With his unique voice and his highly poetic lyrics, this singer, songwriter and poet became for many the "Voice of Russia" and his marriage to French actress Marina Vlady finally gained him international cult status. But Vysotsky was a spiritually minded critic of the system. He lived a restless and wild life: racing through Moscow in his Mercedes, wearing hippie clothes, smoking all the time, often drunk and taking drugs.

At only 14, River Phoenix celebrates his breakthrough in the Steven King adaption Stand by Me. The film is a box office hit and River becomes the idol of an entire generation. What exactly happened in the night of October 30, 1993 remains unclear to this day. He is set to play with his band in Johnny Depp's Viper room on Sunset Boulevard. River Phoenix dies of a speedball overdose on the sidewalk outside the club.

Falco was the most successful Austrian pop rock musician and rapper of all time, the only artist whose language was German but yet scored a vocal number-one hit in the US. Before he could celebrate his 41st birthday in 1998 and achieve his plan to comeback on the musical scene, he was hit by a bus while driving on the road in the Dominican Republic. Among the causes involved, Falco appeared to be under the influence of alcohol and cocaine…