Former New York Daily News gossip columnist and bestselling author Mitchell Fink made his livelihood reporting on celebrities lives. Now, he reports on their deaths. John Lennon, Ted Williams, Lucille Ball, John Ritter, Warren Zevon: these are just a few of the fifteen larger-than-life celebrities whose final days are detailed here. No one is better qualified than Fink to tell these stories. Working with an extraordinary level of access -- and the cooperation of the stars families and friends, all on the record -- he has unearthed exclusive and moving material. He portrays here the broad range of emotions these very sympathetic icons experienced.

John Lennon -- Lee Strasberg -- John Belushi -- Orson Welles -- Lucille Ball -- Lyle Alzado -- Arthur Ashe -- Margaux Hemingway -- Tupac Shakur -- John Denver -- Milton Berle -- Ted Williams -- David Bloom -- Warren Zevon -- John Ritter.