Marilyn Monroe 1926 - 1962:

Many believe Celebrity photographer George Barris took the last pictures of Marilyn Monroe. However, it was actually Life Magazine's photographer Allan Grant. The pictures were taken July 7, 1962 during an interview at her home.

Six pictures appeared in Life including the one pictured above.

Just under a month later on August 5, 1962, the LAPD received a call at 4:25AM from Dr. Hyman Engelberg proclaiming that Monroe was dead at her home in Brentwood, Los Angeles. The official cause of Monroe's death was classified as acute barbiturate poisoning, and was also recorded as a probable suicide. Many questions still remain unanswered about the circumstances of her death and the timeline from when Monroe's body was found.

Interesting Fact:

The Life Magazine issue featuring Monroe's interview was dated August 3 1962, just 2 days before her death.

Wiley Post:

Wiley Post who was the first pilot to fly solo around the world and his good friend Will Rogers a famous comedian, humorist and social commentator were set out to fly around the world together. This photo ( Will Rogers in the hat and tie, standing on the wing) was taken on August 15, 1935 shortly before taking off from a lagoon near Point Barrow Alaska. During take off Post's experimental Lockheed Explorer sea plane crashed when its engine failed killing both men.

Interesting Fact:

The airport in Barrow Alaska was renamed Wiley Post - Will Rogers Memorial Airport.

Lady Diana 1961 -1997:

Last year when the long-awaited inquest into Lady Diana's death began, this picture was released that shows the last picture taken before the crash. The press competed to be the first to print it even though the last photo ended up just showing part of her hair. Unfortunately and ironically photos like this one ended up contributing to the crash that ended her life.

The photo shows the four speeding away from the Ritz Paris at around 12:20 a.m. on August 31, 1997 with Henri Paul the hotel driver, right, and Dodi Fayed's bodyguard,Trevor Rees-Jones in the passenger seat. In the rear seat is Princess Diana (looking back at the pursuing paparazzi) with Dodi Fayed sitting next to her. Seconds after this picture was taken the Mercedes entered the Place de l'Alma underpass going at an estimated speed of 105 km/h (65 mph.) The driver lost control of the car and swerved to the left before colliding head-on with one of the pillars in the tunnel. Dodi Fayed and Henri Paul both died instantly. Trevor Rees-Jones was still conscious and had suffered multiple serious injuries to the face. Diana was critically injured but died later that morning in the hospital leaving Rees-Jones the only survivor.

Interesting Fact:

As the casualties lay seriously injured or dead in their wrecked car, the photographers continued to take pictures. Critically injured Diana was reported to murmur the words, "oh my God", and after the photographers were pushed away by emergency teams, the words, "leave me alone"

Adolf Hitler 1889-1945:

This last known picture of Hitler was taken approximately two days prior to his death as he stands outside his Berlin bunker entrance surveying the devastating bomb damage. With Germany lying in ruins after six years of war, and with defeat imminent, Hitler decided to take his own life. But before doing so, he married Eva Braun and then penned his last will and testament.

The next day in the afternoon on April 30, 1945 Braun and Hitler entered his living room to end their lives. Later that afternoon the remaining members of the bunker community found Hitler slumped over, and blood spilled over the arm of the couch. Eva was sitting at the other end. Hitler had killed himself by biting down on a cyanide capsule while shooting him self in the head. Eva only used the cyanide capsule.

Interesting Fact:

When Hitler asked his physician to recommend a reliable method of suicide his doctor suggested combining a dose of cyanide with a gunshot to the head.

Elvis Presley 1935-1977:

This last known photo of Elvis was taken on August 16 1977 at 12.28am. The picture was snapped as he is pulling into Graceland after a night out. That afternoon Presley was found on his bathroom floor by fiancce, Ginger Alden.

According to the medical investigator, "Presley had stumbled or crawled several feet before he died". He had apparently been using the bathroom at the time. Death was officially pronounced at 3:30 pm at Baptist Memorial Hospital.

Interesting Fact:

Elvis had visited his dentist on August 15 to have a temporary crown put in and has been suggested that the codeine the dentist gave him that day resulted in an anaphylactic shock that assisted in his death because he had suffered allergic reactions to the drug previously.