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Shot! 50 Famous People Who Have Taken A Bullet

popcrunch.com — We’ve put together a list of 50 famous people who ’ve been shot, many of whom had it coming. Others were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time, while still others were targets of unstable, psychotic individuals.

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  • stevea1210, on 06/23/2008, -3/+121Surprisingly, there were some rappers / hip hop acts in the list...
  • industryfinest, on 06/23/2008, -35/+4Tupac should had been on the list!!!
  • debng, on 06/23/2008, -33/+4You can't have Biggie and not Tupac.
  • chocobomog, on 06/23/2008, -6/+68This list can be broken down into three sections:

    Political assassinations: JFK, RFK, MLK Jr., Abe Lincoln, etc
    Tragic Celebrity deaths: Phil Hartman, Selena, Marvin Gaye. etc
    Rappers

    There's something tragic about that...
    • Mast3rDigg3r, on 06/23/2008, -1/+9that's because it's entitled "50 Famous People Who Have Taken A Bullet" not "50 Joe Shmoes.."
    • chaoswings, on 06/24/2008, -1/+16Does anyone find it odd that one of them decided to become a rapper after being shot?
      • fabiosir, on 06/24/2008, -0/+1Slightly less ironic than Bobbit becoming a porn star post-sever.
    • pensivewombat, on 06/24/2008, -1/+5Ummm any list that includes the dude from Step by Step, Abraham Lincoln, and Ol' Dirty Bastard is worthy of a digg.
    • tian2992, on 06/24/2008, -8/+1I believe that your Tragic Celebrity deaths should include John Lennon…
      • blackinthmiddle, on 06/24/2008, -0/+3Read the article, dude. He's there!
    • vik0612, on 06/24/2008, -1/+3Didn't think I'd see the day that Mahatma Gandhi and a bunch of rappers made the same page.
  • joephysco, on 06/23/2008, -11/+3A fabulous list... I had such a good time reading this list that I hardly realized i was reading this list.
  • socialpyramid, on 06/23/2008, -1/+24Diverse list, several I didn't know about.
    • lundeja, on 06/23/2008, -0/+13There were also a few no-brainers.
      • darkwing81, on 06/24/2008, -0/+3i see what you did there
      • pikpikcarrotmon, on 06/24/2008, -0/+4Like JFK. Pow! No brains!

        ... too soon?
        • 1randomguyO8, on 06/24/2008, -0/+1YES.. give it 50 more years,,
        • somedirtbag, on 06/24/2008, -0/+1Back, and to the left...
          Back, and to the left.
    • Niightwitch, on 06/24/2008, -0/+4Teddy Roosevelt was a real man....shot in the chest and still went on to deliver a 90-minute speech.
  • brianpipa, on 06/23/2008, -0/+23I would have liked to have only seen people that had been shot but not killed by the shot (ie - they lived to tell the tale)
    • yyz_, on 06/24/2008, -0/+4Me too. I also would have liked this to be more of a "50 famous people who you probably didn't know were shot". I mean seriously, Martin Luther King and JFK ?
    • GamerVer05, on 06/24/2008, -0/+1Thats what I expected instead its kinda depressing
  • zephyr42, on 06/23/2008, -9/+8I've never understood how you could continue to live with yourself after shooting Ghandi...
    • k3nshady89, on 06/24/2008, -4/+6Ghandi was a ***** racist.
      http://youtube.com/watch?v=SspQmmcA6vw
      • sujayjaju, on 06/24/2008, -3/+3I hate how easily people like Penn and Teller can incite others ... and they need someone like Gandhi as a target > its common psychology "So shocking that it has to be true"

        I am not saying that Gandhi was perfect ... to expect that is foolish, but I have no doubt that he was a great man, and to let people tarnish his name like that is an abomination
  • aflaks, on 06/23/2008, -14/+7if Lennon isnt #1, then this list will fail
  • ADIDAS247, on 06/23/2008, -2/+23The guy from Grey's Anatomy was a suprise. Apparently he has a problem with "popping his mouth" off
    • LinkGCN4, on 06/23/2008, -3/+13you're a *****
    • yacks, on 06/24/2008, -0/+0lol yeah my ex wanted me to pop my mouth at some crazy nut.. a couple weeks later we see the same guy.. and he is trying to hide from the police and he throws down his knife about 25 feet from where we were standing..
  • mattie2191, on 06/23/2008, -4/+3I wonder what the world would be like right now, if all of these people were still alive....
    • ryusen, on 06/24/2008, -0/+5i dunno if Lincoln were still alive i'd be kinda freaked out...
      • willywong, on 06/24/2008, -1/+1He'll be dead ten score years next year you know.
  • ohnoerino, on 06/23/2008, -0/+17The rappers and presidents were obvious. But this one was interesting...
    *Olympic sprinter- Female that turned out to be male* 1980-Walsh was killed by a stray bullet when he/she was a bystander in an armed robbery in Cleveland, Ohio. Autopsy reports showed that she possessed male genitalia but some sources claim she also displayed some female characteristics. The investigation showed that she had both XX and XY pair chromosomes.
    • scy1192, on 06/24/2008, -1/+4too much testosterone in her steroids?
  • LinkGCN4, on 06/23/2008, -3/+5I want to know why the rapper Proof wasn't on the list.
  • Buddhaismybuddy, on 06/23/2008, -12/+1Tupac?
    • xPsych0, on 06/24/2008, -0/+2He's number 40.
    • Mononuclear, on 06/24/2008, -0/+8It is hilarious that not only do these people not read the article but they also don't bother to read the comments of the other 3 people asking about tupac...
  • matt247, on 06/23/2008, -0/+14Brandon Call is famous?
    • ru1dt, on 06/24/2008, -0/+3"The gunman didn’t know whom he was attacking."

      Good luck finding a gunman who did know he was attacking Brandon Call - except for that guy who shot Carlton on "Fresh Prince." He would know.
  • Dumbledorito, on 06/23/2008, -1/+7"Alan Berg."
    Who?

    *looks at photo*
    What?
  • octoberism, on 06/23/2008, -12/+2I had no idea Abraham Lincoln or MLK were shot!

    This list is idiotic.

  • cornerbodega, on 06/23/2008, -9/+4G - UNIT
  • suntzusputnik, on 06/23/2008, -0/+33franz ferdinand didn't take a bullet, a bullet took him
    • skewl, on 06/23/2008, -0/+3mind twister.. huh??
    • Millsee, on 06/24/2008, -1/+2I did what you see there.
    • willywong, on 06/24/2008, -0/+3The story behind his assasination is funny as hell. He was killed by the biggest bunch of ***** ever. One of tried to posion himself but the poison had gone moldy so he threw it back up, so instead he decided to drown himself by jumping in a river, but it was only a few inches deep.
      • TitanX7, on 06/24/2008, -0/+2Apparently after the first group of assassin's failed (Ferdinand had deflected a bomb into the crowd) he went on to City Hall to make his speach. He joked about the kind of reception he had received.
        • willywong, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1Oh yes, forgot about that. And the assassins just happened to run into him again by chance and shot him.
  • PresRob, on 06/23/2008, -4/+14Not a single scientist or Software designer on the list.
    • solid12345, on 06/24/2008, -0/+8Because they settle their differences by slapping each other with the palms of their hands.
  • TheAbdBoy, on 06/23/2008, -13/+8Waiting for Soulja Boy to get on the list... and Kanye West.
    • Pake, on 06/24/2008, -2/+2I wouldn't. They don't deserve to be famous.
    • seanc6610, on 06/24/2008, -1/+5why the ***** would you wish that on someone? especially someone you don't even know.
  • Inohavehalos, on 06/23/2008, -5/+2What the *****? why is john wilkes booth on there? What a strange list...
    • brickne3, on 06/24/2008, -0/+2"Sergeant Boston Corbett fired at Booth — whether orders to shoot were given is uncertain — fatally wounding him in the neck. Booth was dragged from the barn and died three hours later, at age 26, on the porch of the Garrett farmhouse. The bullet had severed his spinal cord, paralyzing him."

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilkes_Booth#Aft ...
  • bassman12593, on 06/23/2008, -3/+3Everyone on that list is either someone I've never heard of or a Rapper/Political Activist/Archduke.
    • ru1dt, on 06/24/2008, -2/+5Everyone on this list is either someone that I've never heard of or someone that I have heard of.
  • Inohavehalos, on 06/23/2008, -6/+6The worst thing about this list is that people will read this list and not know some of the political assassinations because of how dumb and ignorant they are.
    • winmywii, on 06/24/2008, -1/+2I know all the rappers though.
    • QuorumCall, on 06/24/2008, -0/+2The worst thing about this list is that it will cause some people to learn something new?
  • Apokalyps2547, on 06/23/2008, -1/+29Where's Alexander Hamilton? He was kiled in the most famous duel in US history!
  • DannySpace, on 06/23/2008, -3/+2I hate how it's so damn trendy to get shot now. WTF!
  • Cronikeys, on 06/23/2008, -1/+2Where's Ray Davies? He was the lead singer of the Kinks and a brilliant songwriter. He was shot in New Orleans a few years ago.
  • flocktest, on 06/24/2008, -4/+1uh oh
  • namelessXsilent, on 06/24/2008, -1/+17RIP Dimebag
    • tokabowla, on 06/24/2008, -1/+6Although nobody deserves to be shot, most of these people were involved in dangerous situations/people/political positions. And a lot are still alive.
      Dime was shot & killed w/ 3 others on stage in front of his fans.
      Definitely one of the most ***** up shootings on this list.

    • LtDanP, on 06/24/2008, -1/+2"Getcha Pull" - Dimebag Darrell
  • MEGACAMZ, on 06/24/2008, -5/+5Is it just me, or are most of those people black?
    • justz00t, on 06/24/2008, -1/+5I think lifestyle is far more likely the source of causation than race is this example.
    • ru1dt, on 06/24/2008, -1/+3I think it depends a bit more on the fact that this is a list that someone made.
      I hope my upcoming list of famous shoes doesn't make you think that everyone wears ruby slippers and Chuck Taylors.

    • dioland, on 06/24/2008, -0/+3it's not just you.
  • yellowswan, on 06/24/2008, -1/+13Where's Lil Wayne? He shot himself in the chest with a .44 magnum…
  • Millsee, on 06/24/2008, -1/+3Something tells me that the rappers in some sick way relished being shot; it's all part of their image. It's almost like a form of medal.

    Seeing Ol' Dirty Bastard made me think "never play poker with the tooth fairy".
  • HeDiggMe, on 06/24/2008, -3/+4I never noticed how much Suge Knight looks like Obadiah Stane. Would that make 2Pac Ironman?
    http://images.needcoffee.com/ostane.jpg
    http://www.popcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/0 ...
  • yosserhughes, on 06/24/2008, -0/+17There seemed to be an inordinate number of black dudes staring into the camera trying to look mean.

    • davidbeile, on 06/24/2008, -5/+3Just wait until Obama becomes president haha
      • mjbk24, on 06/24/2008, -1/+1That is not funny, but you are expecting people to react to that comment with anger. I'll just react with pity.
      • yosserhughes, on 06/24/2008, -0/+5I don't know, the Big O would have a hard time looking mean. Would be fun though, put on a hoodie and make gang signs during the inaugural address.
        • fabiosir, on 06/24/2008, -0/+3What are you talking about? He's got those thin, alley-cat lips that, when surrounded by derbys and cigar smoke, look quite intimidating, I'd think.
  • LinkGCN4, on 06/24/2008, -10/+2I'm having diarrhea right now. Like serious stomach problems.
  • deldigger, on 06/24/2008, -7/+5Truly as pathetic a digg as I have seen here

    Del
  • davidbeile, on 06/24/2008, -1/+1Usually, the term "taking a bullet" infers that they continue living on after being shot. In the list, they mention many individuals who died as a direct or indirect result of being shot. Maybe a list of "Who was assassinated" would be more fitting.
  • Alphapsi12, on 06/24/2008, -2/+1I'm hope the number next to each of the names are no a ranking system, I mean MLK, Ab Lincoln, Arc duke Franz Ferdinand, the Pope, and Lenin would reside towards the top of list and we can forget the less significant rappers.
  • SilverBlade2k, on 06/24/2008, -3/+7Funny how most of them are rappers....you'd never see a Classical composer get assassinated..
    • Gimpyfuzznut, on 06/24/2008, -0/+3Classic composers don't grow up in the poorest slums of America.
    • JSager, on 06/24/2008, -0/+10Mozart went to his grave swearing that he was poisoned.
    • Mononuclear, on 06/24/2008, -1/+6classical composers don't deal drugs and aren't members of gangs nor hang out with people who deal drugs and are members of gangs.
    • ru1dt, on 06/24/2008, -0/+4Composers get syphilis
    • underdog138, on 06/24/2008, -0/+1Rappers don't get assassinated. They "get capped." Only real musicians are assassinated.
  • 21froggy21, on 06/24/2008, -1/+2What about Budd Dwyer?
  • perrym, on 06/24/2008, -6/+14too many rappers - buried
  • forceuser, on 06/24/2008, -1/+5I just lost the game.
  • EarthernJar, on 06/24/2008, -0/+2So what I take from this is that if you rap, and you go by some ridiculous nickname, then you'd better watch your back.
    ...that and don't shoot Lincoln.
  • gambyt13, on 06/24/2008, -3/+23BURIED
    Here's a summary:
    Gandhi
    Rapper
    Rapper
    Rapper
    Rapper...
    SNOOZE
  • adekaria0530, on 06/24/2008, -1/+3They forgot Brandon Lee
    • yellowswan, on 06/24/2008, -0/+1He actually didn't take a bullet, it was a piece of shrapnel.
      • yacks, on 06/24/2008, -0/+1technically speaking, it was a bullet.. But in the scheme of things a bullet is a piece of shrapnel.
  • Mannyy, on 06/24/2008, -1/+2:(
  • yersoocrust, on 06/24/2008, -0/+11Andrew Jackson? His story of being shot is the best.

    "Jackson challenged Dickinson to a duel very much according to the customs of the time in the south. Dickinson, known as one of the best shots in Tennessee if not the best, had choice of weapons and chose pistols.

    Dickinson fired the first shot, which broke two of Jackson's ribs and lodged two inches from his heart. Dickinson then had to stand at the mark as Jackson, clutching his chest, aimed slowly and shot him fatally.

    Though acceptable by the code of the times, many people considered it a cold-blooded killing. I presume the rules of engagement were for each man to draw and fire at the same time, upon hearing the signal, but if one fired, there was no "second round" until the other man fired. The implication is that magnanimity would have required Jackson to fire into the air rather than taking a slow deliberate aim at 24 feet. "
  • AWBoy666, on 06/24/2008, -2/+4It's interesting to think that if bows and arrows were legal and guns weren't, this list would be: "50 famous people People impaled by an arrow. Dangerous people will always be dangerous.
    • yellowswan, on 06/24/2008, -0/+2Someone should get on that.
    • OftEccentricity, on 06/24/2008, -0/+1Is that a political statement? Or a joke?

      Either way, hilarious. Dugg.
    • OftEccentricity, on 06/24/2008, -2/+1Was that a political statement or a joke?

      Either way, hilarious. Dugg.
  • fabiosir, on 06/24/2008, -0/+6What the hell... Che Guevara was shot...

    in the THORAX?
  • sx66gns, on 06/24/2008, -2/+3Eleven Still hurts.
    • therodersabides, on 06/24/2008, -0/+1Being reminded of Dime on the day I found out Carlin died. ***** it, I'm just going to bed.
    • amsteenm, on 06/24/2008, -0/+0Quite depressing indeed sir. Work is already bad enough, not to be reminded of two lost souls
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