The celebrities who’ve killed people

US film and television actor Michael Jace has been charged over the fatal shooting of his wife.

Police are questioning actor Michael Jace after his wife was found dead in their home on Monday. Picture: AP Source: AP

TRAGIC news out of Hollywood today that The Shield actor Michael Jace has allegedly killed his wife.

Police rushed to the home after Jace allegedly called 911 and said "I shot my wife".

Jace isn't the first well-known celebrity to fall foul of the law - many other famous faces have been arrested for crimes that have resulted in a person's death, including homicide, manslaughter and culpable driving.

BRANDY

R&B singer Brandy Norwood in 2010. Picture: AP Photo Source: AP

The R&B singer and actress was involved in a fatal car accident on Los Angeles' San Diego Freeway in 2006. Brandy failed to stop when approaching a traffic jam on the freeway, and slammed into the back of a Toyota at more than 100km/h. The accident claimed the life of 38-year-old Awatef Aboudihaj.

Brandy was not charged with vehicular manslaughter, but there have been multiple lawsuits filed against her in the ensuing years by Aboudihaj's family, all of which have been settled out of court.

Brandy herself has said of the tragedy:

"The whole experience did completely change my life, and I can say that I think I'm a better person from it. You know, I still don't understand all of it and why all of it happened, but I definitely have a heart, and my heart goes out to everyone involved. I pray about it every single day, and that's all I can really say on the subject."

DON KING

Boxing promoter Don King is considered an eccentric character, but many don't realise that before he was famous, he killed two men. Picture: AP Source: AP

The eccentric, wild-haired boxing promoter Don King has killed two men in separate incidents. King killed the first man in self-defence when the man was trying to break into his gambling operation. The killing was ruled 'justifiable homicide', as the man King shot was found to be robbing the gambling house.

However, the second incident was far more sinister: in 1966 King was convicted of second-degree murder for stomping to death an employee who owed him $600. He served just under four years in prison.

MATTHEW BRODERICK

Matthew Broderick and wife Sarah Jessica Parker. Picture: AFP Source: AFP

In 1987, Broderick was in a car accident in Northern Ireland, while vacationing with then-girlfriend Jennifer Grey. The couple's rented BMW, which Broderick was driving, crossed into the wrong lane and crashed into a woman and her mother, who were both killed instantly. Broderick suffered a fractured leg, fractured ribs, concussion, and a collapsed lung, and told authorities he had no recollection of the crash.

"I don't remember the day. I don't remember even getting up in the morning. I don't remember making my bed. What I first remember is waking up in the hospital, with a very strange feeling going on in my leg," he said at the time.

Broderick was convicted of careless driving and fined just $175, which the victims' family called "a travesty of justice".

OSCAR PISTORIUS

Oscar Pistorius leaves the high court in Pretoria, South Africa, this week. Picture: AP Photo Source: AP

Perhaps the most infamous celebrity court case of recent years, there's one inarguable fact surrounding the case of South African Olympian Oscar Pistorius: he shot and killed his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp, in the early hours of Valentine's Day last year. What is yet to be decided is whether Pistorius killed her accidentally, as he insists, or whether it was a case of cold-blooded murder. As of this week, the court case was adjourned to enable Pistorius to undergo a month of psychiatric evaluation.

REBECCA GAYHEART

Rebecca Gayheart (centre) in a scene from the film Jawbreaker. Source: News Corp Australia

This '90s teen queen appeared in flicks such as Scream 2, Urban Legend and Jawbreaker, but her career went quiet after one fateful day in 2001: Gayheart was driving a vehicle which struck a nine-year-old boy as he walked across a street in LA. He died the following day from his injuries. Gayheart pleaded no contest to vehicular manslaughter. She was sentenced to three years of probation, a one-year suspension of her license, recieved a $2800 fine and 750 hours of community service.

She's now married to Eric Dane, aka Dr McSteamy from Grey's Anatomy, although married life hasn't completely settled her down - in 2009, a video leaked of the couple having a nude romp with a former Miss Teen USA contestant.

LISA 'LEFT EYE' LOPES

TLC rapper Lisa Lopes' (centre) own death came just two weeks after she was involved in the death of a young boy. Picture: Supplied Source: News Limited

This is a very spooky and surprisingly little-known story about the late TLC rapper. Holidaying in Honduras in 2002, Lopes was in a car which struck and killed a 10-year-old local boy who had wandered into the road. While her personal assistant was driving and it was found to be an unavoidable accident, Lopes met with the family to take care of the boy's medical expenses and funeral costs.

In home videos shot at the time, Lopes can be seen saying she felt the presence of a 'spirit' following her, and was struck by the fact that the child killed in the accident shared her last name, even thinking that the 'spirit' may have made a mistake by taking his life instead of hers.

Just two weeks later, still holidaying in Honduras, Lopes was driving a car full of friends when she swerved to avoid a collision with another vehicle and the car rolled. She was the only person killed in the accident.

PHIL SPECTOR

Producer, murderer and perm victim Phil Spector. Source: Supplied

The eccentric record producer had a long history of violence, but what happened one night in 2003 shocked the world. Actor Lana Clarkson was found dead in Spector's mansion, a single gunshot wound to the mouth. Spector insisted that Clarkson's death was self-inflicted — that she had "kissed the gun". However, eyewitness testimony proved his undoing, and the 74-year-old is currently serving a sentence for second-degree murder. He'll be eligible for parole at age 88.

ROBERT BLAKE

Actor Robert Blake outside the Los Angeles Superior Court in 2004, where he faced trial for the death of his wife, Bonny Lee Bakely. Source: AP

The veteran actor was best-known for roles in the film In Cold Blood and the TV series Baretta - until 2001. Blake took his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley, for an Italian dinner in LA. Afterwards, Bakley was killed by a gunshot to the head while sitting in the car, which was parked on a side street around the corner from the restaurant.

Blake claimed that he had returned to the restaurant to collect a gun which he had left there, and was not present when the shooting occurred. By 2002, he had been charged with her murder and sent to prison. However, on appeal in 2005, Blake was found not guilty and has since been a free (but bankrupt - legal fees totalled more than $3million) man.

LAURA BUSH

Former first lady Laura Bush was behind the wheel during a fatal car accident in 1963. Source: AP

Yes, former First Lady Laura Bush. In 1963, the then-named Laura Welch ran a stop sign and struck another car, resulting in the death of its driver. The victim was her close friend and classmate Michael Dutton Douglas, who had reportedly been her boyfriend at one time. Bush was never charged over the accident.

After the accident report was released to the public in 2000, Bush's spokesman said, "It was a very tragic accident that deeply affected the families and was very painful for all involved, including the community at large."

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