The WORST episodes of Autopsy: The Last Hours Of...

#1 - Billy Mays

Season 11 - Episode 19 - Aired 8/9/2020

#2 - Aaron Hernandez

Season 10 - Episode 14 - Aired 8/25/2019

in 2015, Aaron Hernandez was convicted of murdering Odin Llyod, the boyfriend of his Fiancee's sister. At 303am on April 19, 2017, while serving a life sentence, he was found dead in his prison cell

#3 - Chyna

Season 10 - Episode 15 - Aired 8/25/2019

Chyna's life unraveled after she left WWE and she became infamous as a casualty of drug and alcohol abuse; After a mysterious 4 year long exile eon Japan, Chyna returned to the US intent on reinventing herself

#4 - Garry Shandling

Season 10 - Episode 16 - Aired 9/2/2019

Garry Shandling's death at 66 shocked his fans and the show business community and during his career, he garnered over 60 awards or nominations, including Emmys with his self-analytic and self deprecating humor.

#5 - Gregg Allman

Season 10 - Episode 17 - Aired 12/1/2019

Forensic pathologist, Dr Michael Hunter, examines Greg Allman’s death certificate and other documents to review what was going on inside Allman’s Body that causes tragic death.

#6 - Mobb Deep’s Prodigy

Season 10 - Episode 18 - Aired 12/29/2019

Dr. Hunter unravels the details of Prodigy’s life-long battle with sickle cell anemia and seeks to shed light on the reason for his death.

#7 - Dana Plato

Season 11 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/8/2020

On May 8, 1999, Plato and her fiancé Robert Menchaca were returning to California and stopped at Menchaca's mother's home in Moore, Oklahoma for a Mother's Day visit. Later on in the visit, Plato revealed that she felt unwell, and took a few doses of painkiller Lortab, along with the muscle-relaxant Soma, and went to lie down inside her Winnebago motor home with Menchaca, which was parked outside the house. Upon waking up, Menchaca and their family discovered that Plato had passed away, which they later found out was due to an accidental overdose, which was later ruled a suicide based on Plato's long history of drug abuse.

#8 - Chris Benoit

Season 11 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/15/2020

On June 25, 2007, police entered Benoit's home in Fayetteville, Georgia when WWE, Benoit's employers, requested a "welfare check" after Benoit missed weekend events without notice, leading to concerns. The officers discovered the bodies of Benoit, his wife Nancy, and their 7-year-old son Daniel at around 2:30 p.m. EDT. Upon investigating, no additional suspects were sought by authorities. It was determined that Benoit had committed the murders. Over a three-day period, Benoit had killed his wife and son before committing suicide. His wife was bound before the killing. Benoit's son was drugged with Xanax and likely unconscious before Benoit strangled him. Benoit then committed suicide by hanging himself on his lat pulldown machine.

#9 - Glen Campbell

Season 11 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/29/2020

#10 - Walt Disney

Season 11 - Episode 17 - Aired 8/9/2020

#11 - Dick Clark

Season 11 - Episode 18 - Aired 8/9/2020

#12 - Rick James

Season 10 - Episode 13 - Aired 8/4/2019

The music world was stunned when outrageous entertainer and colorful funk star Rick James was found dead by his housekeeper; his excesses took a dark turn when in 1991, he was accused of kidnap and torture, resulting in a prison sentence.

#13 - Burt Reynolds

Season 11 - Episode 20 - Aired 8/16/2020

#14 - Dale Earnhardt

Season 12 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/11/2021

#15 - Randy Savage

Season 12 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/11/2021

#16 - John Wayne

Season 12 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/18/2021

#17 - Dennis Hopper

Season 12 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/18/2021

#18 - Anthony Bourdain

Season 12 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/25/2021

#19 - Aretha Franklin

Season 12 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/2/2021

#20 - Scott Weiland

Season 12 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/9/2021

#21 - June Carter Cash

Season 12 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/30/2021

#22 - Lou Reed

Season 9 - Episode 18 - Aired 7/8/2018

Provocative and iconic rock star Lou Reed star transformed the face of modern music. From his teens, the founder member of the seminal Velvet Underground lived a life of outrageous excess, pushing everything beyond the limit. His fascination with subculture and the underdogs of society inspired his work, most famously with songs such as Heroin, Walk on The Wild Side and Waiting For The Man. Though he practiced what he preached, Lou lived to the age of 71. Medical Examiner Dr. Michael Hunter has found evidence of events in Lou’s early life that fueled the rebellious tendencies which defined his life and ultimately caused his death.

#23 - Andy Kaufman

Season 9 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/18/2018

On May 16th 1984, unique comedy talent, Andy Kaufman, died from a rare form of lung cancer at just 35 years of age. Renowned for his eccentric stage routines and comedy sketches on the TV show ‘Saturday Night Live’ he went on to gain international fame playing ‘Latka’ the goofy mechanic in the 70’s sitcom ‘Taxi’. A master of invention, he told friends he was going to fake his own death, leading some to believe he did not die. In this episode, expert Coroner and Forensic Pathologist, Dr. Michael Hunter, examines Andy Kaufman’s medical history to try and discover what caused the death of this comic phenomenon at such a young age.

#24 - Andy Warhol

Season 9 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/25/2018

Andy Warhol rose to fame in the 1960s as the trail-blazing leader of the pop art movement. He was on the cutting edge of everything – from painting to film, from sculpture to music – and his images and ideas helped define American popular culture. Yet even as he achieved superstardom he remained an enigmatic and controversial figure. On February 22nd 1987, the most famous living artist died unexpectedly in a New York hospital, at the age of 58. Now renowned forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Hunter is reopening the case into Andy Warhol’s mysterious death.

#25 - Howard Hughes

Season 10 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/31/2019

The legendary Howard Hughes died at the age of 70 on April 5th 1976. He had unrivalled success as a pioneering business magnate, Hollywood movie producer and a record setting pilot and his visionary achievements changed the course of history. He founded the Hughes Aircraft Company and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and he bought RKO pictures and Trans World Airlines, or TWA as well as owning vast swathes of Las Vegas. He also gained a reputation for dating a string of Hollywood stars including Katherine Hepburn and Ava Gardner. But despite becoming one of the richest men in the world, for the last 20 years of his life Howard Hughes almost completely disappeared from public view and his body went into steady decline. Now world-renowned pathologist Dr Michael Hunter is scrutinising Howard Hughes’ incredibly detailed autopsy to discover the real reason for his mysterious death.