20 Famous People Who Predicted Their Own Deaths with Startling Accuracy

This legendary American author was born during Halley’s Comet’s 1835 pass and publicly stated that he fully intended to depart at the same time as the comet. In particular, he said that it would be the greatest disappointment of his life if he did not leave Earth alongside his cosmic twin. And, as might be expected, the famous comet reappeared in the night sky at the very moment Twain succumbed to a heart attack in 1910.

The day before his assassination, Lincoln told his wife about a strange dream he had had while sleeping. He said he had seen himself walking through the East Room of the White House toward a “funeral procession.” When he asked for more information, he was told that “the president” had died.

In a 1995 interview, Tupac was asked where he saw himself in ten years. He replied, “At the cemetery.” Pac shot a music video before his death. He even recorded a verse for a video that strikingly depicted him being chased down the street.

In 1974, when he was just twenty-six years old, basketball superstar Pete Maravich gave a journalist an interview that was strikingly precise. He clearly stated that he did not want to play in the NBA for ten years. Strangely enough, he retired after exactly a decade in the league and collapsed as a result of an undiagnosed heart defect.

In the fall of 2011, the former Weezer bassist logged into his Twitter account to share a dream he’d just had. He told his followers that he’d seen himself dying of a heart attack in Chicago the following weekend. The music world was shaken when he was found unresponsive in a Chicago hotel room that same weekend.

This brilliant Austrian composer spent his entire life convinced that any year ending in the number thirteen or a multiple of that number would be fatal to him. On Friday, July 13, 1951, he stayed in bed all day, overcome by utter panic. He died a few minutes before midnight.

Five years before joining the tragic “27 Club,” this guitar virtuoso had recorded a song titled “The Ballad of Jimi.” The lyrics poignantly told the story of a man who died at the age of twenty-six. Although he was only one year shy of that age, the song reads like a chilling premonition.

This rock ‘n’ roll pioneer had been haunted by a terrifying nightmare about a plane crash just before boarding that fateful flight in 1959. His pregnant wife, Maria Elena, had had an almost identical dream at exactly the same time. This tragedy shook the music world.

In his final years, the famous Beatle had hinted on several occasions that he believed his life would end at the hands of a fanatic. In particular, he had stated in an interview that he would likely be shot by a madman eager to make a name for himself. This offhand remark became a tragic reality in 1980.

While having a drink with his close friends at a bar, the charismatic leader of The Doors learned of the sudden deaths of Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix. He looked at his companions and remarked in a low voice that they were drinking at that very moment in the company of the third person destined to join that tragic trio. His prediction turned out to be entirely accurate.

When reading through the diaries of Bruce Lee, the energetic actor and martial arts master, it becomes clear that he did not expect to live long. He regularly told his colleagues that he was certain he would not live to be half his father’s age. Lee died unexpectedly of cerebral edema at the age of thirty-two, thus perfectly confirming his predictions.

In a letter addressed to her butler and later made public, Princess Diana confided her fear that her husband might stage a car accident. She died under similar circumstances two months later. The discovery of this letter after 1997 sent shockwaves through both the media and the public.

Frank Pastore asked his listeners to imagine him dying on his motorcycle. Three hours after finishing his radio show that day, Pastore lost his life when a car veered into his lane on the highway and struck his motorcycle.

From a very young age, while growing up in Jamaica, this reggae icon was known for his ability to read palms. As a teenager, he confided to his closest friends that he knew he would die at the age of thirty-six. His prediction came true.

This singer-songwriter, known for his dark humor, had released an album exploring the themes of mortality and separation from loved ones long before receiving a medical diagnosis. He had confided to his loved ones that he felt his time was running out. Shortly thereafter, doctors diagnosed him with terminal lung cancer.

The charismatic frontman of the band T. Rex refused to learn to drive because he was firmly convinced that a car accident would be fatal for him. He had even included a reference to a fox on a hill and a car accident in the lyrics of one of his most famous songs. That fear became a reality in 1977, when his girlfriend lost control of their car.

The “King of Pop” reportedly confided to his sister, La Toya, that he feared someone would harm him because of his music catalog. He kept saying that he felt he was being targeted. His sudden death in 2009, following acute poisoning, confirmed his paranoid premonitions.

The Southern rock band released an album whose cover showed them surrounded by flames, just a few days before their world came crashing down. One of the songs on that album told the story of someone in free fall. Their chartered plane ran out of fuel and crashed in a forest.

The singer, known for his ethereal voice, had spent the weeks leading up to his tragic accident reflecting on his own death. He had even written a song titled “Dream Brother,” which contained haunting references to a man drowning in a dark river. His fans were devastated when he went for an impromptu night swim in the Mississippi and never resurfaced.

The legendary boxer had dreamed that he would fatally injure his opponent, Jimmy Doyle, in the ring with powerful punches. Boxing officials convinced him to step into the ring anyway, but that tragic dream came true when Doyle died from injuries sustained during the fight.