Legendary comic actor John Belushi is on a drug fueled binge in L.A. He's far from those that love him and protect him from his own excesses. Belushi has been battling his drug addiction for seven years. Throughout the night, he ingests the massive amount of drugs that finally get the better of him. His body can no longer fight the toxic effects of the drugs.
After a tough day on set, Hollywood golden boy River Phoenix hits L.A's fashionable nightclub The Viper Room. He's looking forward to getting on stage and jamming with his friends. When the plan changes, a disappointed Phoenix ingests a lethal cocktail of drugs, staggers outside and collapses on the sidewalk. Paramedics are unable to revive him and he dies shortly after.
Hunter S. Thompson.
On his last day alive soul superstar Marvin Gaye is depressed and paranoid. He's abandoned his latest tour and is holed up at his parents' house in Los Angeles, California. His excessive drug use escalates and with it, the tension in the home. Soon, his lifelong power struggle with his father explodes in a violent climax as Marvin provokes his father into shooting him twice.
John Kennedy Jr. was American royalty and a cultural icon. His promise of living out his political legacy bequeathed to him on the day of his father's assassination, was cut short over the Atlantic Ocean one July night. Kennedy's death and that of his wife and sister-in-law, were the result of a series of bad decisions Kennedy had made during his last day.
It's July 14th, 1997 and Gianni Versace, probably the most famous fashion designer in the world, is kicking back at his Florida mansion. In just 24 hours he will be dead. With exclusive interviews with his intimates, combined with archive and dramatic reconstruction, Final 24 maps out Versace's last day alive - and the dramatic events that led to his brutal murder at the hands of a serial killer.
Final hours of singer Jim Morrison.
The final hours of Anna Nicole Smith.
Janis Joplin was the undisputed queen of rock and roll, her powerful, bluesy vocals, unmatched. A blast of nearly pure heroin cut short her tumultuous life. Final 24 traces the roots of her addiction and uses archive footage, dramatic reenactments and interviews with her closest companions, including her brother and former band mates, to piece together the last 24 hours of a voice of a generation.
Keith Moon, the drummer for The Who, was legendary for both his drumming style and his wild lifestyle.
Vibrant, funny, and beautiful, Nicole Brown Simpson appears to have it all. With loads of money, a great body, and two adorable children, the ex-wife of football legend O.J. Simpson is living the Hollywood dream. In 24 hours, however, the dream will be brutally shattered, Nicole will be dead, and her ex-husband will stand accused in the murder trial of the century.
