- 6.0/1051 votesLoading...
#1 - Life Imitates Art
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/27/2023
In 1991, LA native Lloyd Avery portrayed one memorable on-screen killer; but when the lines between fantasy and reality begin to blur, the troubled actor reprises his most famous role, and the consequences are deadly.
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- 6.2/1046 votesLoading...
#2 - For the Love of Drama
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/13/2023
Adea Shabani crossed oceans to pursue her Hollywood dreams; still, passions run high in La La Land, so when she mysteriously goes missing, investigators scramble to keep her from becoming another of the city's lost angels.
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- 6.2/1022 votesLoading...
#3 - Murder by Association
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 2/12/2024
After James Brown dies on Christmas 2006, some suspect murder; the conspiracy grows with the shooting death of his son-in-law Darren Lumar in November 2008; when detectives dig into Lumar's past, the possibility for motives becomes endless.
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- 6.5/1036 votesLoading...
#4 - The Killing Game
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/20/2023
In Houston, Texas, aspiring model Catherine Martinez falls for a former pop star she believes to be her ticket to stardom; however, when ambition and jealousy collide, a Hollywood dream becomes a real-life nightmare.
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- 6.6/1024 votesLoading...
#5 - A Rising Star Shot Down
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/22/2024
At just 15 years-old, Correa-McMullen rose to fame from the tough streets of Los Angeles, starring alongside some of Hollywood’s biggest actors and actresses. But a romance with the wrong person takes her down a dangerous path, and out of the spotlight forever.
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- 6.6/1021 votesLoading...
#6 - To Tell the Truth
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 2/19/2024
A strange cast of characters, an entertainment writer, a pop starlet, a former Marine, and a music producer, find themselves in an apartment where one of them ends up dead. Police sift through lies and half-truths to uncover what truly happened.
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- 6.8/1023 votesLoading...
#7 - Legal Diva
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/29/2024
Loredana Nesci, a body-building attorney, and star of a new reality series on Sundance called "Loredana Esq." dies under suspicious circumstances in 2015.
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- 6.8/1018 votesLoading...
#8 - Day in Court
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 2/26/2024
A sheriff's deputy turned actor reaches new heights of fame as a bailiff on an Emmy-winning show. When a shooting at his house leaves him injured and his wife dead, police learn there's more to this court TV star.
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- 6.9/1016 votesLoading...
#9 - Off the Record
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 3/11/2024
Jam Master Jay, best known as Run-DMC's DJ, becomes a hip-hop legend; his life is cut short when he's executed in his recording studio; an exclusive interview with an eyewitness sheds light on this decades-old cold case.
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- 7.0/1051 votesLoading...
#10 - Man of Anarchy
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/30/2023
Johnny Lewis has everything any 28-year-old actor could ever dream of, but not even a hit show or celebrity girlfriend could keep him from falling headfirst into the most terrifying role of his life.
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- 7.0/1016 votesLoading...
#11 - Evil Villain
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 3/4/2024
Joseph Son had the right look to play Hollywood villains, but a terrible secret from his past resurfaces more than a decade later; when prosecutors face off with the actor on the stand, it's hard to tell fact from fiction.
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- 7.3/1053 votesLoading...
#12 - Celebrity Sexpert
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/23/2023
Sex therapist Dr. Amie Hardwick had the beauty and brains to charm Hollywood, as well as a number of celebrity boyfriend's including Crispin Glover, Dave Navarro and Drew Carey; when one star rises, another's obsession is never far behind.
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- 7.4/1014 votesLoading...
#13 - Scripting a Murder
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 2/5/2024
Blake Leibel is a Hollywood writer, producer, and graphic novelist living on his inheritance. He creates a toxic love triangle between his wife, model Amanda Braun, and two girlfriends, Iana Kasian and storyboard artist Constance Buccafurri, that spins out of control and ends in a grisly murder.
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- 7.5/1047 votesLoading...
#14 - Behind the Screen
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/6/2023
Singer Christina Grimmie went from internet sensation to international superstar with her performance on "The Voice"; among her legions of fans was someone whose obsession would bring her dreams to a tragic end.
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The Worst Episodes of Death by Fame
Every episode of Death by Fame ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Death by Fame!
Death by Fame goes behind the scenes to uncover the sinister side of fame and reveal the shocking true stories behind the rise, fall and...
Genres:CrimeDocumentary
Network:Investigation Discovery
Worst Episodes Summary
"Life Imitates Art" is the worst rated episode of "Death by Fame". It scored 6/10 based on 51 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/27/2023. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "For the Love of Drama".