00:00They lived their final days behind these doors. Some became museums, some became crime scenes,
00:04and some were torn down. In this video, we revisit the final homes of celebrities before they died
00:09and see what they look like today. Elvis Presley, Graceland, 376-4, Elvis Presley Boulevard,
00:16Memphis, Tennessee. Purchased in 1957 for $102,500. Elvis lived there for 20 years until he
00:23was found unresponsive on the bathroom floor on August 16, 1977, at age 42. Now the second most
00:30visited private residence in the United States after the White House drawing over 600,000 visitors
00:35a year, the second floor where he died remains closed to the public. Marilyn Monroe, 12305,
00:425th Helena Drive, Brentwood, California. The first and only home she ever owned. Purchased in early
00:481962, found dead in her bedroom on August 4 at age 36 from a barbiturate overdose after living there
00:54less than six months. Sold in 2023 for $8.35 million, the new owner's demolition plans blocked
01:01when the LA City Council designated it a historic cultural monument. Michael Jackson, 100 North
01:06Carrollwood Drive, Homeby Hills, California. Renting the 17,000-square-foot mansion while rehearsing for
01:12his This Is It comeback concerts, died on June 25, 2009, at age 50 after his physician administered
01:19a fatal dose of propofol. Later sold for $18.1 million and has changed hands multiple times.
01:25John Lennon, the Dakota, won West 72nd Street, Manhattan, New York. Lived in the exclusive co-op
01:32with Yoko Ono from 1973 until he was shot four times outside the entrance on December 8, 1980 at age
01:3840.
01:38The Dakota still stands with no plaque on the building. Ono continued to live there for decades,
01:42Strawberry Fields and Central Park across the street serves as the public memorial.
01:46Princess Diana, Kensington Palace, London, England. Lived at apartments 8 and 9 from 1981
01:51until she left for Paris on August 30, 1997, and died in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in the
01:57early
01:58hours of August 31, at age 36. The gates became the site of an estimated 1 million bouquets from
02:04mourners. A memorial garden on the grounds is dedicated to her. The apartments later occupied by
02:09Prince William and Catherine. Kurt Cobain, 171, Lake Washington Boulevard, East Seattle, Washington,
02:15purchased the lakeside property in January 1994. $1.485 million, found dead in the greenhouse above
02:22the garage on April 5 at age 27 from a self-inflicted shotgun wound. The greenhouse was demolished,
02:28the house shielded by hedges. Fans gather at a bench in adjacent Verretta Park covered in graffiti
02:32and tributes. Frank Sinatra, 70588, Frank Sinatra Drive, Rancho Mirage, California. Lived on his
02:39desert compound outside Palm Springs for his final decades. The sprawling property, including multiple
02:44buildings and a helipad, died at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles on May 14, 1998, at age 82. The street
02:52renamed in his honor, his wife Barbara lived there until her death in 2017. The estate later sold.
02:57Jimmy Hendrix, Samarkand Hotel, 22, Lansdowne Crescent, Notting Hill, London, England. Spent his final
03:05night in the basement flat of his girlfriend Monica Dannemann, found unresponsive on September 18,
03:091970 at age 27, having choked after ingesting barbiturates. The building still stands in what
03:15is now one of London's most expensive neighborhoods. No plaque marks the flat. Whitney Houston, Beverly
03:20Hilton Hotel, Suite 4, 3-4, Beverly Hills, California. Found dead in the bathtub on February 11,
03:262012 at age 48. The day before the Grammys, the corner ruling accidental drowning with cocaine and
03:33heart disease as contributing factors. Clive Davis' pre-Grammy gala was taking place on the floor
03:37below. The suite has been rented thousands of times since. Marvin Gaye, 2101 South Gramercy Place,
03:44West Adams, Los Angeles, California. Shot and killed by his own father in the upstairs bedroom on April 1,
03:511984. The day before his 45th birthday, with a gun Marvin had given him as a gift.
03:56The house still stands as a private residence with no plaque or marker. Indistinguishable from
04:01every other house on the block. Janice Joplin, Landmark Motor Hotel, 7047 Franklin Avenue,
04:07Hollywood, California. Found dead on the floor of room 105 on October 4, 1970 at age 27, with $4.50
04:15clutched in her hand. Changed from a trip to buy cigarettes. The heroin she injected that night,
04:20unusually pure. The hotel later renamed Highland Gardens. The building has since been redeveloped.
04:25Pearl release posthumously reached number one. Freddie Mercury, Garden Lodge, 1 Logan Place,
04:31Kensington, London, England. Purchased the Georgian townhouse in 1985 and lived there for
04:36his final six years. Died on November 24, 1991, at age 45. One day after publicly announcing his
04:43AIDS diagnosis, his partner Mary Austin inherited the property and still lives there. The front wall
04:48became one of London's most visited informal memorials covered in fan tributes. Heath Ledger,
04:54421 Broom Street, Soho, Manhattan, New York. Found dead in his fourth floor loft on January 22,
05:012008 at age 28, from an accidental overdose of prescription medications while working on his
05:06Joker performance that would win a posthumous Oscar. The cast iron building still stands in one
05:10of the most expensive shopping districts in the world, no marker. Amy Winehouse, 30 Camden Square,
05:16Camden Town, London, England. Found dead in her bed on July 23, 2011 at age 27 from alcohol poisoning,
05:23with a blood alcohol level five times the legal limit. The house sold by her father for over
05:28three million pounds. A statue in nearby Camden Market unveiled in 2014, serves as the permanent memorial.
05:34River Phoenix, The Viper Room, 885, 2 Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood, California. Collapsed on the
05:42sidewalk outside the nightclub on Halloween night, 1993, at age 23 from acute combined drug intoxication.
05:49His brother Joaquin, calling 911 while his sister Rain tried to keep him breathing. The Viper Room closed
05:54in 2023 and was slated for demolition to make way for a hotel and luxury residences. Natalie Wood,
06:00The Splendor, off Catalina Island, California. Drowned on November 29, 1981, at age 43 after
06:07falling or entering the water from the yacht while anchored off Catalina with husband Robert Wagner
06:12and Christopher Walken aboard. Wagner named a person of interest in 2018. The yacht sold and renamed
06:17The Mystery Unchanged after four decades. Prince Paisley Park, 7801 Audubon Road, Chanhassen,
06:24Minnesota. Built the compound in 1987 as home and recording studio. Found unresponsive in an
06:30elevator on April 21, 2016, at age 57, from an accidental fentanyl overdose from counterfeit
06:36pills. Opened as a museum six months later, his ashes held in a custom urn shaped like Paisley Park
06:41itself. The elevator where he died is part of the tour.
