1. Kurt Cobain - lead singer of Nirvana His letter was addressed to his fans.
2. Virginia Woolf - author and poet Addressed to her husband and sister.
3. James Forrestal - former United States Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Navy His suicide note was part of a poem from Sophocles' tragedy Ajax.
4. Roger Angleton - brother of famous bookmaker Robert Angleton In his suicide note he admitted to killing Doris.
5. J. Clifford Baxter - Enron Corporation executive Addressed to his wife.
6. Robert Budd Dwyer - American politician His suicide note was addressed to his wife.
7. "Dead" - Lead singer of Mayhem His note simply said "Excuse all the blood."
8. Freddie Prinze - American actor and comedian He wrote a suicide note "I must end it. There is not hope. I will be at peace. No one had anything to do with it. My decision totally.....(Signed) Freddie Prinze."
9. Nicolas Sebastien Chamfort - French writer His note read And so I leave this world, where the heart must either break or turn to lead.
10. George Eastman - inventor To my friends: My work is done. Why wait?
