The 11 Most Heartbreaking Celebrity Deaths In Modern History, 33 Pictures Of Sophia Loren's Groundbreaking Career, And More From HU

[History Uncovered]( [The Tragic True Stories Of The Most Heartbreaking Celebrity Deaths In Recent History]( [The death of comedian Robin Williams by suicide in 2014 shocked the world. Even though addiction and depression had quietly taken their toll on the seemingly happy-go-lucky star, there's an even more troubling side to his death.]( [Jeffrey Dahmer Killed 17 Young Men And Boys — Then Defiled Their Corpses In Unspeakable Ways]( [When Milwaukee police first raided Dahmer's apartment, it was filled with so many human body parts that were stored and arranged with such care that the medical examiner later said, "It was more like dismantling someone's museum than an actual crime scene."]( [From Ancient Greek Warriors To Japanese Samurai, See 44 Exquisite Pieces Of Armor]( [See everything from the bone breastplates used by Oglala Native American warriors to the fabric-based protective gear created by 18th-century Korean soldiers.]( [Meet The Amateur Skydiver Who Became The First Woman In Space — Six Years Before Neil Armstrong's Famous Trip]( ["As I saw the planet from space I realized how small Earth is, and how fragile, and that it could be destroyed very quickly."]( [33 Photos Of Sophia Loren, The Iconic Old Hollywood Actress Known As The 'Italian Marilyn Monroe']( [Her rise to fame began when she was just 15 years old.]( [An Amateur Archaeologist Just Found A 3,000-Year-Old Native American Canoe In A Wisconsin Lake]( [Measuring 14 and a half feet long, this dugout canoe was carved from white oak by the Ho-Chunk people approximately 3,000 years ago.]( [The Story Of Joe Massino, The First Mafia Boss In History To Become An Informant]( [As boss of the Bonanno crime family, Joe Massino banned anyone in the family from even saying his name out loud for fear of FBI surveillance, instead instructing them to touch their ear when they needed to refer to him, earning him the nickname, "The Ear." But after many painstaking years of successfully eluding the FBI, he decided to cooperate with them.]( [‘We Really Hit The Jackpot’: Ancient Mosaic Depicting Scenes Of The Nile Unearthed Along The Sea Of Galilee]( [The mosaic was found near the 8th-century caliph's palace of Khirbat al-Minya, once the seat of power for the Muslim world, just off the coast of the Sea of Galilee.]( [Iron Lungs, Paralysis, And Death: The Grim Reality Of America's Polio Epidemics In 44 Unsettling Photos]( [After the widespread distribution of the polio vaccine, the virus all but disappeared from America, which was declared polio-free in 1994.]( [Archaeologists In Egypt Discover 2,600-Year-Old Cheese Preserved In Clay Vessels]( [The ancient clay vessels that archaeologists unearthed in Saqqara held halloumi cheese, which Egyptians referred to as "Haram."]( [How The Highest Paid Child Actor Of The 1970s And 80s Died At Just 42 After Falling Down The Stairs]( [In the 1970s and 80s, Gary Coleman soared to stardom on the sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes" and became the highest paid actor in the country, earning $100,000 per episode — but his parents and business manager took over $1 million of his earnings for themselves.]( [Mary Lumpkin Was Raped By Her Enslaver — Then Sold His Land And Turned It Into A School For Black Students]( [When Mary Lumpkin took over Robert Lumpkin's slave jail in Richmond, Virginia in 1866, she leased it to help found Virginia Union University.]( [Unsubscribe]( [Update Subscription]( [History Uncovered On Instagram]( [History Uncovered On Facebook](