Hotels are famous for unruly behaviors. Whitney Houston is not the only celebrity to have seen her demise inside the hotel. In fact, there are others who have made fools of themselves. This article intends to highlight them with hopes it would stop the trend. It also examines hotel incidents that hit close to home for some. May those who were killed in terrorist attacks rest in peace and be remembered for their bravery and good will.
1. Keith Richards:
Keith Richards once threw a television through the window of this hotel in West Hollywood, California. The hotel is popular amongst rock bands because it is within close distance of clubs such as Whisky a Go Go. Everything is now enclosed including balconies after this incident.
2. Jim Morrison:
Jim Morrison is famous for being the lead singer for the Doors. He was literally living at the Andaz West Hollywood Hotel at one point. This was until he was evicted for almost falling to his death at the hotel. He was totally wasted and was found dangling by the finger tips on the balcony. If this did not kill him, Morrison was found dead in Paris in 1971 in his bathtub.
3. Whitney Houston:
Houston was known as the voice of American music in the 1980s and 1990s. In 2009, the Guinness world records found her to be the most awarded female act of all time. On the eve of the 2012 Grammy’s, Houston was found dead in the bathtub at the Hilton hotel. She was part of the Clive Davis pre-Grammy party. The news of Houston’s death did not disrupt the party. The party still went on as planned.
4. Passover Massacre:
30 people were killed and 140 others were injured as a suicide bomber detonated himself at the Park Hotel in Netanya. The terrorist walked into the dining room of the hotel where many senior citizens and Holocaust survivors were celebrating Passover. 4 terrorists who planned the massacre were sentenced to 29 life terms and another 20 years in prison.
5. David Carradine:
The 72 year old actor famous for Kung Fu and Kill Bill films was found dead in an apparent suicide on June 4, 2009. The body was naked and hanging in the closet. The hotel was in Bangkok and the incident occurred in the luxury suite of Swissotel Nai Lert Park Hotel.
He was shooting a movie, Stretch.
Dianne Busscher’s house woke up early one morning because her cat was crying in the garage. When she reached the cat, she found that the lower part of the house was going up in flames.
David Ceci fell into the water when he was 14 years old and unfortunately, he could not swim. Filippo, a dolphin, came and rescued him and kept nudging him towards the surface till David’s father was able to pull him out.
Brenda Owen was walking her dog when she realized that a woman was drowning in the river. She could not find help so she started telling her dog to “go fetch”. Penny (the dog) then jumped into the water and swam till she was able to pull the woman ashore.
A two year old boy was walking with his grandmother and the family dog, Arf when the pet went into a temper. The grandmother rushed the child inside the house but when the child’s mother came out, she found Arf wrestling with a massive coral snake. Turns out that the snake was about to attack the baby but Arf jumped right in and saved him.
Janice was working in a pasture when her calf got in her way and did not let her leave. She got annoyed and tried to move but the animal didn’t budge. That’s when she noticed a snake a few feet away from her feet and if the calf had not stood in her way, she would have stepped on it which would have proven to be fatal.
