| Final 24 | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Mike Parkinson |
| Narrated by | Dave McRae (Canada) Danny Wallace (United Kingdom) |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Glen Salzman Simon Lloyd |
| Producers | Oksana Borowik Kathryn Buck |
| Running time | 60 mins. |
| Original release | |
| Network | Discovery Channel/Global Television Network (Canada) A&E Biography, Current TV (United States) Fox (United Kingdom) |
| Release | April 16, 2006 – 2007 |
Final 24 is a Canadian documentary series which airs on the Discovery Channel, Global Television Network, and OWN. Released in Canada in 2006, the series chronicles the last 24 hours of the lives of famous celebrities of the late 20th century. The series was narrated by Canadian voice artist Dave McRae for a US release in 2007 on the Biography Channel and by Danny Wallace in the UK.
| Episode No. |
Celebrity | Date of death | Age at death | Cause of death |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sid Vicious | February 2, 1979 | 21 | Drug overdose (heroin) |
| 2 | John Belushi | March 5, 1982 | 33 | Drug overdose (speedball) |
| 3 | River Phoenix | October 31, 1993 | 23 | Drug-induced heart failure |
| 4 | Hunter S. Thompson | February 20, 2005 | 67 | Suicide |
| 5 | Marvin Gaye | April 1, 1984 | 44 | Murder (shot by his father) |
| 6 | John F. Kennedy Jr. | July 16, 1999 | 38 | Plane crash |
| Episode No. |
Celebrity | Date of death | Age at death | Cause of death |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keith Moon | September 7, 1978 | 32 | Drug overdose (heminevrin) |
| 2 | Anna Nicole Smith | February 8, 2007 | 39 | Accidental drug overdose (chloral hydrate) |
| 3 | Janis Joplin | October 4, 1970 | 27 | Drug overdose |
| 4 | Gianni Versace | July 15, 1997 | 50 | Murder (shot by Andrew Cunanan) |
| 5 | Nicole Brown Simpson | June 12, 1994 | 35 | Murder (stabbed to death, widely believed as victim of acquitted O. J. Simpson) |
| 6 | Jim Morrison | July 3, 1971 | 27 | Heart failure |
| 7 | David Koresh | April 19, 1993 | 33 | Gunshot to the head during the Waco siege |
| 8 | Tupac Shakur | September 13, 1996 | 25 | Murdered |
