Died On This Date (July 28, 2008) Suzanne Tamim / Lebanese Pop Star

Suzanne Tamim
September 23, 1977 – July 28, 2008

Suzanne Tamim was one of Lebanon’s most celebrated pop stars when she was found murdered in her Dubai apartment on July 28, 2008.  The beauty queen got her professional start thanks to an appearance on a Lebanese talent program in 1996.  She went on to record a few popular albums.  Her lifeless body was found in her apartment, he throat having been slit.  Two alleged hired hit men were subsequently arrested, tried and sentenced to death by hanging, but their sentences were overturned pending retrial in March of 2010.