Cris Cornell

Age: 34

Summary: widow of decorated Vietnam War veteran Thurgood Cornell who made national headlines in February 1998 when three unidentified men broke into their rural home outside Bakersfield, California and severely beaten her wheelchair-bound husband during an apparent home-invasion robbery before the four-star master sergeant died from his injuries six months later, in which no one was ever charged in the incident.

Cause of Death: Bacterial meningitis

Born: August 13, 1974

Died: August 16, 2008

Location: Woodland Hills, California