A few years before when the long-awaited inquest into Lady Diana’s death began, this picture was released that shows the last picture taken before the crash. Einstein’s brain was removed within seconds of his death (without the permission of his family) in hope that future neuroscience would be able to discover what made Einstein so intelligent. When Biggart’s wife reached him on his cell phone shortly after the first tower fell. He told her not to worry and would meet her in 20 minutes at his studio. “I’m safe,” he assured her, “I’m with the firemen.” It was the last time they ever spoke. About 20 minutes later, the second tower collapsed.

1. A few years before when the long-awaited inquest into Lady Diana’s death began, this
picture was released that shows the last picture taken before the crash.
Einstein’s brain was removed within seconds of his death (without the permission of his
family) in hope that future neuroscience would be able to discover what made Einstein so
intelligent.
When Biggart’s wife reached him on his cell phone shortly after the first tower fell. He told
her not to worry and would meet her in 20 minutes at his studio. “I’m safe,” he assured her,
“I’m with the firemen.” It was the last time they ever spoke. About 20 minutes later, the
second tower collapsed.
1. Wiley Post & Will Rogers
Wiley Post who was the first pilot to fly solo around the world and his good friend Will
Rogers a famous comedian, humorist and social commentator were set out to fly around the
world together.
This photo (that’s Will Rogers in the Hat and Tie, standing on the Wing) was taken on
August 15, 1935 shortly before taking off from a lagoon near Point Barrow Alaska. During
take off Post’s experimental Lockheed Explorer Sea Plane crashed when its engine failed
killing both men.
Interesting Fact: The airport in Barrow Alaska was renamed Wiley Post – Will Rogers
Memorial Airport.

2. 2. John and Jackie Knill
On January 13, 2005 the bodies of Canadian couple John and Jackie Knill were discovered
on a Thailand beach resort. They were two of the many victims killed from the December 26
2004 Tsunami. Weeks later a Seattle man doing relief work found a damaged Camera and
discarded it but kept the Memory Card in the Camera.
After downloading the images he discovered pictures of the Knill’s enjoying their vacation,
as well as shots of a huge wave approaching the shore. With each picture it shows the wave
getting closer and closer to shore. The last picture taken of them before the wave hit (shown
below) was shot just after 8.30 am on December 26.
Interesting Fact: The Seattle man that discovered the images recognized the Knills from a
missing person’s web site and contacted the couple’s two sons in Vancouver Canada. The
man then drove from Seattle to Vancouver to give the sons their parent’s last images.

3. 3. Albert Einstein
The photograph above is the last known picture of Einstein, taken in March, 1955. There are
not a lot of details concerning this photo but he is probably at his home near Princeton, New
Jersey. A month later on April 17, 1955, Einstein experienced internal bleeding caused by
the rupture of an aortic aneurysm, which had previously been diagnosed and reinforced.
He went to the hospital and took a draft of a speech he was preparing for a television
appearance commemorating the State of Israel’s seventh anniversary with him.
Unfortunately he did not live long enough to complete it. The following day Einstein died at
the age of 76.
Interesting Fact: Einstein’s brain was removed within seconds of his death (without the
permission of his family) in hope that future neuroscience would be able to discover what
made Einstein so intelligent. Recent scientific studies have suggested that regions involved
in speech and language are smaller, while regions involved with numerical and spatial
processing are larger.

4. 4. Marilyn Monroe
Many believe Celebrity photographer George Barris took the last pictures of Marilyn
Monroe. However, it was actually Life Magazine’s photographer Allan Grant. The pictures
were taken July 7, 1962 during an interview at her home. Six pictures appeared in Life
including the one pictured above. Just under a month later on August 5, 1962, the LAPD
received a call at 4:25AM from Dr. Hyman Engelberg proclaiming that Monroe was dead at
her home in Brentwood, Los Angeles. The official cause of Monroe’s death was classified as
“acute barbiturate poisoning”, and was also recorded as a “probable suicide. Many questions
still remain unanswered about the circumstances of her death and the timeline from when
Monroe’s body was found.

5. 5. Bill Biggart
Photojournalist Bill Biggart was covering the events of September 11th and was Tragically
killed as the second tower of the World Trade Center came down. Four days later Biggart’s
body was recovered from the rubble and his personal effects, including his cameras were
given to his wife. Biggart’s widow later handed over the camera bag to a good friend and
fellow photographer. She was convinced that no pictures had survived because the falling
debris had blown off the backs of the two film cameras and the lids of the film canisters had
been peeled back. His friend turned his attention to the digital camera that was covered by
ash. The lens had been sheared off but when he opened the chamber that held the flash
card he discovered it was in pristine condition. The card contained 150 pictures including
the last picture taken shown Below which is time stamped 10:28 am and 24 seconds. The
time was 10:30am when the second tower came down.
Interesting Fact: When Biggart’s wife reached him on his cell phone shortly after the first
tower fell. He told her not to worry and would meet her in 20 minutes at his studio. “I’m
safe,” he assured her, “I’m with the firemen.” It was the last time they ever spoke. About 20
minutes later, the second tower collapsed.

6. 6. Lady Diana
A few years before when the long-awaited inquest into Lady Diana’s death began, this
picture was released that shows the last picture taken before the crash. The press competed
to be the first to print it even though the last photo ended up just showing part of her hair.
Unfortunately and ironically photos like this one ended up contributing to the crash that
ended her life.
The photo shows the four speeding away from the Ritz Paris At around 12:20 a.m. on
August 31, 1997 with Henri Paul the hotel driver, right, and Dodi Fayed’s bodyguard Trevor
Rees-Jones in the passenger seat. In the rear seat is Princess Diana (looking back at the
pursuing paparazzi) with Dodi Fayed sitting next to her. Seconds after this picture was
taken the Mercedes entered the Place de l’Alma underpass going at an estimated speed of
105 km/h (65 mph.) The driver lost control of the car and swerved to the left before colliding
head-on with one of the pillars in the tunnel. Dodi Fayed and Henri Paul both died
instantly. Trevor Rees-Jones was still conscious and had suffered multiple serious injuries
to the face. Diana was critically injured but died later that morning in the hospital leaving
Rees-Jones the only survivor.
Interesting Fact: As the casualties lay seriously injured or dead in their wrecked car, the
photographers continued to take pictures. Critically injured Diana was reported to murmur
the words, “oh my God,” and after the photographers were pushed away by emergency
teams, the words, “leave me alone”.

7. 7. Elvis Presley
This last known photo of Elvis was taken on August 16 1977 at 12.28am. The picture was
snapped as he is pulling into Graceland after a night out. That afternoon Presley was found
on his bathroom floor by fiancée, Ginger Alden. According to the medical investigator,
Presley had “stumbled or crawled several feet before he died”; he had apparently been using
the bathroom at the time. Death was officially pronounced at 3:30 pm at Baptist Memorial
Hospital.
Interesting Fact: Elvis had visited his dentist on August 15th to have a temporary crown
put in and has been suggested that the codeine the dentist gave him that day resulted in an
anaphylactic shock that assisted in his death because he had suffered allergic reactions to
the drug previously.

8. 8. Adolf Hitler
This last know picture of Hitler was taken approximately two days prior to his death as he
stands outside his Berlin bunker entrance surveying the devastating bomb damage. With
Germany lying in ruins after six years of war, and with defeat imminent, Hitler decided to
take his own life. But before doing so, he married Eva Braun and then penned his last will
and testament. The next day in the afternoon on April 30, 1945 Braun and
Hitler’ entered his living room to end their lives. Later that afternoon the remaining
members of the bunker community found Hitler slumped over, and blood spilled over the
arm of the couch. Eva was sitting at the other end. Hitler had killed himself by biting down
on a cyanide capsule while shooting him self in the head. Eva only used the cyanide capsule.
Interesting Fact: When Hitler asked his physician to recommend a reliable method of
suicide his doctor suggested combining a dose of cyanide with a gunshot to the head.

9. 9. Anne Frank
This is believed to be the last known photo of Anne Frank with her sister Margot taken in
early to mid 1942. Later that year In July her sister Margot would be among the first to
receive notice that she was to be sent to Nazi Germany ordering her to report for relocation
to a work camp. Anne was then told by her father that the family would go into hiding. The
Frank family was discovered and arrested on the morning of August 4th 1944. Having been
arrested in hiding, they were considered criminals and were sent to the Punishment
Barracks for hard labor. In March 1945, a typhus epidemic spread through the camp and
killed approximately 17,000 prisoners. Witnesses later testified that Margot fell from her
bunk in her weakened state and was killed by the shock, and that a few days later Anne
Frank died.
Interesting Fact: In April 1945 just weeks after Anne Frank’s death, the camp was
liberated by British troops.

10. 10. Abraham Lincoln
There is some controversy as to which photograph is the last picture of Abraham Lincoln
taken before he was assassinated. I ran across three different photos on the Internet that
claim last picture. However from information recently discovered the general consensus is
the photo pictured above is the one. It was taken by Henry J. Warren during a photo
sessionaround the time of his inauguration. Mr. Warren took some candid photographs of
crowd scenes on March 4th and two day later on March 6th Warren took this picture out on
the White House Balcony.
A little over a month after this picture was taken on April 14, 1865 Lincoln attended a play at
Ford’s Theater. John Wilkes Booth a well-known actor and a Confederate spy from
Maryland crept up behind the President’s box and waited for the funniest line of the play,
hoping the laughter would cover the noise of the gunshot. When the laughter came Booth
jumped into the box with the President and aimed a single-shot, round-slug .44 caliber
Derringer at his head, firing at point-blank range.
Interesting Fact: As mentioned above many Internet sites claim a different last picture
taken of Lincoln claiming a date of April 10, 1865. (Just 4 days before the assassination)
New evidence indicates what they thought was the last photo was used to paint a portrait.
That particular portrait was painted February 5th 1865. This being the case, the Warren
photo suddenly became the last picture taken of Lincoln alive.

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