“Say cheese! Smile! Three, two, one!” Most of us aren’t really thinking too much about it when posing for a photo. After all, many of us have thousands of pictures on our phones nowadays, so another can easily get buried in a chaotic camera roll. But you never know when a simple snapshot will turn into one of the most meaningful images you have.
Below, Bored Panda has compiled a list of some of the last known photos that were taken of celebrities and public figures just before they passed away. Regardless of whether the subjects were battling a terminal illness or simply enjoying life, these photos are powerful reminders that we never know when we’ll smile for a camera for the last time. Enjoy scrolling through, and be sure to upvote the images that you’re glad were shared with the public.
#1 This Photo Of Robin Williams With His Monkey, Crystal, Was Posted By To His Instagram On His Birthday, 20 Days Before He Died
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#2 David Bowie’s Last Photo Shoot Before His Death
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#3 Last Photo Of Freddie Mercury
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#4 What Is Believed To Be The Last Known Photo Of Steve Taken On-Board “Croc One” With The Boat’s Skipper Chris Reed On The Morning Of His Fateful Dive
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#5 Audrey Hepburn And Her Beloved Son, Sean, Photographed At La Paisible (Her Home In Tolochenaz, Switzerland) Just A Few Days Prior To Her Death, On January 1993
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#6 The Last Photograph Of Bob Ross, The Painter Best Known For His Show The Joy Of Painting. He Died On July 4, 1995 Of Lymphoma
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#7 According To “Tesla – Master Of Lightning” This Is The Last Photograph Taken Of Tesla Before His Death
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#8 Last Known Photograph Of Albert Einstein Taken In 1955
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#9 Last Known Photo Of Jimi Hendrix 1970
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#10 One Of The Last Photographs Of Lucille Ball
Photo taken at 61st Academy Awards 3/29/89 at Lucy’s last public appearance. She died less than a month later on 4/26/89.
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#11 One Of The Last Pictures To Be Taken Of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Speaking To A Mass Rally April 3 In Memphis
when he said he would not halt his plans for a massive demonstration scheduled for April 8 in spite of a federal injunction. The Nobel Peace Prize Winner was felled by a sniper’s bullet, April 4
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#12 Last Known Photo Taken Of Raggae Legend Bob Marley Before He Succumbed To Cancer On May 11, 1981
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#13 Amy Winehouse Seen For The Last Time In Public On A Walk In Camden On July 12, 2011 In London, England
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#14 Elvis Presley, August 16, 1977, The Last Photo Taken
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#15 Last Known Photos Of Jim Morrison In Paris On June 28, 1971
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#16 The Last Photograph Of President Roosevelt, Taken At Warm Springs, Ga By Nicholas Robbins For Elizabeth Shoumatoff. FDR Died The Following Day. April 11, 1945
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#17 The Last Photograph Taken Of Former U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant Before He Died Of Throat Cancer On July 23, 1885
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#18 Last Known Photo Of Mark Twain Taken In Early April 1910. He Died April 21st, 1910
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#19 Kennedy Was Assassinated In Dallas, TX, On November 22, 1963. This Photo Was Taken From His Caravan In Dallas Just Before His Assassination
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#20 Babe Ruth’s Final Public Appearance, 13 June 1948
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#21 This Is Thought To Be The Last Known Picture Of Charlie Chaplin. He Can Be Seen Here In His Wheelchair, With His Wife Oona O’Neill Chaplin And Their French Poodle Nicky
Chaplin died two months after this picture was taken. Vevey, Switzerland, 1977.
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#22 Taken August 26, 2011. Steve Jobs Died October 5, 2011, Due To Complications From Pancreatic Cancer
#23 Last Known Photo Of Andy Warhol, On His Way To The Hospital And The Routine Operation That Would Result In His Death, February 1987
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#24 Last Photo Taken Of Buddy Holly, February 2, 1959. Colorized
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#25 Taken In March Of 1865. Lincoln Was Assassinated By John Wilkes Booth At Ford’s Theater On April 15, 1865, In Washington DC
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#26 Pope Francis Attends The Urbi Et Orbi Message To The World At The Central Loggia Of St. Peter’s Basilica, On April 20, 2025 In Vatican. He Died On 21 April 2025 At The Age Of 88
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#27 One Of The Last Photographs Of Lenin. Taken In Gorki After May 15, 1923. Beside Him Are His Sister Anna Ilyinichna Yelizarova-Ulyanova And One Of His Doctors A. M. Kozhevnikov
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#28 Will Rogers Standing On Wing Of Sea Plane, Facing Slightly Left; With Wiley Post At Fairbanks, Alaska
Rogers died in a plane crash in Alaska on August 15, 1935. Rogers and aviator Wiley Post were making test flights across Alaska before their deaths. This photo was taken from their adventures.
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#29 This Photo Of Christopher McCandless Was Found In His Undeveloped Camera, Having Ventured Into The Alaskan Wilderness In Solitude. He Died Of Starvation In August 1992
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#30 Kathy Griffin Tweeted This Photo Of Her Friend And Larry Sanders Show Co-Star, Garry Shandling, Just Four Days Before His Passing. Shandling Died On March 24, 2016
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#31 Cameron Boyce’s Dad Shares Final Photo Of Actor
“My son. Just hours before he was snatched from our lives. I miss him terribly. I hope that no one ever has to feel the agony I’m feeling but no one is immune to tragedy. The outpouring of love and support our family continues to receive is so beautiful and appreciated. Thank you all for helping us through our worst possible situation.”
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