Random Celebrities Whose Parents Were Murdered (15 items)

(#2) Michael Jordan
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Michael Jordan's father, James Jordan, was killed in 1993. He was lethally shot in an apparent carjacking, in which the killer or killers took two NBA championship rings that Michael had given as gifts. In 1996, Daniel Green and Larry Demery were sentenced to life in prison in relation to the shooting.
(#8) John F. Kennedy, Jr.
- Dec. at 38 (1960-1999)
John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was shot and killed in Dallas, TX, on November 22, 1963. Police arrested Lee Harvey Oswald for the crime, but he was killed two days later, on November 24, en route to the Dallas County jail.
(#10) Omarosa Manigault
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The father of Celebrity Apprentice star Omarosa Manigault was killed when she was 7 years old. Tragically, her brother Jack was shot to death in 2011.
(#11) Malcolm X
- Dec. at 39 (1925-1965)
In 1931, Malcolm X's father, Rev. Earl Little, was found dead on streetcar tracks near his home in East Lansing, MI. Police ruled Rev. Little's death an accident, though the family suspected it was the work of white supremacists.
(#5) Patrick Duffy
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Marie and Terence Duffy, the parents of actor Patrick Duffy, were killed in 1986 during an armed robbery of their Montana bar. Sean Wentz and Kenneth Miller were convicted of the killings and sentenced to 75 years in prison. Miller was released in 2007, on parole.
(#3) Jennifer Hudson
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In 2008, Jennifer Hudson's mother Darnell Donerson, brother Jason Hudson, and nephew Julian King were shot and killed. Hudson's brother-in-law William Balfour - Julia's estranged husband - was convicted of the killings and sentenced to three life sentences.