These are but a tiny portion of talented,

notable women...

 

Somebody's Baby...

 

Daughter, Mother, Wife, Lover.....

 

Friend

 

Lost to the grips of addiction

Wynonie Harris - blues singer, alcohol poisoning.

Trinity Loren (real name: Joyce Evelyn McPherson) - American porn star, model, and stripper, accidental overdose of prescription painkillers

Teri Diver - pornographic actress, cardic arrest caused by overdose of migraine medication.

Stefanie Sargent - musician, 7 Year Bitch, drug overdose.

Stacy Guess - musician, the Squirrel Nut Zippers, heroin overdose.

Shannon Hoon - musician, singer in Blind Melon, cocaine overdose.

Rachel Whitear - British student, heroin overdose led to large-scale anti-drugs press campaign in Britain.

Rachel Roberts - British actress - barbituates overdose (suicide).

Phyllis Hyman - singer, suicide involving pills.

Paula Yates, TV personality

Pamela Courson - common law wife of Jim Morrison of The Doors, heroin overdose

Nerine Shatner - wife of actor William Shatner, drown in swimming pool when intoxicated and traces of valium in bloodstream.

Natalie Wood, actress

Monika Dannemann, Girlfriend of Jimi Hendrix

Miss Christine - musician, the GTOs, drug overdose.

Mary Bacon, thoroughbred race horse jockey

Marilyn Monroe (medical proof of alleged drug overdose disappeared)

Lupe Vélez, actress, secobarbital overdose (suicide).

Lola Ferrari - former pornographic actress/ tv presenter, alledged suicide - overdose prescription drugs (may be homicide).

Lani O'Grady, actress, Eight Is Enough

Kristen Pfaff - musician, ex-member of Hole, heroin overdose.

Judy Garland, musician/actress

Margaux Hemingway, model/actress

Judee Sill - folk musician, heroin overdose

Jean Seberg - actress.

Janis Joplin, musician, Heroin overdose

Gribouille - French singer, drugs overdose.

Gia Carangi - supermodel, heroin abuse led to a death from AIDS.

Gertrude Bell, archaeologist, writer, spy and administrator known as the "Uncrowned Queen of Iraq"

Florence Ballard - musician, The Supremes, cardiac arrest strongly exacerbated by long-term drug abuse.

Elizabeth Hulette - professional wrestling manager, accidential drug medication/alcohol mixing.

Elisa Bridges, Playboy Playmate model, acute intoxication - combined effects of heroin, methamphetamine, meperidine and Alprazolam.

Dorothy Dandridge, actress

Dinah Washington, musician, overdose of diet pills and alcohol .

Diana Churchill UK social worker, eldest daughter of Sir Winston Churchill

Diana Barrymore, US actress, writer ('Too Much, Too Soon')

Delphine Neid - musician, The Nuns, drugs overdose.

Dana Plato, actress

Lena Zavaroni , vocalist, complications resulting from anorexia

Dalida - singer, suicide, barbiturates overdose (sleeping pills).

Christina Onassis - daughter of the billionaire Aristotle Onassis, pulmonary edema, caused by constant drug abuse and dramatic weight changes.

Candy Givens - musician, Zephyr, drowned in jacuzzi after passing out from a mix of alcohol and quaaludes.

Brynn Hartman - wife and killer of comedian Phil Hartman, suicide after cocaine and alcohol.

Bridget Andersen, child actress, Savannah Smiles former child actress, alcohol and heroin overdose.

Brenda Fassie - South African singer, cocaine overdose.

Barbara La Marr - actress, drug-related death in Hollywood.

Lupe Valez-Hispanic Actress, drug overdose

Wendy O Williams-Punk Rock Star

Billy Holiday blues singer

Edie Sedgewick-Actress, barbituate overdose

Veronica Lake, Actress

Anna Wood (15) - Australian schoolgirl, cerebral edema, caused by water intoxication and resultant hyponatremia after taking ecstasy kicked off a massive anti drug campaign

Jean Stafford, Writer

Karen Carpenter , vocalist complications resulting from anorexia

Heidi Guenther, ballerina with the Boston Ballet, complications resulting from anorexia

Anissa Jones, actress actress, accidential overdose of cocaine, angel dust, Quaaludes and Seconal.

Althea Flynt - co-publisher of Hustler magazine, drowned after passing out after drug overdose.

Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist

Maggie MacNamera, actress, drug overdose

Mary Bergman, vocal actress

Barbara Payton, actress

Christy Henrich gymnast ,complications resulting from anorexia

Gail Russell, actress

Jeanne Eagles, actress, heroin overdose