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Accidental Deaths

Keith Shaw Passenger Cruise Ship Death Aboard Saga Rose

Keith Shaw, 77 – Head – Neck Trauma, Saga Rose Passenger, December 24, 2007, Time of Death is unknown. Keith Shaw, 77, an artist from the United Kingdom, reminds us all how dangerous it is [...]
Overboard Deaths

Diogo Penalva Silja Serenade Portugal Passenger Overboard Death

Diogo Penalva, 21, from Lisbon, Portugal, a Finance and Accounting student at the ISCTE Business School at Tallinn University of Technology in Estonia, disappeared from Silja Line cruise ship Silja Serenade cruise on Monday November [...]
Natural Causes

George Dean Helms Passenger Cruise Ship Death Aboard Golden Princess Hawaii

George Dean Helms, 69 – Pre Existing Condition, Golden Princess Passenger, February 19, 2009, Time of Death is unknown. Cruise ship passenger George Dean Helms, 69, from Matanuska Susitna, Alaska was sailing aboard Princess Cruises’ Golden [...]
Overboard Deaths

Unknown Male Passenger, Suicide Overboard, Carnival Cruise Line Carnival Sensation

Unknown Passenger – Suicide Overboard, Carnival Sensation Passenger, September 2, 2009, Time of Death 11:30. While returning to the home port on September 2, 20029, at the end of a voyage to the Bahamas, a man [...]
Suicidal Behavior

Corporal Walter Eldredge Bouknight Death Aboard Carnival Fantasy

Corporal Walter Eldredge Bouknight, 26 – Suicidal Behavior, Carnival Fantasy Passenger, January 27, 2012, Time of Death is unknown. Corporal Walter Eldredge Bouknight, 26, from Batesburg-Leesville, South Carolina died aboard Carnival Fantasy on Friday, January 27, [...]

Michael Hepner Passenger Cruise Ship Death Overboard Carnival Sensation Tampa

January 14, 2001

Michael Hepner, 19 – Suicide Overboard, Carnival Sensation Passenger, January 14, 2001, Time of Death 3:00. On January 14, 2001, Michael Hepner, 19, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, fell from Carnival Cruise Line’s, Sensation in Hillsborough [...]
Bernardo Garcia Teixeira Elbaz Passenger Cruise Ship Death Oasis of the Seas

November 6, 2015
Rama Forman Passenger Cruise Ship Death Silver Cloud

November 9, 2004

Cruise Ship Haunting – Could Ghosts Be Haunting These Cruise Ships and Cabins?

October 31, 2016

Cruise Ship Haunting – Could Ghosts Be Haunting These Cruise Ships and Cabins? Ghosts Of The Cruise Ship Dead – Violent & Evil Cruise Ship Cabin Deaths Ghosts at Sea – Choose A Haunting Cruise [...]
Li Yinglei Passenger Cruise Ship Death MSC Magnifica

February 10, 2017
Orazio Conte, Turin, Italy, Attack on Bardo National Museum Tunis, Tunisia

March 18, 2015

Egon Hoer Passenger Death Costa Concordia Cruise Ship Sinking

January 13, 2012

Egon Hoer – Costa Concordia Sinking, Carnival’s Costa Concordia – January 13, 2012, Time of Death 9:45-4:00. Egon Hoer from Germany died aboard Carnival Corp’s, Costa Cruises’ Costa Concordia when the cruise ship grounded off the coast […]

Maria Grazia Trecarichi Passenger Death Costa Concordia Cruise Ship Sinking

January 13, 2012

Maria Grazia Trecarichi – Costa Concordia Sinking, Carnival’s Costa Concordia – January 13, 2012, Time of Death 9:45-4:00. Maria Grazia Trecarichi, from Italy died aboard Carnival Corp’s, Costa Cruises’ Costa Concordia when the cruise ship grounded off […]

Gerhard Szimke Passenger Cruise Ship Death Aboard Achille Lauro Fire

November 30, 1994

Gerhard Szimke, 68 – Ship Sinking Death, Achille Lauro Passenger, November 30, 1994, Time of Death 1:30 On November 30, 1994, the Achille Lauro caught fire 150 miles off the coast of Somalia, and then […]

Theobald Perelo Passenger Cruise Ship Death Aboard MSC Fantasia

December 6, 2012

Theobald Perelo Cruise Ship Passenger Death, MSC Cruises MSC Fantasia December 6, 2012, Time of Death 1:00. Theobald Perelo, 52, from Brazil was sailing aboard MSC Cruises’ MSC Fantasia when he fell from his cabin […]

John LaDuke Passenger Cruise Ship Death Caribbean Hanging

June 21, 2011

John LaDuke, 45 – Suicide Hanging, Carnival Freedom Passenger, June 21, 2015, Time of Death is unknown. John LaDuke, 45, was sailing aboard Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Freedom with family members on a Caribbean Father’s Day, […]

Reves Geryes Boustani Passenger Cruise Ship Death Aboard Pacific Sun Brawl

August 7, 2007

Reves Geryes Boustani, 31 – Brawl Injuries, Pacific Sun Passenger, August 7, 2007, Time of Death 1:30. Reves Geryes Boustani, 31, from Sydney, Australia, was aboard P & O Cruises’ Pacific Sun when a brawl […]

Walter Fernandez, Crew Member Accidental Death, SS Festivale, Poisoness Gas

March 21, 1988

Walter Fernandez – Accidental Death, SS Festivale Crew, Spring 1988, Time of Death Unknown. While the crew members die from septic tank fumes, passengers are overcome with the horrible smell of sewer gases in the […]

Zion Smith Cruise Ship Passenger Death Aboard Carnival Glory

October 15, 2017

Zion Smith, 8, from Nassau, Bahamas had been sailing aboard Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Glory at 0815 Hours on Saturday October 15, 2017 when she reportedly fell over an inside railing near an elevator on […]

Timothy J Scheibel Passenger Cruise Ship Death Caribbean

December 18, 2010

Timothy J. Scheibel, 59 – Head – Neck Trauma, Unknown Caribbean Cruise Ship Passenger, December 18, 2010, Time of Death is unknown. Date: December 18, 2010 Cause: Head – Neck Trauma From: Florida Passenger Name: […]

James Best Passenger Cruise Ship Death Dukes Of Hazzard Actor

April 6, 2015

James Best, 88 – Pneumonia, Unknown Cruise Ship Passenger, April 6, 2015, Time of Death is unknown. Date: April 6, 2015 Cause: Pneumonia From: Hickory, North Carolina Passenger Name: Actor James Best Cruise Line: Unknown Ship: […]

Catherine M Maldonado Passenger Cruise Ship Death Aboard Celebrity Solstice

April 2, 2011

Catherine M Maldonado, 56 – Natural Causes, Celebrity Solstice Passenger, April 2, 2011, Time of Death is unknown. Date: April 2, 2011 Cause: Pre-Existing – Natural From: Oregon Passenger Name: Catherine M Maldonado Cruise Line: Celebrity […]

Leonid Sokolsky Passenger Cruise Ship Death Aboard Norwegian Jewel

October 28, 2008

Leonid Sokolsky, – Natural Causes, Norwegian Jewel Passenger, October 28, 2008, Time of Death is unknown. Cruise ship passenger Leonid Sokolsky was sailing aboard Norwegian Jewel when he passed away on October 28, 2008.

Pasquale Pat Cantone Passenger Cruise Ship Death Celebrity Horizon Legionella

July 9, 1994

Pasquale ‘Pat’ Cantone, Cruise Ship Legionella Death, Celebrity Cruises Horizon July 9, 1994, Time of Death Unknown. Pasquale Pat Cantone, 68, from West Babylon, New York was a passenger aboard Celebrity Cruises ship Horizon where he contracted […]

John Robert Perricone Passenger Cruise Ship Death Carnival Elation Cozumel

February 20, 2014

John Robert Perricone, 29 – Death Aboard, Carnival Elation Passenger, February 20, 2014, Time of Death is unknown. John Robert Perricone, 29, from Romeoville, Illinois died suddenly on Thursday, February 20, 2014 while sailing aboard Carnival […]

Winifred Sell Passenger Cruise Ship Death Golden Princess Juneau Alaska

July 12, 2010

Winifred Sell, – Pre Existing Condition, Golden Princess Passenger, July 12, 2010, Time of Death 2:45. Winifred Sell was sailing aboard Princess Cruises’ Golden Princess. Records show she had been hospitalized two weeks prior to the cruise […]

Egael Tishman Passenger Cruise Ship Zipline Death

July 5, 2018

Egael Tishman Passenger Cruise Ship Zipline Death – On Thursday, July 5, 2018, Egael Tishman, 24, from Israel and his new bride Shif Fanken, 27, were on their honeymoon aboard Royal Caribbean Cruise Line (RCCL) cruise […]

Mexico Cruise Excursion Bus Accident Passengers Death

Christopher H Couallier Cruise Passenger Mexico Excursion Bus Death

December 19, 2017

Christopher H Couallier, 55, President and CFO of Bluehat Consulting Group since 2003, from Apopka, Florida, was a cruise ship passenger who arrived in the Caribbean Sea Riviera Maya cruise port of Costa Maya, Mexico. […]

Andrew Wooten Passenger Cruise Ship Death Drowning Cozumel Mexico Beach

February 26, 2013

Andrew Wooten, 50 – Drowning Excursion, Carnival Elation Passenger, February 26, 2013, Time of Death 8:00-5:00. Andrew Wooten, 50, from Jacksonville, Florida was a cruise ship passenger aboard Carnival Cruise Lines Carnival Elation in Cozumel, […]

Qwentyn Hunter Child Passenger Cruise Ship Death Swimming Pool Drowning Carnival Victory

October 13, 2013

Qwentyn Hunter, 6 – Drowning Pool, Carnival Victory Passenger, October 13, 2013, Time of Death 4:45. Qwentyn Hunter, 6, from Winter Garden, Florida was sailing aboard Carnival Cruise Lines’ Carnival Victory when he drowned in the […]

Katelyn A Blair Passenger Cruise Ship Death Norwegian Gem

May 17, 2015

Katelyn A. Blair, Child Drowning Death, Norwegian Gem Child Passenger Adult Swimming Pool Drowning Death May 17, 2015, Time of Death 8:00-5:00. On May 17, 2015, Colleen Blair, from Brooklyn, New York, was sailing aboard Norwegian Cruise […]

Ricky Tung Nguyen Passenger Cruise Ship Death Liberty of the Seas Christmas Cruise

December 21, 2015

Ricky Tung Nguyen, Child Passenger Drowning Death, Cruise Ship Swimming Pool Drowning Death December 21, 2015, Time of Death 8:00-5:00. Ricky Tung Nguyen, 8, from Houston, Texas was sailing with his parents Jennifer and John Nguyen aboard […]

Gwen Mnguni Passenger Cruise Death Fire Prime Time

November 19, 2016

Gwen Mnguni, Cruise Ship Fire Death, Prime Time Party Boat November 19, 2016, Time of Death 2:00. Gwen Mnguni, 33, from Diepkloof in Soweto, South Africa was on the cruise with her husband Nhlonipho Mnguni when Prime […]

Richard Liffridge Passenger Cruise Ship Death Aboard Star Princess Fire

March 23, 2006

Richard Liffridge, 72 – Cruise Ship Fire, Star Princess Passenger, March 23, 2006, Time of Death 3:00-6:00. On March 23, 2006, my family suffered a devastating loss. My father, Richard Liffridge, and Victoria along with two […]

Larry Morris Hammer Passenger Cruise Ship Fire Death Estrella Amazonica

April 12, 2017

Larry Morris Hammer and Cristy Jeins Hammer, Estrella Amazonica Cruise Ship Fire Death, Omaha, Nebraska Couple Die After Cruise Ship Cabin Fire – April 12, 2016, Time of Death 0200 Hours. Larry Morris Hammer, 74, […]

Joel Taylor Passenger Cruise Ship Death Harmony of the Seas

January 23, 2018

On Tuesday, January 23, 2018, Discovery Channel Storm Chasers star Joel Taylor, 38, from Norman, Oklahoma died aboard Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines cruise ship Harmony of the Seas while the cruise ship was near Puerto […]

Michael Moses Ward Birdie Africa Passenger Cruise Ship Death Carnival Dream Hot Tub

September 20, 2013

Michael Moses Ward, Birdie Africa, 41 – Alcohol Related Death, Carnival Dream Passenger, September 20, 2013, Time of Death 8:50. Michael Moses Ward AKA Birdie Africa, 41, was on the last day of Caribbean cruise […]

Ashley Barnett Passenger Cruise Ship Death Drug Overdose Aboard Carnival Paradise Xingolati Groove Cruise

October 15, 2005

Ashley Barnett, 25 – Drug Overdose, Carnival Paradise Passenger, October 15, 2005, Time of Death 4:00. The cruise was the Xingolati Groove Cruise of the Pacific, a three day cruise in the Pacific. It was a […]

Ms Hsieh Passenger Cruise Ship Death Costa-Victoria

July 17, 2014

Ms Hsieh, 53 – Missing, Costa Victoria Passenger, July 17, 2014, Time of Death is unknown. Ms Hsieh, 53, a Taiwanese-American, was reported missing from the Costa Cruises cruise ship Costa Victoria while the ship was […]

Sarah Tessier Powell Passenger Cruise Ship Death Overboard Veendam

September 20, 2012

Sarah Tessier Powell, Passenger Missing Presumed Dead, Holland America Line Veendam – September 20, 2012, Time of Death Unknown. Sarah Tessier Powell, 70, from Baton Rouge, Louisiana was alone on a fall foliage, New England, Canadian Maritimes […]

Oliveiro Fernandez Crew Cruise Ship Death Overboard Island Adventure

November 13, 2007

Oliveiro Fernandez, 44 – Missing, Island Adventure Crew, November 13, 2007, Time of Death 9:30. Oliveiro Fernandez, 44, an assistant cook crew member aboard Island Adventure was reported missing from the Island Cruises Island Adventure casino cruise […]

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