#1 Robin Williams, 63, 1951-2014

This photo of Robin Williams with his monkey, Crystal, was posted by to his Instagram on his birthday, 20 days before he died. Williams had been misdiagnosed as having Parkinson's Disease but actually suffered from a type of dementia that led to severe paranoia in the days before his death. He committed suicide by hanging at the age of 63.

#2 Freddie Mercury, 45, 1946-1991
This is one of the last photos of the lead singer of Queen, taken in 1991. Until the very end, Freddie denied rumours about having AIDS, preferring to avoid the inevitable media circus and concentrate on his career as best he could. The day before his death he released the following statement : "Following the enormous conjecture in the press over the last two weeks, I wish to confirm that I have been tested HIV positive and have AIDS. I felt it correct to keep this information private to date to protect the privacy of those around me. However, the time has come now for my friends and fans around the world to know the truth and I hope that everyone will join with me, my doctors and all those worldwide in the fight against this terrible disease. My privacy has always been very special to me and I am famous for my lack of interviews. Please understand this policy will continue." Less than 24 hours later he died from bronchopneumonia, that was brought on by having AIDS.

#3 The Ultimate Warrior (James Brian Hellwig), 54, 1959 - 2014

This photo is possibly the last one taken of The Ultimate Warrior alive. According to reports, Warrior clutched his chest and collapsed outside of a hotel in Arizona on April 8th, 2014. He was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead at age 54. Warrior's colleagues said Warrior appeared frail during WrestleMania weekend, and said that he was sweating profusely and breathing heavily backstage. An autopsy revealed Warrior died of a heart attack caused by atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Originally named James Brian Hellwig, he had legally changed his name to Warrior in 1993. This one-word name appears on all legal documents pertaining to Warrior, and his children carry the Warrior name as their legal surname.

#4 Adolf Hitler, 56, 1889-1945
This photo of Adolf Hitler was taken around two days prior to his death. He is standing outside of his Berlin bunker, looking at the aftermath of a bomb strike with his adjutant, Julius Schaub. Hitler would be found dead in his bunker by other members of the Nazi party on April 30th 1945, having killed himself by biting down on a cyanide capsule while shooting himself in the head

#5 Fidel Castro, 90, 1926 - 2016
This photo of Fidel Castro was taken 10 days before he died at the age of 90. He is being presented with a portrait of himself as a young revolutionary by Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang. Cuban state television announced that Castro had died on the night of November 25th, 2016, with the cause of his death undisclosed

#6 The Notorious B.I.G, 1972 - 1997
This photo of Christopher Wallace, a.k.a. The Notorious B.I.G, leaving a party on March 9th, 1997, was the last picture ever taken of him. At around 12:45 a.m while driving back to his hotel from the party, he stopped at a red light. The rapper was shot in the chest four times in a drive-by shooting. Wallace was rushed to hospital, but he was pronounced dead soon after.

#7 Tupac Shakur, 25, 1971-1996
This photo of Tupac Shakur was taken moments before he was shot several times in a drive-by shooting. The shooting occurred in Las Vegas, Nevada, on September 7, 1996. Shakur died from his wounds six days later while in hospital. While allegations involving Shakur's rival at the time The Notorious B.I.G surfaced soon after the shooting, these were never proven and the case investigating the shooting of Tupac Shakur remains unsolved

#8 Paul Walker, 40, 1973-2013
This is a photo of Paul Walker, taken while he was leaving a charity event. Moments later the red Porsche, driven by Roger Rodas, would crash into a concrete lamp post and caught fire, killing both men. The investigation into the crash concluded that the car's speed – between 80 mph (130 km/h) and 93 mph (150 km/h) – and age of the tyres were the primary reasons behind it.

#9 Muhammad Ali, 74, 1942-2016
This photo of Muhammad Ali was taken on May 22nd, 2016, by his daughter Hana. Ali was hospitalized on June 2, 2016, with a respiratory illness. Though his condition was initially described as "fair", it worsened, and he died the following day at age 74 from septic shock. Ali had suffered the effects of Parkinson's disease since 1984, but remained active in civic and political causes throughout and up until his death.

#10 Steve Jobs, 56, 1955 - 2011
This is one of the last photos taken of Steve Jobs before his death in October 5th, 2011 at his home in California. He died due to complications arising from a relapse of his previously treated pancreatic cancer. His family was at his side while he passed away, his final words were said to be, “oh wow, oh wow, oh wow.” Jobs is buried in an unmarked grave at Alta Mesa Memorial Park

#11 James Dean,24, 1931-1955
This photo of James Dean at a gas station was taken the day that he died. Dean was a keen driver and loved race cars. He died when he crashed the Porsche in this photo, swerving to avoid an oncoming car, on September 30, 1955. Curiously, when Dean introduced himself to British actor Alec Guinness during an encounter in Hollywood, he asked him to take a look at the car. Guinness thought the car appeared "sinister" and told Dean: "If you get in that car, you will be found dead in it by this time next week." This happened on September 23, 1955, seven days before Dean's death.

#12 Amy Winehouse, 27, 1983-2011
This photo of Amy Winehouse was taken in London on July 12th, 2011. She died at her home on July 23rd 2011, with the coroner's inquest reaching a verdict of accidental alcohol poisoning. Winehouse's blood alcohol content was more than five times the legal drink-drive limit, with the unintended consequences of such potentially fatal levels being her sudden death.
Her brother, Alex Winehouse, revealed her battles with eating disorders. "She suffered from bulimia very badly. That's not, like, a revelation – you knew just by looking at her… She would have died eventually, the way she was going, but what really killed her was the bulimia… I think that it left her weaker and more susceptible. Had she not had an eating disorder, she would have been physically stronger."

#13 Whitney Houston, 48, 1963 - 2013
This photo shows Whitney Houston seen leaving Tru Hollywood club two days before her death. On February 11th, 2012 Houston was found unconscious in Suite 434 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, submerged in the bathtub. Toxicology results revealed the presence of prescription and non-prescription drugs in her system, and the manner of her death was listed as accidental drowning. She passed away aged 48.

#14 Nikola Tesla 86,1856-1943[b][/b]
This is the last known photo of Nicola Tesla. On 7th January 1943, Tesla died alone in the New Yorker Hotel. The inventor, physicist, and futurist was best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system. By the end of his brilliant and tortured life, he was penniless and had become a vegetarian living on only milk, bread, honey, and vegetable juices. Tesla spent days in a park surrounded by the creatures that mattered most to him—pigeons—and his sleepless nights working over mathematical equations and scientific problems in his head.

#15 David Bowie, 69, 1947-2016
The December 7th 2015 premiere of his musical, 'Lazarus,' at the Theatre Workshop in New York would turn out to be David Bowie's final public appearance. Bowie had been battling liver cancer for over a year, and by this late stage was aware that it was terminal. His final album 'Blackstar' was full of references to death and he had appeared to have accepted and come to terms with his own mortality, with a humour and grace that many of us can only hope to emulate.

#16 Heath Ledger, 28, 1979-2008
This photo of Heath Ledger is from his last film 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.' It was to be his last role, just a few days later he was found dead in his New York apartment after suffering an accidental overdose from prescription medication on January 22nd, 2008.

#17 Alan Rickman, 69, 1946 – 2016
This is Alan Rickman looking well in his last ever photograph before losing his battle with cancer. Rickman had been diagnosed with terminal cancer of the pancreas in August 2015, something he kept in private until his death on 14th January 2016.

#18 John Lennon, 40, 1940-1980
The man who shot John Lennon, Mark David Chapman, is captured getting an autograph from the Beatles star. After signing the album for him, Lennon asked, "Is this all you want?" Chapman smiled and nodded in agreement. Four hours later, as Lennon was returning to his residence from a recording studio, Chapman dropped onto one knee and fired five bullets into Lennon's back from close range. Lennon was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital soon after.

#19 Carrie Fisher, 60, 1956-2016
This photo of Carrie Fisher was taken by a fan in London the day before she boarded a flight to Los Angeles. On board the flight she suffered a heart attack and passed away in hospital four days later.

#20 Jimi Hendrix, 27, 1942-1970
This photo of Jimi Hendrix with his favourite guitar 'Black Betty' was taken on September 17th, 1970, by his girlfriend Monika Danneman in the garden behind her apartment. Hendrix died the next day from a barbiturate-related asphyxia in London. He is said to have choked on his own vomit after taking a mixture of drugs, including a large dose of sleeping pills. There is no indication to suggest that Hendrix's death was a suicide, despite media speculation that it was.

#21 Marilyn Monroe, 36, 1926-1962
This photo shows Marilyn Monroe with jazz pianist Buddy Greco in August 1962, just days before her death. She was found dead in her Los Angeles home by her psychiatrist, having experienced various mental health problems including depression, anxiety, low self-esteem and chronic insomnia for many years. Her death was officially ruled a probable suicide due to the large amount of barbiturates she had ingested, previous overdosing and being prone to mood swings and suicidal ideation

#22 Martin Luther King, Jr., 39, 1929-1968
The photo on the left shows the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. standing with other civil rights leaders on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 3rd, 1968. A day later he was assassinated in approximately the same place by James Earl Ray, although there are many conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination. The photo on the right was taken directly after the shooting. King was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital, where doctors opened his chest and performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation. He never regained consciousness and was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m on April 4th, 1968.

#23 John F. Kennedy, 46, 1917-1963
This photo of John F. Kennedy was taken just before his assassination in Dallas on November 22, 1963. Lee Harvey Oswald was charged with Kennedy's assassination, which he denied. Oswald was himself killed soon after. The case has led to myriad conspiracy theories that continue to circulate to this day

#24 Michael Jackson, 50, 1958-2009
This photo of Micheal Jackson was taken during rehearsals for upcoming sold out shows, two days before his death. Jackson went into cardiac arrest after a case of acute propofol and benzodiazepine intoxication at his home in Los Angeles on June 25, 2009. He was pronounced dead in a nearby hospital after multiple failed attempts to resuscitate him. His personal physician was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 2011 and served a two-year prison sentence, having previously administered a cocktail of anti-anxiety drugs to Jackson that led to his death. Jackson had intended to perform a series of comeback concerts to over one million people at London's O2 Arena from July 2009 to March 2010

#25 Anton Yelchin, 27, 1989 - 2016
This photo of Anton Yelchin was his last self portrait posted on his Instagram. Three days later on June 19th, 2016, the 27-year-old actor died in a freak car accident outside his home. Yelchin's Jeep rolled backwards down his driveway, trapping him against a brick mailbox pillar and security fence. The Jeep crushed his lungs, and he is believed to have died within a minute of impact.

#26 Diana, Princess Of Wales, 36, 1961-1997
On 31st August 1997, Diana was fatally injured in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris. This photo shows her car speeding away from the Ritz in Paris At around 12:20 a.m. Princess Diana is looking back at the pursuing paparazzi. Seconds after the picture was taken the car went into the tunnel, where the driver lost control and crashed into a pillar. Diana was critically injured but died later that morning in the hospital.

#27 Bob Marley, 36, 1945-1981
This photo of Bob Marley was taken in Munich, Germany, a few months before he died of cancer May 11th, 1981. At this point his weight was just 35 kilograms. Marley had a dark pigment melanoma, a rare form of skin cancer, under his toe that spread throughout his body and lead to his eventual passing

#28 Prince, 57, 1958-2016
This is the last known photograph of Prince, taken outside a Walgreens pharmacy near his home in Minnesota. He spent his final hours at home alone, and was discovered unconscious in an elevator more than 13 hours after he was last seen alive. Prince died from the accidental overdose of the opioid pain medication Fentanyl, there were no signs of suicide or foul play.

#29 Bill Paxton, 61, 1955 - 2017
This photo was taken at Bill Paxton's last public appearance, the 2017 NAACP Awards. He is pictured with his co-star from the movie 'Training Day,' Justin Cornwell. Two weeks later, on February 25th, 2017, Paxton died at the age of 61 from a stroke, a result of complications following heart surgery.

#30 Robert F. Kennedy, 42, 1925-1968
This photo of Robert Kennedy was taken moments after his shooting at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles by Sirhan Sirhan on June 5, 1968. He died early the next morning. After his arrest, Sirhan said, "I can explain it. I did it for my country." Sirhan said he was motivated to assassinate Kennedy by his support for Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War.

#31 Babe Ruth, 53, 1895-1948
This picture of Babe Ruth, taken at Memorial Hospital on July 29th 1948, is believed to be the last picture of the baseball idol. Ruth had been diagnosed with cancer and died on August 16th, 1948, in New York.

#32 Margaret Thatcher, 87, 1925-2013
This photo of Margaret Thatcher was taken at her 87th birthday dinner in October, 2012. She died of a stroke on April 8th, 2013 in London. She had been in poor health after a series of smaller strokes in 2002 led to dementia, and had largely retired from public life. Thatcher had served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990.