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Natural Causes

Margie Shields Passenger Cruise Ship Death Aboard Carnival Fantasy

Margie Shields, 70 – Heart Failure, Carnival Fantasy Passenger, June 12, 2011, Time of Death is unknown. Date: June 12, 2011 Cause: heart attack, pre-existing condition From: South Carolina Passenger Name: Margie Shields Cruise Line: Carnival [...]
Cruise Ship Murders

Javier Camelo, 28, Sydney, Australia, Attack on Bardo National Museum Tunis, Tunisia

Javier Camelo, 28, Sydney, Australia, Attack on Bardo National Museum Tunis, Tunisia – March 18, 2015, Cruise Ship Terrorist Attack, Time of Death is unknown. Date: March 18, 2015 Cause: Terrorist Attack Location: Bardo National Museum [...]
Accidental Deaths

Hortensia Santos Cruise Ship Passenger Accidental Death

Hortensia Santos, 90, from Miami Lakes, Florida was sailing aboard Norwegian Cruise Lines cruise ship Norwegian Getaway when another passenger in a wheelchair crashed into her, injuring her on Tuesday, May 31, 2016. Ms. Santos was [...]
Natural Causes

Babic Zeljko Passenger Cruise Ship Death Aboard Carnival Ecstasy Galveston

Babic Zeljko, – Natural Causes, Carnival Ecstasy Passenger, July 20, 2010, Time of Death is unknown. Babic Zeljko was sailing aboard Carnival Cruise Lines’ Carnival Ecstasy on July 20, 2010 when he passed away. The [...]
Cruise Ship Sinkings

Gerhard Szimke Passenger Cruise Ship Death Aboard Achille Lauro Fire

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 [...]

Steven L Manning Passenger Bar Owner Cruise Ship Overboard Carnival Victory

April 22, 2008

Steven L. Manning, 44 – Suspicious Overboard, Carnival Victory Passenger, April 22, 2008, Time of Death 1:00-6:00 Steven Manning, 44, from Ottawa, Illinois was aboard Carnival Cruise Line’s Victory on an Eastern Caribbean cruise when [...]
Norman DeCastro Crew Cruise Ship Death Liberty of the Seas

April 24, 2017
Frank Andrew Flippo Passenger Cruise Ship Death Liberty Of The Seas

March 22, 2015

Denisa Markoska Crew MS Serenissima Overboard Death

September 12, 2014

Denisa Markoska, 23 – Suspicious Unknown, MS Serenissima Crew, September 12, 2014, Time of Death 3:00-5:00. Denisa Markoska, 23, a cruise ship crew member from Skopje, the capital of the Republic of Macedonia, was aboard the Russian [...]
Adriana Morales de Florencio Crew Cruise Ship Death Murder Navigator of the Seas

April 29, 2017
Terry Andres Cruise Ship Passenger Death

January 6, 2017

Pierre Gregoire Passenger Death Costa Concordia Cruise Ship Sinking

January 13, 2012

Pierre Gregoire – Costa Co13ncordia Sinking, Carnival’s Costa Concordia – January 13, 2012, Time of Death 9:45-4:00. Pierre Gregoire, 69, from France died aboard Carnival Corp’s, Costa Cruises’ Costa Concordia when the cruise ship grounded off the […]

Jeannette Gannard Passenger Death Costa Concordia Cruise Ship Sinking

January 13, 2012

Jeannette Gannard – Costa Concordia Sinking, Carnival’s Costa Concordia – January 13, 2012, Time of Death 9:45-4:00. Jeannette Gannard, 70, from France died aboard Carnival Corp’s, Costa Cruises’ Costa Concordia when the cruise ship grounded off […]

Mylne Litzler Passenger Death Costa Concordia Cruise Ship Sinking

January 23, 2012

Mylne Litzler, Costa Concordia Sinking, Carnival’s Costa Concordia – January 13, 2012, Time of Death 9:45-4:00. Mylène Litzler, 23, from Val d’Oise, France died aboard Carnival Corp’s, Costa Cruises’ Costa Concordia when the cruise ship […]

Gregory Gonzales Navarro Crew Cruise Ship Hanging Death Carnival Victory Old San Juan Puerto Rico

June 14, 2009

Gregory Gonzales Navarro, 27 – Suicide Hanging, Carnival Victory Crew, June 14, 2009, Time of Death is unknown. The family in this case is beyond grief-stricken. They say their son and husband, Gregory Gonzalez Navarro, […]

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, […]

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 […]

James Swinstead Passenger Cruise Ship Death Marco Polo Storm

February 14, 2014

James Swinstead, 85 – Accidental Death, Marco Polo Passenger, February 14, 2014, Time of Death 1:00. James Swinstead, 85, died on February 14, 2014 while cruising aboard the Cruise and Maritime Voyages’ Marco Polo during rough […]

Kassandra Arielle Braun Cruise Death World Odyssey Semester at Sea Colorado State University November 6 2017

Kassandra Arielle Braun Semester At Sea Myanmar Death

November 7, 2017

Kassandra Arielle Braun Semester At Sea Myanmar Death – Kassandra Arielle Braun, 20, from Fishers, Indiana, was a student at St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas. Braun was on a Semester At Sea Voyage Around the World […]

Imelda Bechstein Passenger Cruise Ship Death Tirrenia Sharden

October 30, 2016

Imelda Bechstein, Accidental Cruise Passenger Death, Body Found in Tirrenia Ferries Sharden Ventilation Shaft October 30, 2016, Time of Death Unknown. German citizen Imelda Bechstein, 74 and her husband German Ernst Bechstein, 74 were sailing aboard Tirrenia […]

Bernice Gold Passenger Cruise Ship Death Aboard Norwegian Sky

January 15, 2011

Bernice Gold, 79 – Heart Failure, Norwegian Sky Passenger, January 15, 2011, Time of Death is unknown. Cruise ship passenger Bernince Gold, 79, from Bayonne, New Jersey was sailing aboard Norwegian Cruise Line’s Norwegian Sky in cabin […]

Rubino Alfonso Passenger Cruise Ship Death Celebrity Equinox Barcelona Spain

November 30, 2011

Rubino Alfonso, Natural Causes, Celebrity Equinox Passenger, November 30, 2011, Time of Death is unknown. Date: November 30, 2011 Cause: Natural Causes From: Barcelona, Spain Passenger Name: Rubino Alfonso Cruise Line: Celebrity Cruises Ship: Celebrity […]

Elizabeth Betty McKinnon The Cruise Queen Death

July 11, 2017

Elizabeth Betty McKinnon. 75, from Haverhill, Massachusetts passed away on Tuesday, July 11, 2017 after a long battle with cancer. After eloping to Hawaii, Betty spent the rest of her life with her husband and best […]

Steven Michael Cox Notable Cruise Industry Death

August 27, 2017

Steven Michael Cox, 43, from Kissimmee, Florida, originally from Charleston, South Carolina, passed away on Sunday, August 27, 2017 of complications from Pneumonia. Cox graduated from Southeastern Academy in Kissimmee, Florida in 1993 with a […]

David E Greene Notable Cruise Industry Death Cruise Director Seabourn Cruise Lines

December 30, 2017

David Greene, 62 from Glen Burnie, Maryland was a notable cruise industry cruise director who died on Saturday, December 30, 2017. David secured a job with Seabourn Cruise Lines as a production vocalist on the […]

David Lee Fitzgerald, Carnival Liberty Passenger Cruise Ship Illness Malpractice Lawsuit

November 10, 2010

David Lee Fitzgerald, 76, – Cruise Ship Illness, Carnival Liberty Passenger, November 10, 2010, Time of Death 2:00. The cruise industry racks up another Norovirus death and at the same time another doctor malpractice lawsuit […]

Terra Rachelle Romano-Perez Cruise Passenger Barbados Death

November 2, 2017

Terra Rachelle Romano-Perez, 44, passed away on November 2, 2017 during a birthday cruise in Barbados aboard Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines cruise ship Adventure of the Seas. She was on a cruise with her best […]

Sea Spirit Passenger Death Svalbard, Norway Excursion Overboard

June 17, 2013

Sea Spirit Passenger Death, Svalbard, Norway Excursion Overboard, Quark Expeditions Arctic Zodiac Accident June 17, 2013, Time of Death Unknown. An American tourist in her sixties died during a Quark Expeditions’ Sea Spirit cruise ship excursion in […]

Mexico Cruise Excursion Bus Accident Passengers Death

Ulrica Hammarsten Bengtsson Cruise Passenger Mexico Excursion Bus Death

December 19, 2017

Ulrica Hammarsten Bengtsson, 51 from Svealand, Sweden was a cruise ship passenger who arrived in the Caribbean Sea Riviera Maya cruise port of Costa Maya, Mexico with her daughter Carolina Bengtsson. She boarded an excursion bus […]

Prince Adepoju Passenger Cruise Ship Pool Drowning Death Anthem of the Seas

July 2, 2016

Prince Adepoju, Child Passenger Drowning Death, Anthem of the Seas Child Passenger Adult, Swimming Pool Drowning Death July 2, 2016, Time of Death 8:00-5:00. Prince Adepojuan, 8, from Maryland was cruising aboard Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines’ (RCCL) […]

Dante-Curtis Passenger Cruise Ship Death Norwegian Breakaway

March 3, 2014

Dante Curtis, 4 – Drowning Adult Pool, Norwegian Breakaway Passenger, February 3, 2014, Time of Death 8:00-5:00. On the morning of Monday February 3, 2014, Dante Curtis, 4, from Brooklyn, New York was in the swimming […]

Gail Ann Moss Passenger Cruise Ship Death Celebrity Silhoutte

March 9, 2017

Gail Ann Moss, 71, from Scottsdale, Arizona died during a Caribbean Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Silhouette cruise while snorkeling in Grand Cayman on Thursday, March 9, 2017 As Larry & Gail traveled the country and abroad, the […]

Colleen Skantar Passenger Cruise Ship Death Aboard Scandinavian Sun Fire

August 20, 1984

Colleen Skantar, 24 – Cruise Ship Fire, Scandinavian Sun Passenger, August 20, 1984, Time of Death 11:20. On August 20, 1984, Palm Beach teacher Colleen Skantar was aboard Scandinavian World Cruises’ Scandinavian Sun when a […]

Carrie Dempsey Cruise Ship Passenger Tropical Breeze Casino Shuttle Fire Death

January 14, 2018

Carrie Dempsey, 42 from Lutz, Florida died as a result of the cruise ship fire aboard the Tropical Breeze casino shuttle boat near Port Richey, Florida on Sunday, January 14, 2018. Tampa General Hospital Regional Medical […]

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, […]

John Coleman Passenger Cruise Ship Death Aboard Carnival Ecstasy

January 18, 2008

John Coleman, – Drug Overdose, Carnival Ecstasy Passenger, January 18, 2008, Time of Death is unknown. John Coleman was sailing aboard the Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Ecstasy when he died as a result of an accidental […]

Seth Younes Passenger Cruise Ship Death Bahamas Acute Alcohol Intoxication

February 26, 2013

Seth Younes, 18 – Alcohol Related Death, Carnival Miracle Passenger, February 26, 2013, Time of Death is unknown. In the wee hours of the morning on Tuesday, February 26, 2013, Seth Asa Younes, 18, from Sarasota, New […]

Dianne Brimble Passenger Cruise Ship Death Aboard Pacific Sky Drug Overdose GHB

September 23, 2002

Dianne Brimble, 42 – Drug Overdose, Pacific Sky Passenger, September 23, 2002, Time of Death 8:30. The Victim – Justice Denied – Dianne Brimble, 42, from Brisbane, Australia, a mother of three. Family said before […]

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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