Autopsy: The Last Hours Of... - Season 2 / Year 2015
Season 2 / Year 2015
Episodes
Robin Williams
Armed with the autopsy report, forensic pathologist Dr Richard Shepherd goes back over the last few days of Robin's life.
OJ Simpson Murder Case
Documentary series. Forensic pathologist Dr Richard Shepherd re-examines the death of Nicole Brown Simpson.
River Phoenix
River Phoenix was one of the most popular and exciting Hollywood stars of the 1990s. He was young, fit, healthy and supposedly clean-living, so why did he suddenly die in the early hours of 21 October 1993 at the tragically early age of 23? With forensic pathologist Dr Richard Shepherd.
Marilyn Monroe
On August 5th 1962, Marilyn Monroe was found dead in the bedroom of her Los Angeles home. Forensic pathologist Dr. Richard Shepherd uses the autopsy report to re-examines her death.
Amy Winehouse
On July 23rd 2011, aged just 27, Amy Winehouse was found dead at her home in Camden, north London. How and why did she suddenly drink herself to death?
Heath Ledger
Heath Ledger was Hollywood's rising star. Richly talented with rugged good looks his first Oscar nomination came in mid twenties for his role as a sexually repressed ranch hand in Brokeback Mountain. Two years later Ledger's versatility saw him deliver one of the big screen's most unforgettable performances as Batman's psychopathic nemesis The Joker. But at 3.36pm on 22 January 2008 Ledger was pronounced dead in the bedroom of his New York apartment. He was just 28 years old. His body was taken for autopsy. But the results were inconclusive and the intensely private actor's sudden, unexplained death sparked speculation and rumour. Heath Ledger appeared to be in the prime of his life, a hugely talented actor with a glittering future ahead of him. The medical examiner concluded he died from an overdose but was it a tragic accident or had the actor taken his own life? Using the evidence of his post-mortem exam, together with the testimony of friends and colleagues, Dr Jason Payne James investigates the final hours of Heath Ledger.
Joan Rivers
Dr. Jason Payne-James examines the last days of Joan Rivers, the much respected, larger-than-life personality, in an effort to establish why she died.
George Best
Throughout his adult life, Best fought a battle with alcoholism. Was it the drink that killed him?
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