2. Richey Edwards
For the band Manic Street Preachers, Richey Edwards was a punk musician, guitarist, and lyricist, and he was unafraid of pulling the occasional stunt to prove how real he was. In 1991, he grabbed a razor blade and carved the phrase “4 REAL” into his arm right then and there, when questioned in an interview about his grim persona’s authenticity. Many thought that his 1995 disappearance was another publicity stunt until he was missing long enough to presume he was dead.
Richey Edwards
3. Harold Holt
Australia mismanaged its 17th prime minister, Harold Holt, in December 1967. Seeing as he chose to go swimming on what witnesses described as a day when the surf was particularly rough on an otherwise deserted beach, it is most likely that he drowned, and his body was never found. Ironically, in his name and memory, Australia decided to open a swimming center.
Harold Holt
