, and the costs of police services remained unknown.


After 101, the beat of the bell followed two minutes of silence, when all production were stopped and even the planes were not rising into the sky from Heathrow and Gatwick airports. The lid without that expensive coffin was decorated with a crown of the British Empire with a famous Kohinor diamond.


John Kennedy, one of the most beloved presidents in the history of the United States, was killed in 1963. The burial site was chosen at the Arlington National Cemetery, the cost of which was 13 million dollars.


About 800 thousand people were lined up to say goodbye to the president along the streets on the route of the procession. Then followed Mass in the cathedral, after which the procession went to Arlington National Cemetery.


The coffin with the body of the president was moved on a cannon fauthete, the black stallion was ahead. When the coffin was lowered to the ground, the Kennedy widow lit on the grave of the Eternal Flame.


The entire ceremony was broadcast three nationwide channels, and the whole cost of the funeral was $ 15 million.



Kim Jong Il, Supreme Leader North KoreaDuring his lifetime, created the cult of himself, so his death caused a massive hysteria among his environment and a simple population.


So, the statue of Kim Jong Ira was erected worth 10 million dollars.


Since the Secretary General was decided to displaced, Russian specialists were attracted. Their work and special sarcophagus were worth the media, a million dollars.



Ronald Reagan, former hollywood actor And the President of the United States from 1980 to 1988, died in 2004. The funeral ceremony cost the organizers of 400 million dollars.


In addition, in the USA for the day I had to close stock market Due to prolonged mourning, which led to a huge financial loss.



The funeral of the Japanese emperor Hirohito took place in 1989 and at that time cost $ 76.4 million ($ 139.3 million at the current course).


By the way, the cost of even the average funeral in Japan most often exceeds the mark of 20 thousand dollars, so it is not surprising that the wires in the last path of the first persons of the state are in the fabulous amounts.


The funeral consignment of the emperor amounted to 70 cars. On them, together with the services of escort, there were 24 million dollars.


Another 22 million dollars spent on the construction of the pavilion in Santzyuku-Genoan Park for the burial rites over the Hirohito body, in which 225 people participated.



Secretary-General Joseph Stalin died from hemorrhage to the brain on March 5, 1953 at 21:50, and the next day the leader's body was exhibited in the column of the House of Unions for a three-day farewell.


More than two million people took part in the procession, and in front of the pipe area, up to two thousand people died. On March 9, Stalin's harnessed body was placed in mausoleum.



The most expensive funerals in history, if to rely on these historical books, were arranged for Alexander Macedon. According to some information, their cost will today would amount to more than $ 600 million.


Sarcophag of pure gold, a gold chariot and a new road, specially built from Persia to Egypt, is just a few spending on the wires on the last path of the great emperor-commander.