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How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous

by Georgia Bragg

Illustrator: Kevin O’Malley

Ages: 12+

Published: 2011

Publisher: Bloomsbury

ISBN: 978-0-8027-9617-6

Keywords: Death

This humorous, irreverent, and sometimes gory examination of the life and death of nineteen celebrities is not for the squeamish! Includes fascinating related facts and a multitude of sources.