Final 24

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Final 24
Directed byMike Parkinson
Narrated byDave McRae (Canada)
Danny Wallace (United Kingdom)
Country of originCanada
Production
Executive producersGlen Salzman
Simon Lloyd
ProducersOksana Borowik
Kathryn Buck
Running time60 mins.
Original release
Network Discovery Channel/Global Television Network (Canada)
A&E Biography, Current TV (United States)
Fox (United Kingdom)
ReleaseApril 16, 2006 (2006-04-16) –
2007 (2007)

Final 24 is a Canadian documentary series which airs on the Discovery Channel, Global Television Network, and OWN. Released in Canada in 2006, the series chronicles the last 24 hours of the lives of famous celebrities of the late 20th century. The series was narrated by Canadian voice artist Dave McRae for a US release in 2007 on the Biography Channel and by Danny Wallace in the UK.

Contents

Episodes

Season 1

Episode
No.		CelebrityDate of deathAge at deathCause of death
1 Sid Vicious February 2, 197921Drug overdose (heroin)
2 John Belushi March 5, 198233Drug overdose (speedball)
3 River Phoenix October 31, 199323Drug-induced heart failure
4 Hunter S. Thompson February 20, 200567Suicide
5 Marvin Gaye April 1, 198444Murder (shot by his father)
6 John F. Kennedy Jr. July 16, 199938 Plane crash

Season 2

Episode
No.		CelebrityDate of deathAge at deathCause of death
1 Keith Moon September 7, 197832Drug overdose (heminevrin)
2 Anna Nicole Smith February 8, 200739Accidental drug overdose (chloral hydrate)
3 Janis Joplin October 4, 197027Drug overdose (heroin)
4 Gianni Versace July 15, 199750Murder (shot by Andrew Cunanan)
5 Nicole Brown Simpson June 12, 199435Murder (stabbed to death, widely believed as victim of acquitted O. J. Simpson)
6 Jim Morrison July 3, 197127Heart failure
7 David Koresh April 19, 199333Gunshot to the head during the Waco siege
8 Tupac Shakur September 13, 199625 Murder (shot multiple times in a drive by shooting)

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