48 -Bonnie Parker –
Born: October 1, 1910, Rowena, Texas
Died: May 23, 1934 (aged 23)
Cause of death: Gunshot wounds by law enforcement
After a botched robbery attempt, Bonnie was arrested and sent to prison. While there, she wrote poetry using gangster lingo she picked up from pulp magazines and Hollywood. When she read the poems, her mother “began to see a strange and terrifying change in the mind of my child.”