Missing: 5 famous people who suddenly disappeared at the peak of glory

Recently, the network appeared the trailer of the film "One breath", which will be released in March 2020. This is the first Russian feature film, shot in the open sea at a great depth. The tape is based on the history of the "Queen of free" Natalia Molchanova, who went missing in 2015.

We decided to recall what other famous athletes, inventors and historical figures disappeared at the peak of fame. And perhaps offer a few potential topics for writers.

Around the world know her as the "Queen of free" (approx. "free" is the immersion at a depth of no special equipment and oxygen tanks). Natalia broke into the history of the world of sports after 40 years started freediving, trying to find a way to deal with depression after divorce.

After a year of classes Natalya wins his first championship, and five years later, sets a world record — she becomes the first woman in the world, which managed to dive to a depth of 100 meters on a single breath. Natalia just 22 times became the champion of the world and has set 41 world record, including a breath — hold for more than 9 minutes!

Testing on herself, she has developed her own method of training, where much attention was paid to the psychological condition — she learned to remove the restrictions of the brain and increase the ability of the human body. Which also proves the success of her son Alexei, who continued her business, and currently heads the Russian Federation freediving. Natalia and Alex Molchanov — first the Russians, ponyrovskiy the arch of the Blue hole in one breath, including jointly.

August 2, 2015 during the next dive around the island of Ibiza Natalia goes missing. During class Molchanova freediving broke away from his teammates, having apparently a strong undercurrent when diving with breath holding for 30-40 meters.

In the water the divers and people on insuring the boat saw the moment of its ascent approximately 60 metres from the start of the dive, and then Natalya quickly disappeared under the water. Attempts to identify immediately with boats or by divers proved fruitless.

Further searches were conducted in daylight hours that day and the next day, but on August 4, Natalia was presumed dead, and on 7 August was terminated her quest.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

As you know, the French writer was also a professional pilot. Rather, he first was just a pilot, who just got a little carried away with the literature, while recovering from a traumatic brain injury. Despite the fact that he was traumatized at the time of the crash, he still returned to the air force and becoming a pilot company "Aeropostale", which delivered mail on the North coast of Africa along the lines of Toulouse — Casablanca, Casablanca — Dakar. His first work, a novel "southern mail" — he wrote on the edge of the Sahara, while he worked as the chief intermediate station cap-juby. Then came the Second World war.

Saint-exupéry and makes several sorties, seems to reward "Military cross", falls in the unoccupied part of the country, and then to new York, where, in 1942, created the famous "Little Prince".

Antoine de Saint-Exupery, 1944

In 1943, he is not easily again seeks admission to the warhead, having mastered piloting a new high-speed aircraft P-38 "lightning". About the events of those years, he wrote:

31 July 1944, Antoine de Saint-exupéry took off from the airfield Borgo on the island of Corsica on a reconnaissance flight and did not return. And for more than 50 years that his departure was the last known of the circumstances of his disappearance. Yet in 1998, somewhere near Marseille the man caught in the sea bracelet, which has preserved the engraving: "Antoine", "Consuelo" (the name the writer's wife) and "c/o Reynal and Hitchcock, 386, 4th Ave. NYC USA". It was the address of the publishing house, which published books by Saint-Exupery.

Later in the same area was discovered and the remains of the plane were scattered on the strip is a mile long and a width of 400 meters. One of the fragments of the cockpit, confirmed that the plane P-38 "lightning" same modification that was Exupery.

There are a lot of versions — from veterans of the Luftwaffe, who claimed the downed aircraft, to desertion and even suicide who suffered from depression writer. But no remains of Saint-exupéry was never found, and traces of fire on the plane, so the researchers are inclined to crash against malfunction.

In any case, the wreckage of the plane are now in the Museum of air and space in Le Bourget, and the mystery of the disappearance of a famous writer are still not disclosed.

Michael Rockefeller, 1961

The great-grandson of billionaire John D. Rockefeller, Michael, from childhood dreamed of becoming an anthropologist, spending all the free time in the Institute of anthropology. He studied at the University, served in the army, but to move on in politics or business, as all the relatives, he wasn't interested. Instead, he sent an expedition to New Guinea is not the most popular for the heirs of billionaires place.

Companion Rockefeller of the expedition was a Dutch anthropologist rené Wassing. Together, they changed and bought the aborigines of various household items, including painted human skull. But satellites like something incredible rare...

The Governor Nelson Rockefeller at the conference after the loss of her son, Michael, 1961

And somewhere nearby was lost tribe of Asmat people, where all somehow was afraid to go anywhere but there it was possible to find something unexpected and unique? The natives are advised Rockefeller to go to the Asmat people, saying that tribe have superstition that the soul of man and the power goes to the one who killed him and ate it. And one of the shamans said that he sees Michael "the death mask" on her face. But no amount of persuasion and predictions did not stop the expedition team.

The Rockefeller family (Michael — right), 1958

On 17 November 1961, the expedition pushed towards the Asmat people on overloaded with trophies and reserves of the boat, which soon stalled the engine. But the participants were not in a hurry to leave in the river was full of many crocodiles. The first boat sailing guides — find them after a few days in the jungle. Soon after the boat capsized, and Rockefeller Massingham all night drifted.

In the morning, Michael decided to go to shore for help. His last words were: "I Hope that happens." More Rockefeller has not been seen. Father Michael (at that time Governor of new York) Nelson Rockefeller sponsored a large-scale search operation, but neither the scientist nor his remains never found.

It is still unknown where the famous heir — was he the victim of a crocodile lost in the jungle, became a hermit... But the most popular version is that he was killed by the Asmat people, to whom he went for artifacts.

Sean Flynn, 1962

Sean Flynn, the former the epitome of Hollywood dreams — hot handsome man with a great figure and the white smile that has long lived in the shadow of his father, the famous American actor Errol Flynn. He tried to ensure that knew him not only as "the son of Errol" and as a result decided to try themselves in another field in photography.

Sean Flynn, 1966

His pictures were eagerly published the most popular newspaper, and eventually Sean got a job as a freelance photographer in Time.

Sean Flynn with a rifle on patrol along with the Green Berets and Chinese mercenaries, Nogami. He was a war photographer, and took part in battles along with other soldiers of the US special forces in Duc Phong, Vietnam 1966

Sean Flynn (left) and Dana stone in the Vietnamese jungle illuminate a military operation with the US Marines, 1969

According to one version, at a checkpoint Sean and Dana were stopped by the Khmer Rouge and a year later executed. On the other — saw him in Mexico — he looked like a tramp and was in a state of extreme exhaustion. Anyway, Sean's body was never found, although officially he was presumed dead.

Everyone knows the names of the inventors of the lumière Brothers were the first in the world came up with the "cinematograph," and on March 22, 1895 showed in Paris, the world's first film. But what if it was not quite so?

It turns out that for a long 7 years before the first "film" lumière inventor Louis Le Prince showed his movie "in the garden Scene, Roundhay" and later, "the Traffic on Leeds bridge" and "Accordion". As actors were made by family members and friends of Le Prince, and filmed it all on your own the camera, which gathered in early 1888 — there were 16 lenses, which were located in 4 rows. The unit was immediately patented in England, France and the United States.

To have survived only one shot, produced this device, called "the Man turning the corner". It is assumed that this chronophotography the picture is taken until the middle of August 1887.

Louis Le Prince (right) with his father Joseph Whitley, Yorkshire, 1887

In 1889, the inventor had dual French-American citizenship, intending to promote their development both in Europe and in America. However, his plans never came to fruition.

In 1890, shortly before a planned trip to the United States, Le Prince went to visit friends and relatives. On 16 September, the inventor had to go back to Paris, but meet friends found him on the arriving train. Search French police and Scotland Yard have not yielded results.

The mystery of the disappearance of Le Prince not allowed so far, but there are a few versions and a possible motive for the murder and even suicide, but one of the most interesting versions is about the patent war. Christopher Rawlins developed a version of the murder in the result, the patent war, which in 1990 wrote the book and directed the documentary film "the Missing picture". Based on this investigation, the wife of Elizabeth Le Prince accused the American competitiveness in foul play and has filed a lawsuit against Thomas Edison in respect of a patent in the technology of cinema, known as "an Act 6928".

Despite the fact that in 1909, Edison was recognized as the sole inventor of cinematography in the United States — there is an ominous detail. Adolf, the eldest son of Le Prince, invited as a witness at a court hearing on priority, in 1902, was found in new York, shot dead.