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* Jim Morrison of [[The Doors]]. He told his friends beforehand that he was planning to fake his death, move to Africa, and live amongst the primitives. There was also the part where the only two people to see his body were his girlfriend, Pamela Courson (who committed suicide a few years after Morrison's death), and a doctor who signed Morrison's death certificate so illegibly that his identity was never determined.
* Stand-up comedian and satirist [[Bill Hicks]] not only faked his death, but got plastic surgery and re-emerged under a new identity: conspiracy radio host [[Alex Jones]].
* JonBenet Ramsey was not killed. It was a hoax, and she now goes by the name [[Katy Perry]]. No, seriously, some people actually believe this, simply claiming Perry looks like an adult version of the murdered child beauty queen. Of course, holes in this theory include the fact that Perry was born six years before Ramsey's birth, along with any actual motive for such a ruse.
* Combining one with the "X is dead" one, some people believe [[John Travolta]] died in 1991, and was replaced by German singer [[Roy Black]], who died of heart failure the same year. Those who push this theory claim Black faked his death and replaced Travolta for... Well, they rarely explain why. They never explain how Travolta supposedly died either, the passing resemblance is all the proof they need.
''X was murdered, or X did not die as they say he/she died.''
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** Similar claims have been made about Prince Alfonso of Spain, who officially shot himself by accident. The theorists claim that he was actually shot by his older brother, Prince (again, now King) Juan Carlos. Unlike the theories about Ananda, however, this one is universally considered to have been accidental if true, likely because Juan Carlos would've had no motive (he was higher in the line of succession than Alfonso).
* Nigerian activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, leader of a famous and successful protest campaign to stop the Shell oil company from polluting his tribe's ancestral land. Nobody really doubts the official story behind his death (he was executed for murder in a [[Kangaroo Court]]); the real question is precisely who was involved. Quite a few people believe that the Shell corporation essentially ordered the government to silence him so they could have the land back. The Shell company recently lost a wrongful death lawsuit and had to pay his family millions, so this one may just be more than speculation.
* [[Stevie Wonder]] is not blind; he's been able to see perfectly his whole life, and is faking it for... some reason. Even sports journalist Bomani Jones promotes this dumb theory, claiming the "proof" is that Wonder has attended basketball games, once caught a mic stand that tipped over, and - reportedly - tried to strangle [[Boy George]] in a playful manner. These folks seem to think that "blind" means "completely oblivious to one's surroundings", and Wonder has clearly had ''decades'' to adjust to them.
* Journalist Danny Casolaro, who claimed he had uncovered proof [[Ronald Reagan]] was in on the Iranian Hostage Crisis, a conspiracy he called "The Octopus". Naturally, many people, including his family, believe the [[CIA]] killed him.
* [[Sweden|Swedish]] Prime Minister Olof Palme, who was assassinated on February 28, 1986 while walking home from a cinema. Often called the Swedish version of the JFK assassination, especially because it's still unsolved -- more than 130 different people have confessed to the crime. Some of the accused include:
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