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Dead Famous is a podcast that unravels the glitter, scandal and tragedy of celebrity lives cut short.
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David Bowie: The Man Who Fell to Earth (opens the original)
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David Bowie was never just one person. Across a career spanning more than five decades, he transformed himself again and again, from the flame-haired alien Ziggy Stardust to the Thin White Duke, from global superstar to actor, artist and one of the most influential musicians of the modern era. But behind the characters was David Jones: a boy from south London whose extraordinary ambition would take him from suburban obscurity to international fame. In this episode of Dead Famous , we explore the
Patrick Swayze: Nobody Puts Patrick in a Corner (opens the original)
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On 14 September 2009, Patrick Swayze died at the age of just 57. Seventeen years later, on the anniversary of his death, Dead Famous looks back at the extraordinary life of one of Hollywood’s most enduring leading men. From a childhood shaped by dance and a formidable mother, to the roles that made him a global star in Dirty Dancing , Ghost and Point Break , Patrick’s journey was one of ambition, determination and, at times, extraordinary physical endurance. But behind the movie-star image was a
Queen Elizabeth II Part One: The Making of a Queen (opens the original)
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In Part One of this special two-part edition of Dead Famous , we go back to the beginning: a quiet royal childhood transformed by an unexpected abdication, the war years that shaped her extraordinary sense of duty, her marriage to Prince Philip, and the sudden death of her father that placed the Crown on her head at just 25 years old. We follow Elizabeth through the first four decades of an unprecedented reign — from the fading British Empire and the birth of the modern Commonwealth to Aberfan,
Queen Elizabeth II Part Two: Crisis, Loss and the End of an Era (opens the original)
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By 1992, Queen Elizabeth II had been on the throne for forty years. She had survived wars, political upheaval, assassination attempts and a country transformed almost beyond recognition. Then her family began to fall apart in public. In Part Two of Dead Famous: Queen Elizabeth II , we enter the most turbulent decades of her reign: the annus horribilis , the collapse of her children's marriages, the fire at Windsor Castle and the extraordinary royal drama surrounding Charles and Diana. Then, in A
Princess Diana Part Two: Her Final Hours, Death & the Conspiracies (opens the original)
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On 31st August 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales, died following a catastrophic car crash in Paris. She was just 36 years old. Twenty-nine years later, the events of that night continue to fascinate, disturb and divide people around the world. In Part Two of our Princess Diana special, I pick up the story during Diana's final hours in Paris with Dodi Fayed. We reconstruct the frantic pursuit by paparazzi, the journey from the Ritz Hotel, the devastating crash inside the Pont de l'Alma tunnel and th
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