Ricardo López
1975 - 1996López developed an obsession with Björk in 1993, and became angry over her relationship with musician Goldie. Over the course of nearly nine months, López made a video diary musing about Björk and other topics at his apartment in Hollywood, Florida. On September 12, 1996, he mailed a letter bomb rigged with sulfuric acid to her residence in London, then returned home and filmed his suicide. Police found López's body and diaries four days later; they contacted the British police, who intercepted the package. Björk was unharmed.
The Video Diary of Ricardo Lopez
Sami Saif
Ricardo López
Intimate portrait of the social outcast Ricardo Lopez, chronicling the last days of his life in 1996 as he creates and sends a letter bomb rigged with sulfuric acid to Icelandic singer Björk and heads home to record his own suicide on video.
The Video Diary of Ricardo Lopez
THE BEST OF ME
Francesco Zanatta
Ricardo López
"Bjork, the famous Icelandic rock singer, is miraculously alive. A madman sent a package to his London address that was supposed to spray sulfuric acid when opened. But the package was intercepted in time by Scotland Yard. The architect of the mad gesture was Ricardo Lopez, a 21-year-old, from Hollywood (Florida) whom the police found dead in his home in front of a video camera with which he shot all the phases of his suicide. Lopez killed himself by shooting himself in the head with a .38 caliber after making sure that his "gift" was flying to England. In his home 11 videos were found: in one of these Lopez had also filmed the preparation of the chemical compound and the stages of packing the package destined to kill the singer."
THE BEST OF ME